zolo; to the right, San Pellegrino; farther on, to the left, Palazzo
and San Facondino.
58 M. Gualdo Tadino (1510 ft.), a small town (Alb. Ancona)
with 4440 inhab., lies about 1 M. to the E. of the railway-station
(1755 ft.; cab 40 c.), near the insignificant ruins of the ancient
Tadinae. In 552 Narses defeated and slew the Ostrogothic king
Totila here. In the Palazzo Comunale are pictures by native
artists, with a Pietà by Niccolò da Foligno ( 1471). The Cathedral
has a fine rose-window.
We gradually descend to (68 M.) Nocera Umbra (1300 ft.),
an episcopal town (5685 inhab.), on the site of the ancient Nuceria,
a city of the Umbri (2 1/2 M. from the station; omn.). The Cathe-
dral and the church of the Madernina contain a few fair paintings.
Some excellent frescoes of 1434 may be seen on the organ-screen
of San Francesco.The Orfanotrófio (Vescovado Antico) con-
tains portraits of the bishops of Nocera from the 1st cent. of our
era (!), painted in 1659.
On the W. slope of the Monte Pennino (5150 ft.), 2 1/2 M. to the S.E.
of the town, is a prettily situated and much frequented Bath Hotel
(1900 ft.; pens. 6 1/2-9 fr.; omn. at the station; open June-Sept.) , beside
two thermal mineral springs known since 1510.
The train enters the narrow Val Topina, crosses the river sev-
eral times, traverses a tunnel, and descends by Ponte Centesimo to —
80 M. Foligno. Thence to Rome, see pp. 85-96 and 106-9.
16. From Fabriano to Urbino.
50 M. Railway in 3 1/2 hrs. (fares 9 fr. 30, 6 fr. 50, 4 fr. 20 c.; two
trains daily; no express).
Fabriano, see p. 141. — 2 1/2 M. Melano-Marischio (1150 ft.);
8 M. San Donato Marche (1100 ft.). — 10 1/2 M. Sassoferrato-
Arcevia (1020 ft.). Sassoferrato (1266 ft.; Albergo Gius. Fata,
R. 1 fr.), situated on the Scatino, with 3142 inhab., possesses in-
teresting churches and pictures. Giambattista Salvi, surnamed
Sassoferrato, was born here in 1605, and died at Rome in 1685.
San Pietro, in the upper town, contains a Madonna by him.
In the vicinity are the ruins of the ancient Sentinum, wherse, in
295 B.C., the great decisive battle took place between the Romano and
the allied Samnites, Gauls, Umbrians, and Etruscans, in which the crnsul
Decius heroically sacrificed himself. The Roman supremacy over the
whole of Italy was thus established. — About 8 M. to the N.E. of Sasso-
ferrato (diligence in 2 hrs., back 1 1/2 hr.), on the road to Senigallia (p. 132),
lies the little town of Arcevia (1755 ft.), with 2150 inhabitants. The
church of San Medardo contains a large altar-piece by Luca Signorelli
( 1507; restored in 1890), a fine Baptism of Christ and a Madonna with
saints ( 1520), by the same master, and a terracotta altar by Giovanni
della Robbia ( 1513).
13 M. Monterosso Marche (1263 ft.); 17 1/2 M. Bellisio Solfare,
with sulphur-mines; 20 M. Pergola (955 ft.); 23 M. Canneto Marche
(1102 ft.). — 26 M. Frontone ( 1345 ft.), on a hill to the right.