Furlo along the Via Flaminia

The last weekend in April, Marlene and I drove to Senigallia to visit her friend Robert from when she was in Architecture school. He's inherited an AMAZING estate from his aunt. Note the chapel on the right. They spent the afternoon taling about design plans for turning it into some kind of income generating property. I took a nap.

The drive home was a surprise treat. Robert advised that we drive through Furlo. The gap is called "Gola di Furlo" or "Throat of Furlo" for its narrow pass.

The Roman Via Flaminia, which ends at the Adriatic in Fano, goes through the Gola di Furlo and you can drive through this tunnel....

....which was created under the reign of Vespasian. Awesome!

Just to the west of tunnel, in the village of Furlo is this building with a facist facade.

Inside the bar, if you ask the barista, you can go see this dining room, preserved in this state because it's where Mussolini ate 56 times.

Turns out Furlo was between his birthplace and hometown of Forli and Rome, so when he traveled between the two, he would stop here for a meal!

Sitting in the same seat as Mussolini, how many people can say that?