Sassoferrato is a town and ''

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'' of the

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in the

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region of central-eastern

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. It is one of

I Borghi più belli d'Italia () is a non-profit private association of small Italian towns of strong historical and artistic interest, that was founded in March 2001 on the initiative of the Tourism Council of the National Association of Italian Municipalities, with the a ...

("The most beautiful villages of Italy").

History

Between Sassoferrato and Arcevia was the hill called Civitalba from the name of the ancient city there.Civitalba (Marche) https://www.romanoimpero.com/2019/03/civitalba-marche.html To the south of the town lie the ruins of the ancient Sentinum, on the

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. The castle above the town is mentioned from the 11th century; the town belonged to the

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from 1208, later to the Atti family, becoming a free municipality in 1460 after the assassination of

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Geography

Sassoferrato borders with the municipalities of Arcevia,

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 U ...

, Genga, Serra Sant'Abbondio ( PU),

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(PU), Costacciaro ( PG,

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) and Scheggia e Pascelupo (PG, Umbria).

Frazioni

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

'' (

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) in Italy: * Baruccio * Borgo Sassoferrato * Breccia di Venatura * Cabernardi * Ca' Boccolino * Cacciamponi * 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 (1407–1463) * Niccolò Perotti (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 Collenuccio (7 January 1444 – 11 June 1504) was an Italian Renaissance humanist, Civil Servant and writer. Biography Pandolfo Collenuccio was born in Pesaro on 7 January 1444. He studied at Padua under Bartolomeo Cipolla and Marcus ...

(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 Borghi più belli d'Italia {{Marche-geo-stub