Gradara

Legend sets the deaths of Paolo and Francesca, the lovers of Dante's Inferno, inside the Rocca of this hill town six kilometres from the Adriatic. A double ring of medieval walls, the outer one almost 800 metres long, wraps the castle and the old borgo, held in turn by the Malatesta, Sforza and Della Rovere. Walk the ramparts, then come back after dark for the view of the fortress.

Highlights

• Rocca di Gradara, among the most visited museums in the Marche
• The walkways along the walls of the fortified borgo
• Museo storico and the medieval caves
• Gradara Ludens, an early Italian games festival revived in 2023
• Local ceramics and majolica, the town's traditional craft

Summary based on Wikipedia and Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA), written with AI assistance.