Mondavio is 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 Pesaro e Urbino The Province of Pesaro and Urbino ( it, Provincia di Pesaro e Urbino, ) is a province in the Marche region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Pesaro. It also borders the state of San Marino. The province is surrounded by San Marino and Emilia ...

in the Italian 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 ...

and about south of

Pesaro Pesaro () is a city and ''comune'' in the Italian region of Marche, capital of the Province of Pesaro e Urbino, on the Adriatic Sea. According to the 2011 census, its population was 95,011, making it the second most populous city in the March ...

Main sights

* Rocca di Mondavio, a Renaissance castle designed by

Francesco di Giorgio Martini Francesco di Giorgio Martini (1439–1501) was an Italian architect, engineer, painter, sculptor, and writer. As a painter, he belonged to the Sienese School. He was considered a visionary architectural theorist—in Nikolaus Pevsner's terms ...

and built between 1482 and 1492. * Santi Pietro e Paterniano * Santa Maria della Quercia * San Francesco * Civic Museum and Pinacoteca, Mondavio

Twin towns

Fontenay-Trésigny Fontenay-Trésigny () is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative ...

, France *

Vilassar de Dalt Vilassar de Dalt () is a village in Catalonia, Spain, in the province of Barcelona and the ''comarca'' of Maresme. The name comes from the Roman name ''Villa Azari'', later changed to ''Vilassar''. In the 20th century, it split into two villag ...

, Spain

References

External links

Official website

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