about Recanati
"They arrived at Recanati shortly after two in the afternoon. The town was eight miles inland from the coast, built a millennium ago on a hilltop. The little car struggled up the winding road, past groves of olives, in the shadow of an ancient defensive wall, crumbling in places, that still encircled the town. As they climbed, the countryside spread out before them like a storybook land - the Adriatic to the east, the Apennines to the west, and neighboring towns shimmering in the sunlight on their own tophills, rising from the undulating plains below."
(Jonathan Harr, The Lost Painting, 2005)
Recanati is a dignified town of medieval origin built along the ridge of a hill in the heart of Le Marche, halfway between the cities of Ancona and Macerata and close to the adriatic coast. Surrounded by a lush and mostly un spoilt countryside, the town is a natural balcony overlooking the landscape of the region for miles.
Recanati is widely known in Italy for being the birthplace of writer Giacomo Leopardi (1798-1837) and Opera tenor Beniamino Gigli (1890-1965), although it is still relatively unknown to foreigners. Here literary and musical legacy is entangled with painting and ancient architecture: the town has a remarkable cultural heritage and several museums which are all worth a visit. Of particular interest to art lovers is the Civic Gallery which displays some of the finest paintings in Le Marche and which is renown among art historians for hosting the most important works by Renaissance painter Lorenzo Lotto.
Recanati is located in the center of Le Marche and is therefore an ideal base for the exploration of the region. It combines an excellent accessibility (it is within easy reach of the A14 motorway and the Ancona Airport) with a peaceful and authentic environment.
