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Travel back to the 15th century, to the court of Federico of Montefeltro. A new age is dawning in a hilltop town in an anonymous and harsh land. Far away, over the mountains, the people of Tuscany have already seen the light of the Reinassance and now in Urbino there is a prince with great political and cultural visions. Not for him the massive fortresses built simply to repel outsiders, his court is to be a place of welcome, a place to exchange ideas and nurture art and science and literature. A place destined to become the cultural heart of Europe.
How is that this an age of enlightment, this fundamental change in the life of the people, this display of new knowledge simply slides quietly into the pages of the history books to be read by us now with such detachment and lack of understanding?
It needs not to be that way. In Pesaro - Urbino province history comes to life.

Gaze upon the elegant towers of Urbino's Ducal Palace and stand under the beautiful poerticoes of the Court of Honour and it is not hard to imagine a bygone age.
But only 30 miles away, a throng of visitors intent on enjoyment in the sun find seaside towns, which have all 20th century culture and facilities they seek to satisfy a very different age.
Every tour of this province brings exposure to a different period of history, a different landscape. The hills rise slowly, like the waves of the sea, in a great variety of shape and colour. An incomparable landscape architecture from which villages, castles and abbeys suddenly arise. Ancient towns have prospered and grown in step with the years and now gently hum with the daily life of an urban population.
This is a province where the land, its people, its buildings and its history live in complete harmony.

Learn italian in Urbania in the hearth of the ancient Duchy of Urbino!
Urbania, once called Casteldurante, is a pleasant, historical town in the Metauro Valley, just 16 km from Urbino, rich in monuments and surrounded by green countryside.
The Centro Studi Italiani "Dante Alighieri" of Urbania has been organizing its well known courses in Italian language and culture for the last twelve years which are attended by hundreds of students every year who come from all over the world. What could be better than a course of italian language and culture in the land of Raphael and Bramante?