Sassoferrato

Comune in Marche, Italy

Coat of arms

Sassoferrato within the Province of Ancona

Location of Sassoferrato

43°26′1″N 12°51′30″E / 43.43361°N 12.85833°E / 43.43361; 12.85833CountryItalyRegionMarcheProvinceAncona (AN)Frazionisee listGovernment

• MayorMaurizio GreciArea

^[1]

• Total137.23 km² (52.98 sq mi)Elevation

386 m (1,266 ft)Population

(31 December 2016)^[2]

• Total7,177 • Density52/km² (140/sq mi)DemonymSassoferratesiTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

60041

Dialing code0732Patron saintBlessed Ugo degli AttiSaint dayJuly 26WebsiteOfficial website

Sassoferrato is a town and comune of the province of Ancona in the Marche region of central-eastern Italy. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").^[3]

History

Between Sassoferrato and Arcevia was the hill called Civitalba from the name of the ancient city there.^[4]

To the south of the town lie the ruins of the ancient Sentinum, on the Via Flaminia.

The castle above the town is mentioned from the 11th century; the town belonged to the House of Este from 1208, later to the Atti family, becoming a free municipality in 1460 after the assassination of Luigi degli Atti.

Geography

Sassoferrato borders with the municipalities of Arcevia, Fabriano, Genga, Serra Sant'Abbondio (PU), Pergola (PU), Costacciaro (PG, Umbria) and Scheggia e Pascelupo (PG, Umbria).

Frazioni

A frazione (plural: frazioni) is a type of subdivision of a comune (municipality) in Italy:

Baruccio
Borgo Sassoferrato
Breccia di Venatura
Cabernardi
Ca' Boccolino
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)^[5]
Cardinal Alessandro Oliva (1407–1463)^[5]
Niccolò Perotti (1430–1480), humanist^[5]
Antonio Perotti (1535–1582), captain named the "Paladin of Italy" by Alessandro Farnese^[5]
Pietro Paolo Agabiti (1470–1540), painter and architect^[5]
Pandolfo Collenuccio (1444–1504), man of letters^[5]
Giovani Battista Salvi (1609–1685), Italian Baroque painter, called "the Sassoferrato"^[5]
Baldassarre Olimpo degli Alessandri (1480? – 1540?), poet^[5]

References

^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ "Marche" (in Italian). Retrieved 1 August 2023.
^ Civitalba (Marche) https://www.romanoimpero.com/2019/03/civitalba-marche.html
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Web page titled "Some words about the Institute" Archived 2006-10-16 at the Wayback Machine at the Istituto Internazionale di Studi Piceni website, retrieved May 24, 2009