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Mondolfo
Mondolfo is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pesaro e Urbino in the Italian region Marche, located about northwest of Ancona and about southeast of Pesaro, on the Adriatic Sea. Mondolfo borders the following municipalities: Castel Colonna, Fano, San Costanzo, Senigallia, Trecastelli. History Human presence is testified by remains from as early as the Neolithic Age. However, the first stable settlement appeared starting from the early 11th century, around a Byzantine castle existing here in the 6th-7th centuries. Main sights * Church of San Gervasio * Sant'Agostino church (1586–93) and convent (17th century) *Santa Giustina church (completed around 1760) * San Sebastiano (1479), housing the Ceccarini altarpiece *Church of San Giovanni (17th century) *Palazzo Giraldi Della Rovere (16th century) *Palazzo Peruzzi The Peruzzi were bankers of Florence, among the leading families of the city in the 14th century, before the rise to prominence of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marotta (village)
Marotta is an Italian village and hamlet (''frazione'') of the municipalities of Mondolfo and San Costanzo, in the Province of Pesaro and Urbino, Marche. In 2001 its population was 11,659. Geography Located by the Adriatic Sea between the towns of Fano (14 km in north) and Senigallia (8 km in south). Marotta is 29 km far from Pesaro, 49 from Ancona, 58 from Urbino and 64 from Rimini. It is a seaside resort who extends its coastline for about 5 km. History The origin of the name refer to the Latin words ''Mala Rupta'', or ''Mauri Rupta''. A process of reunification of the town, asking for the merging of ''Marotta di Fano'' in the part belonging to Mondolfo, began in the end of the 1950s. In 2010 a local committee proposed a referendum for reunification. It was accepted on 28 March 2013 with a decree of regional governor Gian Mario Spacca, and took place in March 2014. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Giustina, Mondolfo
Santa Giustina is a collegiate and parish Roman Catholic church, located on Via XX Settembre in Mondolfo, in the province of Pesaro and Urbino, region of Marche, Italy. History The first documentation of a church of Santa Giustina dates to 13th century, when a church was erected around the cult of an ancient crucifix with the inscription ''D. Thomas Blebanus istius Plebis A.D. 1227''. This became the main church of Mondolfo. Having been completely rebuilt after the earthquake of 1600, Pope Urban VIII Barberini raised it to the title of ''Collegiata Insigne'' in 1635. The church was refurbished to its present layout during the 18th century, reconsecrated in 1760. During the next century the Cappellone (large chapel) del Santissimi Sacramento was added to house the Statue of the Madonna della Misericordia, with silver key to the town. The interior has a baroque decoration with various canvases. The main altarpiece in a golden frame depicts the ''Madonna and Child with Saints Giusti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sant'Agostino, Mondolfo
Sant'Agostino is a Roman Catholic church, located on Via Cavour in Mondolfo, region of Marche, Italy. History The church and convent was initially built in 13th century, when it was located just inside the town walls, near the Porta Santa Maria, and affiliated with the Augustinian order, likely derived from the Abbey of Piaggiolino. By 1427, Bella, the widow of Allevuccio Mencoli, and her daughter Antonia commissioned Gigliolo da Parma to paint frescoes in a chapel dedicated to St Anthony Abbot, patron of pilgrims. The church was damaged during the various conflicts in the region. In 1466, the comune funded reconstruction the church, using designs submitted by Antonio di Pietro of Vercelli, architect for Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta in Senigallia. The convent flourished at the end of the 15th and start of the 16th centuries. The church was refurbished and enlarged starting in 1586 - 1593, and rededicated to the ''Madonna del Soccorso''. Construction lasted till the end of the 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanctuary Of The Madonna Delle Grotte, Mondolfo
The Sanctuary of the Madonna delle Grotte in the town of Mondolfo, province of Pesaro and Urbino, region of Marche is a 17th-century Roman Catholic church, specifically a Marian shrine. History The shrine was erected in 1682 by the Confraternity della Misericordia'' (of the Mercy). The church was erected after a terracotta statue of the Madonna and child were discovered inside a natural sinkhole in the local sandstone by a member of the Confraternity. Soon miracles were attributed to the statue and this brick and stone church was built to house the venerated image. Many of the architectural elements drive from a prior nearby castle, likely belonging to Giovanni della Rovere Giovanni della Rovere (1457 – November 1501) was an Italian condottiero. He was a nephew of Pope Sixtus IV, and the brother of Giuliano della Rovere (1443–1513), Pope Julius II from 1503. Biography Giovanni della Rovere was born at Savona. .... The interior has baroque decoration. A cemetery was establis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sebastiano Ceccarini
Sebastiano Ceccarini (1703–1783), born in Fano, was an Italian Baroque painter. He was a student of Francesco Mancini and the teacher of his nephew Carlo Magini. Biography He painted in Rome during the papacy of Pope Clement XII, painting an altarpiece for a chapel the Quirinale, belonging to the Swiss. he retired with a stipend paid by the town of Fano. He painted an altarpiece, depicting the ''Madonna and Child with St Francis and St Sebastian and the Castle of Mondolfo in Background'', for the church of San Sebastiano in Mondolfo Mondolfo is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pesaro e Urbino in the Italian region Marche, located about northwest of Ancona and about southeast of Pesaro, on the Adriatic Sea. Mondolfo borders the following municipalities: .... Works * ''Portrait of a Noblewoman'' (ca. 1750), Walters Art Museum, Baltimore * ''Assumption'' (ca. 1750), Church of Ss. Sergius and Bacchus, Rome * Allegory of the Five Senses', 1748, Mila ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Sebastiano, Mondolfo
