SAN GINESIO - Colto da malore, mentre sta potando una pianta di fico, cade e muore. La vittima è Giuseppino Pazzelli di 73 anni, un imbianchino in pensione residente a San Ginesio. Il medico.
The cheaper alternative to Tuscany – with more mountains, better beaches and fewer people
The best of the Marche region, from its towns and villages to its beaches, mountains and one-off highlights
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Neighbouring Umbria came first, the Abruzzo, east of Rome, will probably be next, but for now the Marche – or the Marches or Le Marche – midway down Italy’s eastern Adriatic coast, is Tuscany’s anointed successor.
No region, of course, should merely be the poorer relation of another; somewhere you visit if you can’t have the real thing. And the Marche is far from a simple substitute. Like anywhere in Italy it has a regional identity and regional treasures – food, art, wine, natural beauty – of its own.