Mogliano is a ''

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'' (municipality) in the

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in the

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region

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, located about south of

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

and about south of

Macerata Macerata () is a city and ''comune'' in central Italy, the county seat of the province of Macerata in the Marche region. It has a population of about 41,564. History The historical city centre is on a hill between the Chienti and Potenza (ri ...

. Mogliano rises on a hill at 313 m. on the sea level and halfway between the Sibillini mountains and the

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. The village is known for the craftsmanship of wicker used for the production of: baskets and furniture.

History

The current territory of Mogliano was inhabited in 7th and 6th centuries BC by the Piceni, as testified by the discovery of a sandstone stele with an inscription kept in the National Museum in

. These people lived in villages scattered along the line of local hills; their civilization was later absorbed by the Romans, when they submitted the Piceno in the first decades of the 3rd century BC. Since the end of the 12th century to the mid-14th century, the castle was dominated by the da Mogliano family; in 1345 Gentile da Mogliano became lord of Fermo and ruled the city until 1355, when he was defeated by Cardinal Albornoz. The latter included Mogliano in the district of Fermo within the

Papal States The Papal States ( ; ; ), officially the State of the Church, were a conglomeration of territories on the Italian peninsula under the direct sovereign rule of the pope from 756 to 1870. They were among the major states of Italy from the 8th c ...

, of which it was one of the most important castles; in 1569 Mogliano became autonomous under

Pope Pius V Pope Pius V, OP (; 17 January 1504 – 1 May 1572), born Antonio Ghislieri (and from 1518 called Michele Ghislieri), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 7 January 1566 to his death, in May 1572. He was an ...

, but in 1578 it was returned under the district of Fermo. After Italy was conquered by the French during the

French Revolutionary Wars The French Revolutionary Wars () were a series of sweeping military conflicts resulting from the French Revolution that lasted from 1792 until 1802. They pitted French First Republic, France against Kingdom of Great Britain, Great Britain, Habsb ...

, Mogliano was included in the Department of Tronto; in 1815, with the restoration of the Papal rule, it was returned under the Delegation of Fermo, and finally, in 1828, it joined the Delegation of Macerata. After the annexation of the Marche to the

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and the division of the Marche into four provinces, Mogliano was included in the

province of Macerata The province of Macerata () is a province in the Marche region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Macerata. The province contains 55 ''comuni'' (: ''comune''), listed in the ''comuni'' of the province of Macerata. Located between the rivers ...

Main sights

* Santa Maria in Piazza. Church-oratory houses an altarpiece by Lorenzo Lotto, ''The Madonna in Glory with Saints John the Baptist, Anthony of Padua, Mary Magdalene and Joseph''. * San Gregorio Magno church * SS. Crocifisso d´Ete. The church is located at the crossroads for Montegiorgio and Francavilla d’Ete, lapped by the river Ete Morto. Building started on 11 November 1579, and the first stone was placed from the Bishop of Fermo Msgr. Pinelli, who chose the location. *Sanctuary of the SS. Crocifisso. Here is venerated an image depicting ''Crucified Christ Rising from the Grave'' fresco from the late 15th century. Following a miraculous event that happened in the year 1809, the church was rebuilt in neoclassical style by G. Lucatelli. * Monastery of San Giuseppe and church of Santi Crisogono e Benedetto * Rocca Medioevale, a medieval fortress of which only the bastions remains. It is home to the Church of St. Mary of Suffrage, now deconsecrated. *Palazzo Forti. Designed in the end of the 16th century as the home of the rich and noble family Forti; today is the seat of the Town Hall. *Apollo Theater, opened in 1844. It has a horseshoe shape with thirty eight stages on three floors.

References

External links

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