Apecchio is a hamlet located on a river terrace at the confluence of two streams, the Biscubio and the Menatoio, at the foot of Monte Nerone. The village is located on the borders of Marche, Umbria and Tuscany, amid a lush sprawl of woods and fields intertwined by streams of crystal pure or sulphurous waters, featuring healthy fresh air, cool summers and dry winters.
Its history roots back to protohistory. During past excavations numerous tokens were recovered which were ascribed to Celtic populations that had settled in the entire area.
However the village’s origin, organised into a populated centre, could be Roman. One certain fact is that anciently, Apecchio was the county town of a vast territory called Vaccareccia, which bordered on Urbino, Città di Castello and Massa Trabaria.
Apecchio’s history dates back to 1077, the year, according to the records, in which it belonged to the Bishop of Città di Castello. The hamlet at that time was surrounded by a thick network of minor castles such as Carda, Monte Vicino, Pietra Gialla, Bacioccheto, Vergonzana, Monte Fiore and others, which, owing to the way they were lined up, were defined "Corridoio Bizantino", the Byzantine corridor.
The entire area surrounding Apecchio was dominated for centuries by the Ubaldini family. Since 1076 the presence in the neighbouring Carda castle of a count from the Ubaldini lineage is documented; yet only in 1498, once the first branch of the Ubaldini della Carda was extinct, was the entire fief encompassed in the Urbino dukedom. After a few years, in 1514, in acknowledgement of the services offered to the Duke Francesco Maria primo of Rovere, a cadet branch of the family was granted the fief of Apecchio. The first counts were Gerolamo and Gentile Ubaldini. With the Ubaldini’s designation in 1515, the area rose to the rank of county and was ruled with its own laws until the end of the XVIII century. In 1753, after the death of the family’s last descendant, Count Federico Ubaldini, the Apecchio castle and all the surrounding lands passed under the rule of the Apostolic Camera.
Like all the other hamlets in the area, Apecchio followed the fate of the Papal State, which after undergoing French dominium was annexed to the Kingdom of Italy.
Every year between the end of September and the beginning of October, the white truffle exhibition, the Mostra Mercato del Tartufo Bianco, takes place. During the two-day event, as well as tasting delicious truffle-based dishes visitors can stroll through the streets of the historical centre saturated with perfumes, colours and past atmospheres.

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