Piobbico (
Romagnol
Romagnol ( or ; it, romagnolo) is a Romance languages, Romance language spoken in the historical region of Romagna, consisting mainly of the southeastern part of Emilia-Romagna, Italy. The name is derived from the Lombard language, Lombard name ...
: ''Piòbich'') is a ''
comune'' (municipality) in the
Province of Pesaro e Urbino 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 and about southwest 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 Marche, ...
.
Monte Nerone and the location of the
Battle of the Metaurus are nearby. The
Candigliano is joined by the
Biscubio in the vicinity of the town.
History
Although the area was settled in Etruscan and Roman times, Piobbico is known from the Middle Ages as the seat of Brancaleoni lords, who held it from c. 1000 until the 19th century. Starting from the 12th century they ruled over the whole
Massa Trabaria
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* Massa, Tuscany, the administrative seat of the Italian province of Massa-Carrara.
*Massa (river), river in Switzerland
* Massa (Tanzanian ward), administrative ward in the Mpwapwa district of the Dodoma Region of T ...
, until, after their opposition to Papal commander
Gil de Albornoz
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* Gil Island (disambiguation), one of several islands by that name
* Gil, Iran, a village in Hormozgan Province, Iran
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and
Pope Martin V
Pope Martin V ( la, Martinus V; it, Martino V; January/February 1369 – 20 February 1431), born Otto (or Oddone) Colonna, was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 11 November 1417 to his death in February 1431. Hi ...
they gave away their title of Duke to
Federico Montefeltro
Federico da Montefeltro, also known as Federico III da Montefeltro KG (7 June 1422 – 10 September 1482), was one of the most successful mercenary captains (''condottieri'') of the Italian Renaissance, and lord of Urbino from 1444 (as Duke fro ...
in 1474, before receiving from the same Federico Montefeltro the coat of arms of the Duke of Urbino. Again in 1576, the Duke was given an oath of loyalty from Antonio Brancaleoni. After the male lineage of Brancaleoni ended, on 25 May 1729, the church took judicial control from the Brancaleoni family for just three years - after this, a papal bill extended the rights to Piobbico to the female line of the family - it thus stayed in the family's control until 1816.
The town is known as the host to the ''Festival of the Ugly'', which is organized annually by the
World Association of Ugly People and held on the first Sunday in September.
Main sights
*Brancaleoni Castle (13th century, turned into a Renaissance residence in 1573–87).
*Church of St. Peter, rebuilt in the 17th century
*Church of ''Sant'Antonio'' (1375, rebuilt after an earthquake in 1781)
*Sanctuary of ''Santa Maria in Val d'Abisso'', dating to the 11th century or before and located nearby the Monte Nerone. The current structure, erected in the 15th and 16th centuries, houses an altarpiece by
Raffaellino del Colle
Raffaellino del Colle (1490–1566) was an Italian Mannerist painter active mostly in Umbria. He was born in the frazione of Colle in Borgo Sansepolcro, province of Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy.
Biography
He is also called ''Raffaellino della Colle'' ...
and frescoes of the Umbro-Marchigian school. The nave is in Romanesque style.
References
External links
Official website
Cities and towns in the Marche
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