Sassoferrato is a town and ''

comune The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...

'' of the

province of Ancona The province of Ancona ( it, provincia di Ancona) is a province in the Marche region of central Italy. Its capital is the city of Ancona, and the province borders the Adriatic Sea. The city of Ancona is also the capital of Marche. To the north, ...

in the Marche region of central-eastern

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History

To the south of the town lie the ruins of the ancient

Sentinum Sentinum was an ancient town located in the Marche region of Italy. It was situated at low elevation about a kilometre south of the present-day town of Sassoferrato. The ruins of Sentinum were partially excavated in 1890 and the results of the arc ...

, on the Via Flaminia. The castle above the town is mentioned from the 11th century; the town belonged to the

House of Este The House of Este ( , , ) is a European dynasty of North Italian origin whose members ruled parts of Italy and Germany for many centuries. The original House of Este's elder branch, which is known as the House of Welf, included dukes of Bavaria ...

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 Arcevia is a '' comune'' in the province of Ancona of the region of Marche, central-eastern Italy. History According to tradition, Arcevia originates from a Gallic settlement anterior to the Roman conquest of Italy; following that, it became ...

Fabriano Fabriano is a town and ''comune'' of Ancona province in the Italian region of the Marche, at above sea level. It lies in the Esino valley upstream and southwest of Jesi; and east-northeast of Fossato di Vico and east of Gubbio (both in Umb ...

, Genga,

Serra Sant'Abbondio Serra Sant'Abbondio is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pesaro e Urbino in the Italian region Marche, located about west of Ancona and about south of Pesaro. It is the home of the historic hermitage of Fonte Avellana Fonte Avell ...

( PU), Pergola (PU),

Costacciaro Costacciaro is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Perugia in the Italian region Umbria, located about 40 km northeast of Perugia. It is a medieval burgh, which, after the rule of Perugia and Gubbio, became part of the Papal States ...

( PG,

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) and

Scheggia e Pascelupo Scheggia e Pascelupo is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Perugia in the Italian region Umbria, located about 40 km northeast of Perugia. The municipal seat is located in the main village of Scheggia, just below Scheggia Pass on ...

(PG, Umbria).

Frazioni

frazione A ''frazione'' (plural: ) is a type of subdivision of a ''comune'' (municipality) in Italy, often a small village or hamlet outside the main town. Most ''frazioni'' were created during the Fascist era (1922–1943) as a way to consolidate territ ...

(plural: ) is a type of subdivision of a ''

'' (

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

) in Italy: * 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)Web page title
"Some words about the Institute"
at the Istituto Internazionale di Studi Piceni website, retrieved May 24, 2009 * Cardinal

Alessandro Oliva Alessandro Oliva (1407–1463) (called the Cardinal of Santa Susanna) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal. Biography Alessandro Oliva was born in Sassoferrato in 1409, the son of Alerenzio and Giovanna Oliva. His family was relatively humb ...

(1407–1463) *

Niccolò Perotti Niccolò Perotti, also Perotto or Nicolaus Perottus (1429 – 14 December 1480) was an Italian humanist and the author of one of the first modern Latin school grammars. Biography Born in Sassoferrato (near Fano), Marche, Perotti studied with Vitt ...

(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 Pandolfo is the Italian form of the masculine given name Pandulf. It may refer to: Given name *Pandolfo da Lucca (1101–1201), 12th-century Italian cardinal *Pandolfo I Malatesta (c. 1267–1326), Italian condottiero and Lord of Rimini *Pandolfo ...

(1444–1504), man of letters * Giovani Battista Salvi (1609–1685), Italian Baroque painter, called "the Sassoferrato" * Baldassarre Olimpo degli Alessandri (1480? – 1540?), poet

References

External links

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Official Tourism website
Cities and towns in the Marche {{Marche-geo-stub