Macchie, Castelsantangelo sul Nera

Macchie is an Italian village and hamlet (frazione) of the municipality of Castelsantangelo sul Nera, in the Province of Macerata, Marche.

[1] The village is placed at 1078 metres in the middle of the Monti Sibillini National Park.

There are two churches in Macchie: St. Anthony's (in Italian: Chiesa di Sant'Antonio) and St. John's(in Italian: Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista).

At about 100 metres below the village there is a chapel: The Little Virgin (in Italian: La Madonnella), dedicated to the latter.

Likewise another chapel, along a nearby mountain: The Virgin of Forcella's Chapel (in Italian: Cappella della Madonna della Forcella), was completely rebuilt in the summer of 2008 by a group of volunteers.