Castignano is a ''
comune
The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...
'' (municipality) in the
Province of Ascoli Piceno
The province of Ascoli Piceno ( it, Provincia di Ascoli Piceno) is a province in the Marche region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Ascoli Piceno, and the province is bordered by the Adriatic Sea to the east, the Province of Fermo to the nor ...
in the
Italian
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* Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries
** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
** Italian language, a Romance language
*** Regional Ita ...
region
Marche, located about south of
Ancona
Ancona (, also , ) is a city and a seaport in the Marche region in central Italy, with a population of around 101,997 . Ancona is the capital of the province of Ancona and of the region. The city is located northeast of Rome, on the Adriatic ...
and about northeast of
Ascoli Piceno.
Castignano borders the following municipalities:
Appignano del Tronto
Appignano del Tronto is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Ascoli Piceno in the Italian region Marche, located about south of Ancona and about northeast of Ascoli Piceno.
Appignano del Tronto borders the following municipalities: A ...
,
Ascoli Piceno,
Cossignano,
Montalto delle Marche
Montalto delle Marche is a ''comune'' (municipality) and former Latin catholic bishopric in the Province of Ascoli Piceno in the Italian region Le Marche, located in the hilly area that goes from the Adriatic cost to the Sibillini Mountains, a ...
,
Montedinove,
Offida,
Rotella.
Among its churches are the
Sanctuary of San Bernardino da Siena and
Santi Pietro e Paolo. Its territory is home to the oldest ever
Italic language
The Italic languages form a branch of the Indo-European language family, whose earliest known members were spoken on the Italian Peninsula in the first millennium BC. The most important of the ancient languages was Latin, the official languag ...
inscription found, the so-called "Stele of Castignano" (7th-6th centuries BC).
References
External links
Official website
Cities and towns in the Marche
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