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Montecosaro
Montecosaro is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Macerata in the Italian region Marche, located about southeast of Ancona and about east of Macerata. Montecosaro borders the following municipalities: Civitanova Marche, Montegranaro, Montelupone, Morrovalle, Potenza Picena, Sant'Elpidio a Mare. Among the religious buildings in the town are: *Santa Maria a Pie’ di Chienti: church rebuilt in 1125 in Romanesque style. * Sant'Agostino: Romanesque church rebuilt starting in 16th century. Notable people *Anita Cerquetti (1931-2014), operatic soprano *Romolo Marcellini Romolo Marcellini (6 October 1910 – 3 June 1999) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 22 films between 1937 and 1969. Selected filmography * ''Stadium'' (1934) * ''Sentinels of Bronze'' (1937) * ''Special Corresponde ... (1910-1999), film director References External links Official website Cities and towns in the Marche {{Marche-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sant'Agostino, Montecosaro
Sant'Agostino is a Roman Catholic church located on Via Antonio Gatti #2 flanking a balustrade along Piazza Trieste in Montecosaro, province of Macerata, in the region of Marche, Italy. History The brick church was built originally circa 1200 and dedicated to San Martino. An adjacent Augustinian convent was the home of Saint Nicola da Tolentino for a year. Over the centuries it has undergone numerous reconstructions including a major one in the 16th century, and again in the 18th century. The piazza side has a staircase and balustrade added in 1927. The exterior generally lacks decoration; the nave has second story buttresses. Near the apse is a tall bell tower. The interior was restored in 2003. It houses a silver and gilded Byzantine reliquary of the Holy Cross. The left wall has an organ built by Gaetano Callido in 1792. The wooden shutters have neoclassical paintings. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Maria A Pie’ Di Chienti
The Basilica of Santa Maria at Pie' di Chienti was a former Roman Catholic monastery and church located in a rural site on the north bank of the Chienti river, just outside of the town of Montecosaro Scalo, in the province of Macerata, region of Marche, Italy. The church is also known as the ''Santissima Annunziata''. History The monastery was founded in the 10th century, and remained under jurisdiction of the Abbey of Farfa until 1477. Documents cite the presence of an abbey by 936. The pope Sixtus IV Pope Sixtus IV ( it, Sisto IV: 21 July 1414 – 12 August 1484), born Francesco della Rovere, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 9 August 1471 to his death in August 1484. His accomplishments as pope include ... transferred the property to the order of the Ospedale di Santa Maria della Pietà of Camerino. The Romanesque stone church we see today was rebuilt in 1125 by the Lombard abbot Agenolfo or Adenolfo. An earthquake in that era ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romolo Marcellini
Romolo Marcellini (6 October 1910 – 3 June 1999) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 22 films between 1937 and 1969. Selected filmography * ''Stadium'' (1934) * ''Sentinels of Bronze'' (1937) * ''Special Correspondents'' (1943) * ''A Tale of Five Cities'' (1951) * ''Rommel's Treasure'' (1955) * ''Engaged to Death ''Engaged to Death'' (Italian: ''I fidanzati della morte'') is a 1957 Italian sports drama film directed by Romolo Marcellini and starring Rik Battaglia, Sylva Koscina and Margit Nünke.Rondolino p.183 The veteran German star Hans Albers appears i ...'' (1957) * '' The Grand Olympics'' (1961) References External links * 1910 births 1999 deaths Italian film directors 20th-century Italian screenwriters Italian male screenwriters 20th-century Italian male writers {{Italy-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montelupone
Montelupone is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Macerata in the Italian region Marche, located about south of Ancona and about northeast of Macerata. Montelupone borders the following municipalities: Macerata, Montecosaro, Morrovalle, Potenza Picena, Recanati. Main sights * San Firmano Abbey, a Romanesque monastery, founded in the late 9th century AD. The sacristy houses a terracotta by Ambrogio della Robbia. *Medieval gates *Palazzo del Podestà and Civic Tower *Civic Gallery * Church of Santa Chiara * Collegiate church * Church of San Francesco *Church of Pietà The Pietà (; meaning "pity", "compassion") is a subject in Christian art depicting the Virgin Mary cradling the dead body of Jesus after his body was removed from the cross. It is most often found in sculpture. The Pietà is a specific form o ... (15th century) References External links Official website Cities and towns in the Marche {{Marche-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anita Cerquetti
Anita Cerquetti (13 April 193111 October 2014) was an Italian dramatic soprano who had a short but meteoric career in the 1950s. Her voice was very powerful and pleasing to audiences. Career Cerquetti was born in Montecosaro, near Macerata, Italy. She studied violin and trained for eight years with Luigi Mori. After a mere year of vocal study at the Conservatory of Perugia, she made her operatic debut in Spoleto in 1951 as Aida. She sang all over Italy, notably in Florence as Noraime in ''Gli abencerragi'' (the Italian version of ''Les abencérages'') under Carlo Maria Giulini in 1956, and as Elvira in ''Ernani'' under Dimitri Mitropoulos in 1957. Her La Scala debut came in 1958 as Abigaille in ''Nabucco''. She also sang on RAI in a variety of roles, such as Anaide in ''Mosè'', Mathilde in ''Guglielmo Tell'' and Elena in ''I vespri siciliani''. In America she sang a little; her debut there was in 1955 at Lyric Opera of Chicago as Amelia in ''Un ballo in maschera'', opposite Jussi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Potenza Picena
