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Muccia (MC)

Region Marche, Italy

The native hometown of Franciscan Blessed Rizerio, the place is also well-known as the production site of the renowned Mistrà liquor made with local herbs.

Info: Altitude: 454 m a.s.l -- Population: ca. 800 inhabitants -- Zip/postal code: 62034 -- Phone Area Code: 0737 -- Patron Saint: San Biagio (St. Blaise) celebrated on 3rd February -- Frazioni & Località: Maddalena, Costafiore, Massaprofoglio, Vallicchio, Giove, Col di Giove, Rocchetta -- GPS Coordinates: -- Useful Links: official website of the Comune of Muccia

HISTORY:
Archelogical findings show that the place was inhabited since very early times. During the Middle Ages, there was a castle of the Da Varano family of Camerino, built in defence of the flour mills that supplied a large territory with cereals.

WHAT TO SEE:

the parish church of San Biagio, which preserves a 14th-century wooden statue of St Sebastian;
the 16th-century, octagonal church of Santa Maria di Varano del secolo XVI, preserving inside frescoes by Andrea De Magistris;
in Coda di Muccia the Hermitage of Blessed Rizerio, a disciple and personal confessor of St. Francis of Assisi;
the Sanctuary of Madonna di Col de' Venti, which preserves a 14th-century painting of the Virgin with Child;
the Villa della Maddalena, surrounded by a fine park, built in the 17th century as the residence of Cardinal Giori.

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