Novafeltria (formerly Mercatino, Marecchia, Marcatein in Romagna) is an Italian town of 7 074 inhabitants in the province of Rimini in Emilia-Romagna. It is the seat of the Union of Municipalities of the Marecchia Valley.
How to orient yourself
Its municipal territory also includes the hamlets of Perticara, Miniera di Perticara, Ponte Molino Baffoni, Sartiano, Secchiano Marecchia, Torricella and Uffogliano.
By plane
Rimini Airport (approximately
40 km)
Forlì airport (about 60 km away)
Ancona airport (approximately 125 km)
Bologna Airport (approximately 120 km)
By car
From the north, take the
A14 motorway in the direction of Ancona, exit at Cesena Nord, follow the
direction of Rome-Ravenna,
continue on the SS 3BIS / E45, exit in the direction of Monte Castello -
Montepetra - Romagnano, turn onto the SP 138 in the direction of Rome
and continue following signs for Novafeltria.
From the south, take
the A14 motorway in the direction of Naples,
follow the direction of Pescara, exit at Rimini
Sud, follow the direction of Repubblica San Marino, cross Cerasolo,
entry into San Marino territory, cross Serravalle, Fiorina, Domagnano,
Borgo Maggiore, Acquaviva, entry in Italian territory, cross Pietracuta
and continue following signs for Novafeltria.
On boat
Tourist port of
Pesaro (approximately 70 km)
Port of Ancona
(approximately 130 km).
It is connected to the ports of Greece, Croatia, Turkey, Albania,
Montenegro.
On the train
Rimini railway station, continue with
the FER buses, Rimini-Novafeltria line.
By bus
Adriabus bus lines
FER bus (Rimini-Novafeltria line)
1 Church of S. Pietro in Culto. One of the many parish churches in
the valley, it dates back to the 10th century and belongs to the ancient
nucleus of the city.
Oratory of Santa Marina, Piazza Vittorio
Emanuele. The bell tower is a seventeenth-century work, and completes
the older religious building, dating back to 1191; the church is of
Romanesque architecture, built in sandstone.
2 Fountain, Piazza
Vittorio Emanuele. Work of the stonecutters Doddi brothers from
Mercatino in 1897.
3 Town Hall, Piazza Vittorio Emanuele. It was a
sumptuous villa of the Segni counts of Bologna, feudal lords of the
city, who built it in 1660. The building is characterized by the Art
Nouveau style which is still visible today in the original furnishings
of the Caffè Grand'Italia housed on the ground floor of the building.
Social Theatre. An example of Art Nouveau and Art Deco style, it was
inaugurated in 1925. It retains the original ceiling with pink and green
stucco.
Mills. Located along the river, they bear witness to an
ancient milling activity. In part they are still active for the milling
of cereals and for the production of electricity. A gunpowder mill has
been restored and retains its equipment. Its production was linked to
the presence of sulfur mines in Perticara.
A Novafeltria-Rimini
railway line (no longer existing) was built for the transport of sulfur
and gunpowder.
Sulfur - Historical Mining Museum (In the hamlet of
Perticara). One of the most important and well-stocked in Europe, which
documents the impressive activity continued over the centuries for the
extraction of sulfur and collects archaeological evidence ranging from
the Bronze Age to the Umbrian, Etruscan and Roman civilizations. It is
located in the hamlet of Perticara, an ancient mining centre.
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Adventure Park. On the mountain overlooking Novafeltria, Monte Pincio
(900 m above sea level), there is a centenary chestnut grove and a vast
pine forest, which hosts the "Avventura" park.
The municipal area is equipped with leisure facilities, including the recently restored theatre, library, disco, indoor swimming pool, gym, tennis courts, sports fields, motocross track, cycle path along the Marecchia river, camping.
Average prices
Corte del Sasso, Via Cà Gianessi n.47, ☎ +39 0541
921742, info@cortedelsasso.it.
Al Caminetto, Via Cappelli, 30 (in the
hamlet of Secchiano), ☎ +39 0541 912332.
Trattoria Del Turista da
Marchesi, Via Ca' Gianessi, 7, ☎ +39 0541 920148.
