Casa Zazza, Gualdo

Casa Zazza: location

Casa Zazza is in the municipality of Gualdo, in the Marche. The municipal territory covers over 22 km² of hill country: cultivated fields crossed by streams, rows of centuries-old trees, woods and gravel or dirt lanes. Outside the village the countryside is divided into contrade (rural districts), with farmhouses that stand alone or in small clusters.

Casa Zazza: what to see nearby

In the village of Gualdo you can visit the walls, the civic tower, churches from different periods and a Franciscan convent. The name of the village comes from the Lombard word Wald, meaning «wood». The castle was the stronghold of the Brunforte family, who sold it to the city of Fermo in 1319.

From contrada Massignano there is a view of the Sibillini range and the village, with the civic tower and the apse of the church of San Savino. From here a gravel road leads down to the Mulino Brunforte, while a variant leads to the Fonte Straffi spring. The Gualdo countryside can be explored on foot, on horseback or by mountain bike, among springs, wayside shrines and small churches.