Gradara is a town and comune in the Province of Pesaro e Urbino (PU), in the region of Marche in central Italy.

[3] The ancient town is characterized by a double line of medieval walls and by the massive castle, one of the best preserved in Italy.

With its castle as a major tourist attraction, the town is considered by some to be functionally an extension of the riviera romagnola.

Later, Malatesta da Verucchio captured the Grifo tower, which became the mastio of the current castle, which was to be finished in the 15th century.

In November 2019, the South Ossetian foreign minister Dmitry Medoyev paid a courtesy visit to Gradara, where he met with Mayor Filippo Gasperi and President of the Administration Frederico Marmarella.