The Fair of the pit cheese takes place in Talamello, Pesaro-Urbino province

At this festival it is possible to taste this famous cheese known worldwide for its flavour so as for the ripening method. It’s a mixed cheese (based on sheep and cow milk) of a delicate and slightly spicy flavour.

Its ripening takes place in some sandstone pits hermetically sealed, where it is kept for about three months. This peculiar ripening method seems to come from an habit of 15^th century farmers who, in order to defend themselves from continuous plundering, used to hide their supplies in the tufa pits. Not only tasting but also events and shows will take place during the festival.