Castel Colonna was a ''

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 ...

'' (municipality) in 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, t ...

in the

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Ita ...

region

Marche Marche ( , ) is one of the twenty regions of Italy. In English, the region is sometimes referred to as The Marches ( ). The region is located in the central area of the country, bordered by Emilia-Romagna and the republic of San Marino to the ...

, located about west of

Ancona Ancona (, also , ) is a city and a seaport in the Marche region in central Italy, with a population of around 101,997 . Ancona is the capital of the province of Ancona and of the region. The city is located northeast of Rome, on the Adriatic ...

. It was called Tomba di Senigallia until 1921. The municipality of Castel Colonna was disbanded 1 January 2014Legge regionale n. 18/2013
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Ripe Réseaux IP Européens (RIPE, French for "European IP Networks") is a forum open to all parties with an interest in the technical development of the Internet. The RIPE community's objective is to ensure that the administrative and technical coo ...

and

Monterado Monterado was a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Ancona in the Italy, Italian region Marche, located about west of Ancona. The municipality of Monterado was disbanded 1 January 2014 and united to Castel Colonna and Ripe, Marche, Ripe ...

in the new municipality of

Trecastelli Trecastelli is an Italian ''comune'' in the province of Ancona, in Marche, created in 2014 from the merger of the comuni of Ripe, Castel Colonna and Monterado. These three towns are now '' frazioni'' of the administration. The municipal seat ...

. Town hall of the new administration was set in former Ripe's offices in Piazza Castello.

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Cities and towns in the Marche Trecastelli {{Marche-geo-stub