Frontino is perched on top of a rocky crag in front of Mount Carpegna, from which it dominates the valley of the Mutino creek. Its territory spreads out between Massa Trabaria and Montefeltro.
This village is immersed in an inspiring landscape, set in an unblemished environment, dotted with casali and mills, lost amid the green countryside and the gold-yellow ploughed fields.
Its centre preserves a medieval structure, with towers dwarfing the massive walls, streets paved with cobblestones and flowers and plants embellishing the pretty terraced houses.
Despite the problem mountain land represents for agriculture, this land was inhabited from prehistory. With the Sestino battle, these lands were occupied by Roman peoples.
So far, no further token has survived of the presence of the settlement up to the early Middle Ages. Its construction by the landlords of Montefeltro included battlement works to better defend the borders of their territories.
When Montefeltro was enfeoffed from the Church to the Maltesta family, Frontino was annexed to Massa Trabaria, a territory dependant on the Papal State, created to send timber for the construction of new cathedrals in Rome.
Due to its borderline position and for the strong connection with the Church of Rome, the Frontino castle was attacked and destroyed several times.
When the Montefeltro subdued the entire area, Frontino in fact shared the same fate as all the nearby fortifications, which often changed the signore governing them.

There are numerous works treasured within the territory and the hamlet: important works of art by Barocci, Santi (Raffaello Sanzio’s father), Vivarini, Simone Ferrucci and other prominent artists who expressed their art in paintings, inlaid works, and architecture; the precious Franciscan monastery in Montefiorentino, with the Olica chapel, a Renaissance jewel and casket; the Eremo di San Girolamo, the saint’s retreat and Pallazzo Vandini with an underground cross vault, formerly linked to a gallery-passage to the XVIII century water mill to provide the whole castle with flour and bread. 

Monuments