San Sebastiano is a Roman Catholic church located in the town of Mondolfo, province of Pesaro and Urbino, region of Marche, Italy. History The church, built in a Greek cross layout, was built in 1479 as an ex voto by the community for the ebbing of the plague. During the 16th century, it was affiliated with the Franciscan order, until their expulsion during the Napoleonic occupation. The church was refurbished in the 18th century. The adjacent convent is highly altered. Sebastiano Ceccarini Sebastiano Ceccarini (1703–1783), born in Fano, was an Italian Baroque painter. He was a student of Francesco Mancini and the teacher of his nephew Carlo Magini. Biography He painted in Rome during the papacy of Pope Clement XII, painting an ... painted an altarpiece, depicting the ''Madonna and Child with St Francis and St Sebastian and the Castle of Mondolfo in Background''. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Gervasio, Mondolfo
San Gervasio dei Bulgari is a Romanesque-style, Roman Catholic church located in Mondolfo, province of Pesaro and Urbino, region of Marche, Italy. History The church is ancient, founded perhaps in the 5th or 6th century, in a territory inhabited in those times by Bulgar Bulgar may refer to: *Bulgars, extinct people of Central Asia *Bulgar language, the extinct language of the Bulgars * Oghur languages Bulgar may also refer to: *Bolghar, the capital city of Volga Bulgaria *Bulgur, a wheat product * Bulgar, an Ash ... immigrants. The church has a basilica layout with three naves. It may have formerly been a barracks in Ancient Roman times for the Ad Pirum Filumeni. The crypt has a 6th-century sarcophagus that supposedly held the body of St Gervasius, patron of the town. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Province Of Pesaro And 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 Romagna in the north, Umbria and Tuscany in the west, Ancona in the south and the Adriatic Sea on the east. The province has an enclave of the Umbrian commune of Citta' di Castello named Monte Ruperto. The province is also known as "Riviera of Hills". It is mostly covered by hills and is popular for its beaches. The ceramics museum and the Biblioteca Oliveriana are located in the capital city. The County Council is based in Pesaro while the headquarters of the provincial administration are in Urbino. The coat of arms of the province consists of a shield divided into two parts, each part is given the coat of arms of the two capitals. It has a robust economy with low unemployment, based on small and medium enterprises active in manufa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trecastelli
Trecastelli is an Italian ''comune'' in the province of Ancona, in Marche, created in 2014 from the merger of the comuni of Ripe, Castel Colonna and Monterado. These three towns are now ''frazioni'' of the administration. The municipal seat is in Ripe. The municipality borders with Corinaldo, Mondolfo, Monte Porzio, Ostra, San Costanzo and Senigallia Senigallia (or Sinigaglia in Old Italian, Romagnol: ''S’nigaja'') is a ''comune'' and port town on Italy's Adriatic coast. It is situated in the province of Ancona in the Marche region and lies approximately 30 kilometers north-west of the pro .... References External links Official website Cities and towns in the Marche {{Marche-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senigallia
Senigallia (or Sinigaglia in Old Italian, Romagnol: ''S’nigaja'') is a ''comune'' and port town on Italy's Adriatic coast. It is situated in the province of Ancona in the Marche region and lies approximately 30 kilometers north-west of the provincial capital city Ancona. Senigallia's small port is located at the mouth of the river Misa. It is one of the endpoints of the Massa-Senigallia Line, one of the most important dividing lines (isoglosses) in the classification of the Romance languages. History Senigallia was first settled in the 4th century BC by the gallic tribe of the Senones who first settled this coastal area. In 284 BC, the settlement was taken over by Romans, who established the colony ''Sena Gallica'' there''. "''Sena''"'' is probably a corrupted form of "Senones" and "Gallica''"'' (meaning "Gaulish") distinguished it from ''Saena'' (Siena) in Etruria. In the prelude to the Battle of the Metaurus between Romans and Carthaginians in 207 BC, ''Sena Gallica'' was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Costanzo
San Costanzo is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pesaro e Urbino in the Italian region Marche, located about northwest of Ancona and about southeast of Pesaro. Geography The municipality of San Costanzo contains three ''frazioni'' (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Cerasa, Solfanuccio, and Stacciola. A minor portion of Marotta belongs to the municipality. San Costanzo borders the following municipalities: Fano, Mondolfo, Monte Porzio, Monterado Monterado was a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Ancona in the Italian region Marche, located about west of Ancona. The municipality of Monterado was disbanded 1 January 2014 and united to Castel Colonna and Ripe in the new municipa ..., Terre Roveresche. References External links Cities and towns in the Marche {{Marche-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Romagna in the north, Umbria and Tuscany in the west, Ancona in the south and the Adriatic Sea on the east. The province has an enclave of the Umbrian commune of Citta' di Castello named Monte Ruperto. The province is also known as "Riviera of Hills". It is mostly covered by hills and is popular for its beaches. The ceramics museum and the Biblioteca Oliveriana are located in the capital city. The County Council is based in Pesaro while the headquarters of the provincial administration are in Urbino. The coat of arms of the province consists of a shield divided into two parts, each part is given the coat of arms of the two capitals. It has a robust economy with low unemployment, based on small and medium enterprises active in manufa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
