There are 500 squares, more than 1,000 important monuments, approximately one hundred cities of art, 37fortresses, 106 castles, 15 strongholds, 170 towers, thousands of churches, 200 of which are in Romanesque style, 96 well preserved abbeys, 183 sanctuaries, 34 archaeological sites and 72 historically important theatres, skifully restored, still in use. There is also the highest density of museums and art galleries in Italy (342 outof 246 boroughs). 315 libraries, some of great tradition, housing more than 4 million volumes and an important patrimony of manuscripts and sixteenth century editions. Two libraries worth not ing are that of the
Hermitage of Fonte Avellana (
PU) and that belongingto the Leopardi Family of
Recanati (
MC). The many cities or art are an example of these remarkable widespread treasures.