Appartamento su due piani in Via Porta Nuova, 8, Petriolo,

The cluster sits on the rolling agricultural hills of inland Marche between the coastal plain and the Apennine foothills. Macerata, the provincial capital (about 40,000 residents), lies within roughly 15 km and provides an open-air opera arena (the Sferisterio), university faculties, shops, services and rail connections. The Adriatic coast and its resort towns lie to the east and are reachable by a short drive. No national park or high mountain ridge lies within a 15 km radius; the Monti Sibillini and the Parco Nazionale dei Monti Sibillini are further inland to the southwest. The immediate landscape is predominantly farmland (cereals, olive groves and vineyards) with small villages and medieval hill-town centres across the province. Small-scale manufacturing, including footwear and furniture workshops, is present in the broader province and concentrated nearer the coast and larger towns.