Have you ever been to Urbino? I wanted to go there for several years, and finally, during the three days around the Marche region, I managed to stop in this small town.
Unfortunately, however, it was only a quick walk due to the rain that forced us to go back after a short time around the city. The first thing that can surely be noticed as soon as you arrive in the city is its shape, all up and down; the second thing that surely you notice immediately is the high presence of university students (in full summer session there were festivities at every corner). Our first stop, was the cathedral of Urbino, an
impressive building for a very small town. The interiors are just as impressive and probably much barer than I imagined looking at it from the outside. I took few pictures of the inside, before seeing a small prohibition sign near the altar. I must say, however, that if I had not seen that sign, I would have continued to take pictures practically undisturbed, without someone telling me something. Next to the cathedral is the Museo Diocesano Albani – Oratorio Della Grotta: It consists of twelve rooms on the ground floor of the Archbishop’s palace, with the main entrance on Piazza Giovanni Pascoli. Both the museum and the cave, until September, are open every day except Tuesday and the ticket costs 3.50€.
According to the official website, the opening hours are the same for both: 9.30-13.00 / 14.30-18.00. We had lunch in a small bar in the town centre, still enjoying the screams of joy of recent graduates and their friends. An insistent rain catches us, and we rest aside for a little bit in an alley in the centre. As soon as the storm calmed a little, we continued our walking to the centre: the rain has made everything more spectacular. We end our tour wandering through the streets heading towards the car: the grey clouds were not at all reassuring, and we wanted to avoid finding ourselves wholly soaked along the way back.
I was hugely disappointed because the things to see in town would be a lot. In the car, going towards our next stop, we stop to observe from afar the Palazzo Ducale: located next to the cathedral, this palace is defined as one of the most interesting architectural and artistic examples of the Italian Renaissance. Here there is the Marche National Gallery. Have you ever been there? Did you like it? If you have advice for those, who want to visit Urbino, leave them in the comments! In the meantime, I’ll leave you with some other pictures taken before I had to go back to the car.