Trattoria Della
Nonna, Via Verdi, 40, ☎ +39 0541 921152.
Due Lanterne, Via
Torricella, 215 (in Cà del Vento), ☎ +39 0541 920200.
Fuori Squadro,
Via Manzoni,46, ☎ +39 0541 920054.
The Park, Via della Gaggia, 7, ☎
+39 0541 922018.
Il Somaro, Via Uffogliano, 9 (in the hamlet of Ponte
S. Maria Maddalena), ☎ +39 0541 923670.
La Jungla dei Castagni,
Frazione Uffugliano, 145 (in Uffugliano), ☎ +39 0541 923186,
info@jungladeicastagni.it.
La Locanda dei Venti, Via Torricella, 2110
(in Ca' del Vento), ☎ +39 0541 926257.
Average prices
Magda, Via Saffi, 55, ☎ +39 0541 920817,
dabiordi@hotmail.com.
Pian del Bosco, Via Pian del Bosco, 151 (in the
hamlet of Perticara), ☎ +39 0541 927600, pdb@piandelbosco.com.
Spiga
d'Oro, Via Mulino (in the hamlet of Ponte S. Maria Maddalena), ☎ +39
0541 923008, info@ristorantespigadoro.it
Camping
Perticara,
Via Serra Masini 10D (in Perticara), ☎ +39 0541 927602,
info@campingperticara.com.
Carabinieri, Via Aldo Moro, 3, ☎ +39 0541 919500.
State Police,
Via Rino Molari, 7, ☎ +39 0541 926162.
Novafeltria is located on the SS 258 Marecchiese in the center of the upper Valmarecchia, the basin of the Marecchia river that flows into the Adriatic Sea in Rimini, is located in the center of the valley between the Marche, Tuscany and Emilia-Romagna regions. The municipal territory also includes an exclave, identifiable in the hamlets of Secchiano and Uffogliano, between the municipalities of Talamello, San Leo, Poggio Torriana and Sogliano al Rubicone.
The municipality, called
Mercatino Marecchia until 1941, was established in 1907 from the
union of hamlets detached from the municipality of Talamello.
In the year 950 A.D. the first nucleus is traced back, with the
church of San Pietro in cult and the oratory of Santa Marina. Chosen
as a home by the Counts Segni of Bologna, who built a sumptuous
villa there in the first half of the seventeenth century, now a
municipal palace, Novafeltria became an agricultural and commercial
center, the scene of major fairs, especially in August.
Today
the town is the center of convergence of numerous economic
activities of Valmarecchia. In the hamlet of Perticara, an ancient
mining center, there is the "Sulfur", historical mining museum,
which documents the activity protracted over the centuries for the
extraction of sulfur and collects archaeological evidence ranging
from the Bronze Age to the Umbrian, Etruscan and Roman.
On
the mountain that overlooks it, Monte Pincio (900 m above sea
level), there are a chestnut grove and a vast pine forest, which
houses the "Avventura" park. The municipal area is equipped with
leisure facilities, including the recently restored theater, the
library undergoing renovation and upgrading, disco, indoor swimming
pool, gym, tennis courts, sports fields, motocross track, cycle path
along the Marecchia river, camping.
From 1922 to 1960
Novafeltria was connected by the Rimini-Novafeltria railway to the
Adriatic coast.
The municipality of Novafeltria belonged to
the Marche (province of Pesaro and Urbino) until 15 August 2009,
when it was jointly detached with six other municipalities of Alta
Valmarecchia in implementation of the outcome of a referendum held
on 17 and 18 December 2006 The Marche appealed to the Constitutional
Court against the territorial variation, but the latter considered
it unfounded.
Alongside the Italian language, the local variant of the Romagna language is spoken. A notable characteristic of the market, shared with other dialects of the Alta Valmarecchia, is that it has only partially accepted the northern sound.
Soccer
The Vis Novafeltria football team, founded in 2011, plays
in Eccellenza and the club colors are blue and yellow; the previous
sports club, however, was born from the ashes of AC Perticara, at the
time of the closure of the sulfur mine.