Fabriano where origin are ancient and artisan traditions are skillful and handmade

In the heart of the Marche region, at the foot of the Apennines, there is one of the largest territories in Italy, rich in natural beauty and historical and artistic heritage: this is Fabriano.

Fabriano was an important cultural crossroads with ancient origins and traditions that still today characterize this territory and expression of a distant and recent past that can be grasped in the environmental values, in the changing vision of the landscape, in the character of rural buildings, in the silent aspect of the streets extraneous to the noise of cities, in the extreme friendliness of human relations.

A stay in Fabriano will surprise you for the richness of its generous and hospitable lands that hand-in-hand offer their fruits and their sweet and wild beauties, giving you moments of pure emotion, leaving you suspended to sail between art and history, spirituality and good food, modernity and tradition. Fabriano is one of the very few cities in the world where paper is still made by hand to witness the desire not to sever ties with a tradition of over 100 years.

Here the first western paper was born, thanks to the technological innovations that this territory brought to the production of the product. The precious filigree sheets of Fabriano are destined to precious uses, and are produced with selected raw materials through a method that has remained unchanged for 700 years.

Fabriano City of Crafts and Popular Traditions was nominated on 18 October 2013 UNESCO Creative City for the section Crafts and Folk Art, Crafts and Folk Traditions