The salt air and a thousand shades of blue sea along the Marche coastline, the myriad colours of lush inland plant life - the region's heartland has so much to offer - the Frasassi Caves, natural parks, the geological formations of the Furlo Gorge and the Apennine mountain wolves.

Casa Archilei

Casa Archilei, just outside the city of Fano, is an environmental education and teaching centre created by a group of Fano naturalist associations. It was opened in 1989 by the Fano City Council in a what was once a farm house in 1.3 hectares of land. The aim of Casa Archilei is to create a centre for volunteers in the environmental sector whose energies and expertise are channelled into projects and action plans for the benefit of the community.
The various activities carried out at Casa Archilei - environmental education for schools, its specialist library, creation of a database covering the Metauro basin, weather observation, reconstruction of natural environments, assisting animals in difficulty, growing organic vegetables etc. - are based on learning through practice and therefore encouraging active participation and interest in nature and the world of science.
Casa Archilei is managed by a committee made up by public organisations and naturalist associations such as Argonauta, Kronos e ENPA. It has been involved in a project entitled "Fano, city for children" and in 1996 became recognised by the Marche Regional Government as a Territorial Laboratory.

Casa Archilei, via Ugo Bassi, 6 - tel. and fax +39.0721.80521;
e-mail: archilei@mobilia.it - web site: www.archilei.it