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The expansion of the Monumental Cemetery of Jesi represents one of the boldest projects by architect Leonardo Ricci, one of the most emblematic representatives of Italian "Brutalism," who also designed the Palaces of Justice in Florence and Savona. It was completed between 1984 and 2001 in collaboration with colleagues Franco Luminari and Silvano Rossini. The project encompasses a rectangular courtyard area, with various types of tombs arranged along the perimeter. The center, largely landscaped, houses a covered chapel and a series of elevated walkways. Beyond the individual elements, the complex is characterized as an urban project in which paths, stairways, views, suspended plazas, and volumes of varying shapes and textures punctuate the space, creating resting places and observation points that allow contemplation of both the interior of the complex and the surrounding landscape, transforming this project into a sort of "city of the dead in relation to the surrounding territory and the city of the living." The funerary blocks are connected by intersecting stairways and ramps, and thus the planimetric organization emphasizes the absence of hierarchies: there are no viewpoints or main paths; however, in one of the highest areas of the cemetery, Ricci erected a pyramid whose sharp form serves as a landmark and a panoramic point over the city of Jesi. The project fully embodies the Brutalist poetics, celebrating the raw material of reinforced concrete, which Ricci had already explored since the 1950s. Here, in a place of memory, the rough marks of the concrete accentuate the sense of authenticity and monumentality. Today, forty years later, the project continues to elicit mixed reactions. Some find it cold and inhospitable, while others consider it a masterpiece.

Small medieval village whose peculiarity is the "La Scarpa" walkway. In August 2024 it is being restored, when complete it will offer very interesting views.

small tour in the ditches of the Lacrima hills