Fabriano Car Hire

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Guide to Fabriano car hire in Italy

When looking for a car in Fabriano it can be difficult to find what you want, thats why here at Carhire.co.uk we give you a huge choice of hire vehicles to choose from, which can all be pre-booked leaving you time to enjoy your holiday in Fabriano. You need to enjoy your travels, especially at Fabriano.

Even back in the 14thC, Fabrianos paper mills were producing a million sheets of paper a year and it was here that watermarked paper was invented. Its paper is still used the world over for banknotes and quality art paper.

So proud is the town of its traditional industry that it has dedicated an interesting modern museum to it - youll find the Museo della Carta in the former monastery of San Domenico to the south of the town on Largo Fratelli Spacca. You can also buy Fabriano paper here.

Famous for two things - paper-making and Gentile da Fabriano, the best of the International Gothic artists - FABRIANO is now heavily industrialized and a dismal town at first sight. Youre most likely to pass through on your way on to Umbria and Rome, and frankly theres little reason to stop off unless its to visit the Museum of Paper and Watermarks (Tues-Sat 10am-6pm, Sun 10am-noon & 4-7pm; L6500/?3.36), housed in the ex-convent of San Domenico. The sort of place kids are dragged to on rainy days, its owned by the biggest of Fabrianos paper mills, Miliani, which produces a staggering 900km of paper each day, including watermarked paper for banknotes of various currencies.

While the industrial sprawl of the suburbs promises little, it is worth penetrating to the heart of the town to see the opera-set main Piazza del Comune (above) flanked by the Gothic Palazzo del Podesta with swallow-tail battlements. Centre-stage is a smaller version of Perugias famous fountain built at the close of the 13thC.

The town was the birthplace of Gentile da Fabriano, Italys greatest master of the late 14thC International Gothic style of painting. You will have to make do, however, with works by his followers, best of whom was Allegretto di Nuzio - you can find his work in the Pinacoteca Comunale in tiny Piazza Umberto I behind the main square, and in the Duomo next door.

Also in the Duomo are handsome frescoes by Orazio Gentileschi, a 17thC follower of Caravaggio who ended his days as court painter to King Charles I of England.

Make sure you are able to visit all the places and the towns in Fabriano and you can do this by pre-booking your car hire with car hire.co.uk

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