Excerpt from A Lenten Journey in Umbria and the Marches Recanati - Its Situation - And Form - A mad gallop thither - Appearance of Recanati within the walls - Curious ancient Law - Former History, and political Constitution - Montefa, and its direct subjection to the Holy See - Ughelli's Libel on Recanati - Typographical Enterprise at Recanati in these days - The Great Rebellion at Recanati - Specimen of a Papal Bull in the fifteenth century - Remarkable charge of Idolatry - Friar Andrew and his Fortunes - Crusade against Recanati - Terrible Fate of the City - Return to Loreto; From Loreto to Osimo - Position of Osimo - Classical Authors who mention it - Besieged by Belisarius - Maintained its Independence - Its resistance to the Popes - Succeeds in causing its Fortress to be destroyed - The Citizens take cognizance of the disorders of a nunnery; and succeed in having it abolished - The Cathedral of Osimo - Remarkable series of portraits - Storm of wind at Osimo - Walk round the walls - From Osimo to Ancona - Monte Conero - Position of Ancona - Apparent discrepancy between Strabo and Pomponius Mela - Entrance to Ancona - First Impressions made by the City - Contrast between it and the Cities around it - Inconvenience of the Free Port - Memorial of an Inquiry - The Cathedral - Its Situation - Its Dangers from the Encroachments of the Sea - Military strength of Ancona - The Port; From Ancona to Rimini by rail - Rimini to San Mari - Difficulty of the Journey - Position of the Town - Its Elevation - Means of reaching it - Appearance of the Town on approaching it - Life at San Mari - Postal Arrangemets - Territory of the Republic - The Borgo - Ascent thence to the City - Manufacture of Gunpowder - Of Playing cards - Solitude of the Town - Its Aspect - Church - Water Supply - The Fortress - Its Guardian -Its Position - Ancient Name of San Mari - View from the Fortress - Inmates of it - Administration of Justice - Meeting of the Council - Sunrise Visit to the Castle - Kcking up the City - Sunrise from the Castle Battlements - Coast of Dalmatia - Preservation of its Independence by San Mari - Return to Rimini - Thence to Florence - Conclusion About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art techlogy to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.