The Marches, Italy · Europe
Genga is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Sassoferrato, 4km from Frasassi Caves.
Genga is a town located in The Marches, Italy. With a population of 108, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Genga sits in Italy, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Rome time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Genga to your route.
The Sanctuary of Santa Maria infra Saxa and the so-called Tempio di Valadier are two sanctuaries and chapel located at the entrance of the Frasassi Caves, a remarkable karst cave system in the municipality of Genga, in the province of Ancona, Marche, Italy.
The sanctuary and chapel are located within a few dozenRead more
meters of each other, on a ledge entrance to the Frasassi cave system. The sanctuary is ancient; it is cited in documents from 1029. It is a simple stone structure built by Benedictine monks to house a burned image of the Madonna.
A Tempietto or small octagonal temple on the site was first proposed in 1817 by the future Pope Leo XII, who was originally from Genga. The white travertine structure, completed in 1827 after Leo had become pope, was long thought to have been designed by Giuseppe Valadier, and is still widely referred to as the "Tempio di Valadier". However, in 2016 a study of previously unexamined archives by Maria Cristina Cavola revealed that Valadier had absolutely nothing to do with the building: it was rather an accretive design to which a series of local architects and project managers made successive contributions. The chapel once housed a marble statue of the Madonna and child by the studio of Antonio Canova. The statue is now in the civic museum of Genga, and been substituted by a copy. When the Tempietto was built, a number of remains of skeletons were found in the opening of the cave.
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Genga is located in The Marches, Italy, Europe. The coordinates are 43.4303 latitude, 12.9355 longitude.
Genga has a population of approximately 108 people, making it a town in Italy.
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natural wonder
One of Europe's largest show-cave systems, discovered in 1971: the Ancona Abyss entrance chamber could swallow Milan Cathedral. Guided routes wind past 1.4-million-year-old stalagmites deep under the Marche's Genga gorge.
4 km · about 5 min drive
landmark
Walled Renaissance city rising in brick tiers over the Marche hills, birthplace of Raphael and seat of Federico da Montefeltro's Palazzo Ducale: now home to Piero della Francesca's Flagellation. A UNESCO site most itineraries inexplicably skip.
41 km · about 45 min drive
cathedral
The birthplace of St. Francis, featuring the magnificent Basilica with Giotto's frescoes set against the slopes of Monte Subasio.
47 km · about 55 min drive
cathedral
A 13th-century basilica housing Giotto's frescoes and the tomb of St. Francis, a major pilgrimage destination.
48 km · about 55 min drive
April to October
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