Serra de' conti

Serra de’ Conti owes its name to Count Rinaldo, the lord of the village who surrounded the old built-up areas with strong walls. 
From the top of the hill it dominates the road connecting the valley of the Misa river to the valley of the Esino river. 
Every year the “Festa della Cicerchia” celebrates a poor and generous legume like the chickling peas, which has been for centuries precious food and provision for winter. 
Not to be missed: the Museo delle Arti Monastiche. Once included in the 17th-century complex of Monastero di Santa Maria Maddalena, this museum of monastic arts is housed in some rooms of the town hall palace. 
Thanks to an interactive path, it reconstructs the atmosphere and the material culture of the nuns‘ cloistered life.