Potenza Picena is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Macerata in the Italian region of Marche, about southeast of Ancona and about northeast of Macerata. ''Potentia'' was the Roman town situated in the lower Potenza valley, in the contemporary Italian region of Marche. Geography The bordering municipalities are Civitanova Marche, Montecosaro, Montelupone, Porto Recanati and Recanati. The now abandoned Roman town Potentia was located along the central Adriatic Italian coast, near the modern town of Porto Recanati, in the province of Macerata. Its original position was just north of the main Roman bed of the River Potenza (the ancient Flosis), which at present flows more than 1 km to the north. Late Roman Potentia The general agreement that in Italy the late and post-Roman period saw a widespread and marked decline in town dwelling, with various Roman centres progressively abandoned and those that survived were less populous and certainly less monumental ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morrovalle
Morrovalle is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Macerata in the Italian region Marche, located about south of Ancona and about east of Macerata. Morrovalle borders the following municipalities: Corridonia, Macerata, Monte San Giusto, Montecosaro, Montegranaro Montegranaro is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Fermo in the Italian region of Marche, located about south of Ancona and about north of Ascoli Piceno. It is one of the main centres for shoe production in Italy. Main sights Churc ..., Montelupone. Main sights * Church of Sant'Agostino * Church of San Bartolomeo * Sanctuary of Madonna dell'Acqua Santa References External links Official website Cities and towns in the Marche {{Marche-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Civitanova Marche
Civitanova Marche is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Macerata in the Italian region Marche, located about southeast of Ancona and about east of Macerata. Geography Civitanova Marche borders the municipalities: Montecosaro, Porto Sant'Elpidio, Potenza Picena and Sant'Elpidio a Mare. It counts the hamlets (''frazioni'') of Civitanova Alta, Fontespina, Maranello, Risorgimento, San Marone and Santa Maria Apparente. Geography The territory is heterogeneous. In the southern Risorgimento, Centro and Santa Maria Apparente districts, the city lays on the Chienti river floodplain, formed in the Holocene. Along the coast, the Centro, Fontespina and San Gabriele districts lay partially on coastal plain sediments. The area is 46,07 km2. The altitude ranges from 3 to 223 meters above sea level. The typical ''"a pettine''" shape that distinguishes Marche hills is recognizable. Climate According to the climatic averages between 1971 and 2000, the average temperature ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sant'Elpidio A Mare
Sant'Elpidio a Mare is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Fermo, in the Marche region of Italy. Geography Sant'Elpidio a Mare is located on a ridge of Marche Apennine, elevation above sea level, between the lower river valleys of the river Tenna and Ete Morto, from the Adriatic Sea. Toponym The historical name of locality is documented by an 11th century parchment as "Sancto Elpidio Majore" to distinguish it from other places in Sant'Elpidio Morico Brand Fermana. The abbreviation of "majore" was later changed to "mare" ("sea" in Italian). History The town occupies the site of the ancient Roman city of ''Cluana'', destroyed by the Visigoths in the early 5th century. In 887 here a large Benedictine Abbey was founded in 887; the medieval borough rose around it as ''Castello di Sant'Elpidio'', starting from the 11th century. Main sights *Imperial Abbey of Santa Croce al Chienti. This is a Benedictine convent founded, according to tradition, in 887 on a pre-existin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 north, Tuscany to the west, Umbria to the southwest, Abruzzo and Lazio to the south and the Adriatic Sea to the east. Except for river valleys and the often very narrow coastal strip, the land is hilly. A railway from Bologna to Brindisi, built in the 19th century, runs along the coast of the entire territory. Inland, the mountainous nature of the region, even today, allows relatively little travel north and south, except by twisting roads over the passes. Urbino, one of the major cities of the region, was the birthplace of Raphael, as well as a major centre of Renaissance history. Toponymy The name of the region derives from the plural of the medieval word '' marca'', meaning "march" or "mark" in the sense of border zone, originall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Province Of Macerata
The province of Macerata ( it, provincia di Macerata) is a province in the Marche region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Macerata. The province includes 55 comunes (Italian: ''comuni'') in the province, see Comunes of the Province of Macerata. Located between the rivers Potenza (''Flosis'') and Chienti, both of which originate in the province, the city of Macerata is located on a hill. The province contains, among the numerous historical sites, the Roman settlement of Helvia Recina, destroyed by orders of Alaric I, King of the Visigoths, in 408. The province was part of the Papal States from 1445 (with an interruption during the French invasion during the Napoleonic Wars), until the unification of Italy in 1860. The University of Macerata was formed in the province in 1260 and was known as the University of the Piceno from 1540, when Pope Paul III issued a bull naming it this. The town of Camerino, home to another historical university, is also located in the region. Cingo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 rivers. It first consisted of the Picenes city named Ricina (''Helvia Recina''), then, after its romanization, Recina and Helvia Recina. After the destruction of Helvia Recina by the barbarians, the inhabitants took shelter in the hills and eventually began to rebuild the city, first on the top of the hills, before descending again later and expanding. The newly rebuilt town was Macerata. It became a municipality (or comune in Italian) in August 1138. 20th century The ''comune'' of Urbisaglia was the location of an internment camp for Jews and refugees, and a prisoner-of-war camp (PG53, at Sforzacosta) during World War II. 21st century According to Jason Horowitz of ''The New York Times'', Macerata was initially welcoming to migrants coming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
