Carpegna is a ''

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'' (municipality) in the

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in the

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region Marche, located about west of

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and about southwest of Pesaro. Carpegna borders the following municipalities: Belforte all'Isauro, Borgo Pace, Frontino,

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. The Monte Carpegna nearby is a ski resort. The communal territory is included in the Sasso Simone and Simoncello Regional Park.

History

According to legend, Odoacer gave Carpegna to his follower Armileone in 466. An assumed descendant of the latter, Ulderic of Carpegna, received the

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of Carpegna and other properties in the

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and Romagna regions from Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor. The lords and counts (as such first mentioned in 1238) of Carpegna acquired more than 30 castles and towns in the region. They split into the ''Carpegna-Gattara'' and the ''Carpegna-Pietracuta'' branches, which in the struggles between papal and imperial followers ( Guelphs and Ghibellines) took opposite sides. Two other side branches of the House of Carpegna played more important roles in Italian history: the

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(lords of

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) and the

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(lords and dukes of

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). The Carpegna-Gattara branch extinguished in 1409, and in 1463 the family split again into the Counts of Carpegna (ruling Carpegna, Castellaccia, Palazzo Corignano and Torre dei Fossati) and the Counts of Gattara-Scavolino (ruling Gattara, Bascio, Miratoio and Scavolino). Both territories had

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in the

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. The Gattara county was elevated to the rank of principality in 1685. In 1749 the Carpegna branch extinguished in the male line and was inherited by the marquesses Gabrielli-Carpegna who mainly lived in

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and, after an interruption of their ruling status in the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy, also inherited the principality of Gattara-Scavolino in 1817. Two years later however, both territories became parts of the

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. The princes di Carpegna-Falconieri-Gabrielli still today own the princely palace at Carpegna. Palazzo dei Principi di Carpegna 02

References

External links

Official website
Cities and towns in the Marche {{Marche-geo-stub