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A little about the Marche region

Le Marche. A rich and varied countryside landscape is dotted with towns, villages, palaces and religious buildings with architectural and artistic value.
In Ancona, the regional capital, you will find the cathedral, also in Pesaro.
In Urbino there is the Ducal Palace, a grand renaissance building.
Macerata has the Sferisterio theatre, which is particularly nice to visit in the summer.
At Ascoli Piceno you will find a mix of medieval and renaissance architecture.
Recanati is the birthplace of Giacomo Leopardi, the italian poet (1798-1837), and there you can visit his childhood home.
The Santa Casa at Loreto is a popular destination for pilgrims.
With the adriatic sea close by with its rugged coastline and beautiful sandy beaches Le Marche has a lot to offer as a prospective piece of italy to own a property. A lot of our properties featured in this area are close to the sea or a few minutes away at the most.
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A little about the region of Abruzzo

Abruzzo is a region of central Italy bordering Marche to the north, Lazio to the west and south-west, Molise to the south-east and the Adriatic Sea to the east. Until 1963 it was part of the Abruzzi e Molise region (with Molise).
The regional capital is L'Aquila. The region is divided into four provinces: L'Aquila (the largest), Teramo, Chieti (the most populous) and Pescara, Abruzzo's main economic centre. The four provinces are further divided into 305 municipalities. Abruzzo has a population of around 1.3 million.
One third of the region is designated as national or regional park. The following parks lie, wholly or partially, within Abruzzo:
Parco Nazionale d'Abruzzo, Lazio e Molise (Abruzzo National Park)
Lago di Barrea (Barrea Lake Wetlands)
Parco Nazionale del Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga (National Park of the Gran Sasso)
Parco Nazionale della Majella (National Park of the Majella)
Parco Naturale Regionale Sirente-Velino (Sirente Velino Regional Park)
The protected areas are environmentally important and are home to rare flora and fauna, such as the brown bear, the wolf and the chamois.
The region is rich in natural beauties and history, but is only just starting to be discovered by mass tourism. Abruzzo has a wealth of castles and medieval towns, especially near the town of L'Aquila.
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A little about the region of Puglia

Puglia is a region in southeastern Italy bordering the Adriatic Sea in the east, the Ionian Sea to the southeast, and the Strait of Otranto and Gulf of Taranto in the south. Its southern portion known as Salento, a peninsula, forms the heel of the Italian "boot."
It is bordered by the other Italian regions of Molise to the north, Campania to the west, and Basilicata to the southwest. It is neighboring to Greece and Albania, across the Adriatic and Ionian. The region extends as far north as Monte Gargano.
Bari is the capital of the region, which is divided into the provinces of Bari, Brindisi, Foggia, Lecce, and Taranto. Apulia (as Puglia is also known) is mostly a plain; its low coast, however, is broken by the mountainous Gargano Peninsula in the north, and there are mountains in the north central part of the region.
Famous for it's Trulli Houses, these gleaming houses (whitewashed each year) are curious, rounded structures with gray, stone, cone-shaped roofs. Common in the province of Bari and Taranto, yet unknown in the rest of the world. A great number of trulli may be found in the town of Alberobello, which is nearly a city and has been declared an International Human Resource by UNESCO. It is made up of a hundred trulli some 5 centuries old. The origin of their oddly-shaped, stone teepee design is unknown. Although some theories date the Trulli back 5000 years, the favorite story of their creation claims that such buildings were first constructed during the Middle Ages. At the time, anyone who built a dwelling on the King's land was heavily taxed. With this in mind, the Pugliesi cleverly devised the drywall stone Trulli solely for purposes of tax evasion. As the story goes, upon word of the taxman's arrival (perhaps by means of a smoke signal), the Trulli were rapidly dismantled and moved out of sight. After the visit was over and that gentleman successfully ducked, the homes were re-erected. Nowadays, Trulli are firmly planted and buttressed with stucco. A cone still comprises a single common area and the interiors, though charming, are spartan. With the exception of bathroom doors, the rooms are separated by colorful curtains in sharp contrast to the stark whiteness of the interior walls Mostly handmade furnishing of olive wood, quite beautiful by any standard, are representative of the work of the traditional peasant artisans of the area. The hearth remains the source of heat to this day. Luckily, Puglia is fairly warm and the cool stone Trulli provide relief from the hot summer sun. In spite of its rustic simplicity, the prices here are a bargain (Puglia as a whole is a bargain compared to most of Italy).
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A little about the region of Tuscany

Tuscany is a region of Central Italy, bordering Emilia-Romagna to the north, Liguria to the north-west, Tyrrhenian Sea to the west, Umbria and Marche to the east, Lazio to the south-east. The territory is two thirds hilly and one fourth mountainous. The remainder is constituted of the plains that form the valley of the Arno River.
Tuscany is considered the birthplace of the Renaissance movement, and its artistic heritage includes architecture, painting and sculpture, collected in dozens of museums in towns and cities across the region. Perhaps the best-known are the Uffizi and the Bargello in Florence. Tuscany was the birthplace of Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Dante Alighieri
Tuscany is known for its wines (most famous of which are Chianti, Morellino di Scansano, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, and Brunello di Montalcino) and has 120 protected regions (nature reserves). Other agricultural products include Chianina cattle (particularly the famous "Fiorentina" steak) and the production of olive oil, principally in Lucca and the surrounding hills. The industry comprises factories producing Piaggio cars, motorcycles, scooters and aeroplanes, the texile industrial district of Prato, the petrochemical plants of Leghorn and the steel factories of Piombino.(Source:Wiki)
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A little about the region of Umbria

Umbria is a region of Central Italy, bordered by Tuscany to the west, the Marche to the east and Lazio to the south. This region is mostly hilly or mountainous.
The agriculture of the region produces olives, grapes, wheat and tobacco. Industry is based on the steel factories of Terni that harness the hydroelectric power of the Marmore Falls created by the Romans, the food industry of Perugia (e.g. Perugina-Nestlè), the production of olive oil (Spoleto and Trevi) and wine (Lake Trasimeno, Montefalco). Tourism is an important factor in the regional economy, especially in the districts of Perugia, Assisi, and Spoleto.
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