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Sassoferrato

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Country
  
Frazioni
  
see list

Demonym(s)
  
Sassoferratesi

Area
  
135.2 km²

Local time
  
Thursday 3:06 AM

Postal code
  
60041

Province / Metropolitan city
  
Ancona (AN)

Elevation
  
386 m (1,266 ft)

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Province
  
Province of Ancona

Region
  
Dialling code
  
0732

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Weather
  
12°C, Wind W at 11 km/h, 76% Humidity

Sassoferrato is a town and comune of the province of Ancona in the Marche region of Italy.

Contents

Map of 60041 Sassoferrato Province of Ancona, Italy

History

To the south of the town lie the ruins of the ancient Sentinum, on the Via Flaminia. The castle above the town is mentioned from the 11th century; the town belonged to the House of Este from 1208, later to the Atti family, becoming a free municipality in 1460 after the assassination of Luigi degli Atti.

Geography

Sassoferrato borders with the municipalities of Arcevia, Fabriano, Genga, Serra Sant'Abbondio (PU), Pergola (PU), Costacciaro (PG, Umbria) and Scheggia e Pascelupo (PG, Umbria).

Frazioni

Baruccio, Borgo Sassoferrato, Breccia di Venatura, Cabernardi, Ca' Boccolino, Camarano, Camazzocchi, Canderico, Cantarino, Caparucci, Capoggi, Casalvento, Case Aia, Castagna, Castagna Bassa, Castiglioni, Catobagli, Col Canino, Coldapi, Col della Noce, Doglio, Felcioni, Frassineta, Gaville, Giontarello, La Frasca, Liceto, Mandole, Montelago, Monterosso, Monterosso Stazione, Morello, Pantana, Perticano, Piagge, Piaggiasecca, Piano di Frassineta, Piano di Murazzano, Radicosa, Regedano, Rondinella, Rotondo, San Egidio, San Felice, San Giovanni, San Paolo, San Ugo, Sassoferrato Castello, Schioppetto, Scorzano, Sementana, Seriole, Serra San Facondino, Stavellina, Valdolmo, Valitosa, Venatura.

Notable people

  • Bartolo da Sassoferrato (1313–1359), "Lucerna Juris"
  • Cardinal Alessandro Oliva (1407–1463)
  • Niccolò Perotti (1430–1480), humanist
  • Antonio Perotti (1535–1582), captain named the "Paladin of Italy" by Alessandro Farnese
  • Pietro Paolo Agabiti (1470–1540), painter and architect
  • Pandolfo Collenuccio (1444–1504), man of letters
  • Giovani Battista Salvi (1609–1685), Italian Baroque painter, called "the Sassoferrato"
  • Baldassarre Olimpo degli Alessandri (1480? – 1540?), poet
  • Lorenzo Parigini (1779–1848), bishop of Urbania and Sant'Angelo in Vado
  • Guido Vitaletti (1866–1936), man of letters
  • Alberico Pagnani (1881–1979), historian
  • Giuseppe Franciolini (1891–1989), bishop of Cortona
  • Emilio Pettinelli (1896–1980), composer
  • Antonio Lisandrini (1909–1985), priest
  • References

    Sassoferrato Wikipedia


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