Verucchio has an old soul, ennobled by the presence of a civilization still mysterious but, judging by the evidence left, among the most extraordinary in Italy. A pre-Etruscan people that settled here between XI and VI Century B.C. in thriving communities ruled by "Shepherd Princes". These people were related to one of the big centres of Villanova, near Bologna, but for its richness and the particularity of its archaeological finds archeologists talk about a real Verucchio Civilization. 

Santarcangelo is a magic village with its noble and mysterious atmosphere, its centuries-old history, its millenary places like the Pieve (parish church), the tangle of tunnels that pierce its hill, its being the capital of dialect poetry and old traditions, its events and old fairs, like that of San Michele (September) and San Martino (November). A lot of places deserve a visit: its elegant churches the beautiful Ganganelli square, the tiny lanes of the old village, the Malatesta Castle, the Grottoes, the Armband Ball and Tamburello Games Museum, and the Ethnographic Museum of the People and Customs of Romagna, one of the most important demo-ethno-anthropological witness in Romagna.