The varied offer of the Marche offers in spring mountain bike tours, trekking and horseback riding and in autumn the visit to places rich in history such as Urbino, the Furlo Gorge, the Frasassi Caves and Monte Catria from which to follow the traces of the Romans, accompanied by an enchanting natural landscape.

The municipality of Pergola in the province of Pesaro Urbino in addition to offering a tourist offer aligned with the destinations of the Marche region offers a unique in the artistic field of “The Golden Bronzes”, only this is worth a visit.

There are not only the Bronzes of Riace, on the contrary, the group exhibited in the Marche in the Pergola museum, is in my opinion even more beautiful and certainly brighter. The beautiful complex consisting of two horses with rider and two female figures, was discovered by chance by a friar in the last century after the end of World War II. Fortunately, the friar realized the importance of finding and a large part of the statues were recovered. They were not intact but shattered into a thousand pieces and the slow and patient recomposition allows us today to admire this masterpiece.

The material used is a copper alloy with lead and tin that forms the bronze that was gilded later. The figures are very large, more than the full size and weigh a few hundred kilos. It is assumed that bronzes were created around the year zero and the identification of knight and ladies was also not possible. The majestic horses have a rich and refined harness, the riders — even if only one has been found — certainly represent high-ranking soldiers.

The female figures were also two but only one statue is complete, the other is missing the upper part. The robes of the ladies testify to their high-level social class. If you visit the Marche, take a detour to Pergola to admire this unique and amazing example of gilded bronze. The only group of Roman statues in gilded bronze, Museo di Pergola.