Staffolo

Stafilos, the son of Ariadne and Theseus who discovered grapes and wine, chose to stop on a hill stretching from the Esino to the Musone rivers, with the San Vicino mountains surrounding it. Staffolo was founded on that hill. 
It was dominated by the Celts, the Romans and the Lombards until it became a comune (a small city-state in medieval Italy), strong and proud like its wine, the Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi. 
Not to be missed: Chiesa di Sant’Egidio. This church preserves the famous 15th century Polyptych by the Maestro di Staffolo, a follower of Gentile from Fabriano.