Montescudo-Monte Colombo is a Municipality of 32,35 square kilometers which counts 6.800 inhabitants of the mid-hills of the Province of Rimini. Located on the shores of river Conca, Rio Melo and torrent Marano, near the border with the Republic of San Marino, the Municipalities of Gemmano, Coriano, San Clemente and Sassofeltrio. The highest point is the top of Monte Godio. The patron of the city is Martin of Tours.

Here you can find information to discover our territory, its cultural heritage, food and wine, landscape excellences. The Consortium of “Flavors of Montescudo and Monte Colombo”, promoted by the local Pro Loco, aims at enhancing and promoting typical local products, craftsmanship and the hospitality system.

In the area under the ruling of this Municipality, we can find prestigious architectural works and historical gems. The Malatestian Strongholds (Rocche Malatestiane) of Montescudo and Monte Colombo; the Castle of Albereto, which dates back to medieval times; San Savino, the fortified rural town in Renaissance style; the very ancient Ice-House of Montescudo, which dates back to the centuries of the Early Middle Ages. Something particularly original are the seven ancient wash-houses: those whose size is larger can be found in Monte Colombo and Taverna. The one located in Taverna receives water from the famous fountain of the town. The other five are located in Torgnano, Santa Maria del Piano, Albereto, Villa Monte Godio, Valliano. The churches are the gems that this area can offer to tourists. The Sanctuary of the rescuing Holy Mary of Valliano, the Church of Vallecchio and the Trarivi Peace Church owe a lot to the restoration of their patrimony to Father Mario Molari. The Church of San Biagio and San Simeone of Montescudo, the Church of Saint Martin of Tours in Monte Colombo and the Church of Albereto are of architectural interest. Many of these Churches shelter canvases, frescoes and marble works of relevant artists both of the past and contemporary, such as Giuseppe Soleri Brancaleoni, Emidio Mazzanti and Umberto Corsucci. Of testimonial and historical value are to be considered the Oratories of Ca’ di San Marco and Taverna (19th century), the Church of Santa Maria del Piano, the Church of the Ascension and the Parish Church of San Savino, which shelters a tabernacle in marble of the 14th century. Other architectural masterpieces located in Monte Colombo are the Orlandi Contucci Palace, the town hall (a rare example of rationalism architecture in Valconca), as well as the Park of the Fallen Soldiers (Park of the Fallen soldiers). The historic center of the city presents rather interesting underground cavities.

This city can boast about its renowned ethnographic museum, which has its headquarters in Valliano, in what has been the rectory of the ancient Sanctuary of the rescuing Holy Mary of Valliano. This museum has branches in the watchtower of the Castle of Monte Colombo, dedicated to the old Romagna craft of rust printing; in Santa Maria del Piano, in the old artisan atelier of the Casadei family, dedicated to the old potters who produced terracotta and ceramics.

Montescudo-Monte Colombo hosts the Eastern Gothic Line Museum, located in the Peace Church in the town of Trarivi. The Museum is located within the rectory. Next to the Museum, there are the remains of the ancient Church, partially destroyed during World War II, but which bear witness to the multiple construction phases, which transformed an old pagan settlement into a Church during the first centuries of Christianity.

Within the area of the Municipality there is the “natural Landscape protected and semi-protected by river Conca”. At the feet of the urban areas of Monte Colombo and Montescudo is located the area of ecological rebalancing – in its acronym in Italian, the A.R.E. of Rio Calamino, acknowledged by the Region of Emilia Romagna. The forest of Albereto represents one of the most original biotypes of the Province of Rimini. It is a “wreck forest” that conserves the type of flora once widespread in the whole area. Worthy of appreciation are also the immense oak trees located in Vallecchio, in the botanic forest of the Orlandi Cantucci in Monte Colombo, within the A.R.E. of Rio Calamino and in the wreck forest of Albereto.