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Mercatello sul Metauro

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Country
  
Italy

Frazioni
  
Castello della Pieve

Demonym(s)
  
Mercatellesi

Area
  
68.6 km²

Local time
  
Sunday 5:37 AM

Dialling code
  
0722

Province / Metropolitan city
  
Pesaro e Urbino (PU)

Elevation
  
429 m (1,407 ft)

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Postal code
  
61040

Region
  
Marche


Weather
  
12°C, Wind SW at 18 km/h, 77% Humidity

Province
  
Province of Pesaro and Urbino

Mercatello sul Metauro is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Pesaro e Urbino in the Italian region Marche, located about 100 kilometres (62 mi) west of Ancona and about 50 kilometres (31 mi) southwest of Pesaro.

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Map of 61040 Mercatello Sul Metauro Province of Pesaro and Urbino, Italy

Economy is mostly based on agriculture and sheep husbandry.

History

Mercatello is known as a settlement of the Umbri in the 12th century BC. Later it was conquered by the ancient Romans; destroyed during the barbaric invasions, it was rebuilt by the Lombards in the 6th century as Pieve d'Ico. First under Città di Castello and Massa Trabaria (9th century), it was turned into an autonomous fortified communee in 1235 by Pope Gregory IX. In 1437 it was annexed to the Duchy of Urbino; in 1636 it became part of the Papal States.

Main sights

  • Pieve Collegiata (with walls from the originary 10th century Romanesque edifice), rebuilt in 1363.
  • Gothic church of St. Francis (13th century), wit ha notable collection of paintings from the 12th to 17th centuries (including a portrait of Federico III da Montefeltro attributed to Benedetto da Maiano or Francesco di Giorgio Martini).
  • Ducal Palace (15th century), also attributed to Francesco di Giorgio Matrini
  • Palazzaccio (16th century).

    • References

    Mercatello sul Metauro Wikipedia
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