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Cantiano is a mountain town, between Marche and Umbria. Located between the hills of St. Ubaldo and St. Nicholas, the town is almost isolated from the course of the Burano and Bevano rivers. The houses of the old town retain the original medieval shape. The most remarkable churches are: the church of St. Agostino with the beautiful 13th century Romanesque portal, the collegiate church of St. Giovanni Battista, which houses a fine tondo in addition to various seventeenth-century paintings by Claudio Ridolfi, and the churches of St. Nicholas and St. Ubaldo. The Archaeological Museum and the Via Flaminia "G. C. Courses", divided into four sections ( prehistoric, protohistoric, Roman and medieval) and the Geo Territorial Museum are housed in the thirteenth-century renovated rooms of the former Augustinian convent, with access from the cloister of the adjacent church of St. Augustine. In Le Foci and Pontericcioli area you can admire two Roman bridges. Nearby is the Tecchie Nature Park , stretching for over 180 hectares.
Il pane di Chiaserna (the bread of Chiaserna) is a typical product of Cantiano. It is made with spring water, with no use of additives and preservatives. The town also boasts a cultivar of the native wild cherry , the visciola of Cantiano, much appreciated for the preparation of jams, canned fruit and visciolato ( red wine infused with wild cherry). The slopes of Mount Catria in the northern Marche are home to the region's very own breed of horse, the eponymous Cavallo del Catria, a sturdy animal that roams free up in the mountains. Well known are Catria's horsemeat, the prized white truffle of the valley of the Barbano and craft beer. In October Cantiano hosts the regional Market of the Catria horse.
The massif of Mount Catria is the ideal place for trekking, nature excursions, mountain bike and equestrian tourism. In Cantiano there's a school of equestrian tourism.
The most popular event taking place on Good Friday is the Turba: a full-scale costumed re-enactments of the Passion of Christ.
