Genga is a town and ''

comune A (; : , ) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions () and provinces (). The can also have the City status in Italy, titl ...

'' of

province of Ancona The province of Ancona () is a Provinces of Italy, province in the Marche region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Ancona, and the province borders the Adriatic Sea. The city of Ancona is also the capital of Marche. To the north, the province ...

in the

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region of the

Marche Marche ( ; ), in English sometimes referred to as the Marches ( ) from the Italian name of the region (Le Marche), is one of the Regions of Italy, twenty regions of Italy. The region is located in the Central Italy, central area of the country, ...

, on the Sentino river about downstream and east of

Sassoferrato 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"). History Between Sassoferrato and Arcevia was t ...

and north of

Fabriano Fabriano is a town and ''comune'' of Ancona province in the Italian region of the Marche, at above sea level. It lies in the Esino valley upstream and southwest of Jesi; and east-northeast of Fossato di Vico and east of Gubbio (both in U ...

. The town is best known as the ancestral home of the noble family of the della Genga, the most famous member of which was Pope Leo XII.

Main sights

*Grotte di Frasassi, they are a karst caves system most famous show caves in Italy. *the Romanesque abbey at '' S. Vittore alle Chiuse'' (11th century). *the Roman Bridge in the same hamlet, about southeast of town. *Museum of the church of ''San Clemente''. It houses a triptych and a 15th-century banner by

Antonio da Fabriano Antonio da Fabriano (active in mid 15th century) was an Italian painter, active in the Region of Marche. The dates of his birth and death are uncertain. A ''Coronation of the Virgin'' in the Casa Morichi is attributed to him; and also a ''St Je ...

. *Spaelaeo-Palaeontologic Museum, including a famous fossil of an

Ichthyosaur Ichthyosauria is an order of large extinct marine reptiles sometimes referred to as "ichthyosaurs", although the term is also used for wider clades in which the order resides. Ichthyosaurians thrived during much of the Mesozoic era; based on fo ...

known as ''

Gengasaurus ''Gengasaurus'' is an extinct genus of ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur from the Jurassic. The type and only species, ''Gengasaurus nicosiai'', was named in 2017, after the locality of Genga, Marche. It lived in Italy about 152 million years ago. His ...

'' found in the area in 1976. The

Frasassi Caves The Frasassi Caves (Italian language, Italian: ''Grotte di Frasassi'') are a Karst topography, karst cave system in the municipality of Genga, Italy, in the province of Ancona, Marche. They are among the most famous show caves in Italy. History ...

, about south-southeast, are among the most visited natural curiosities in central Italy.

References

External links

* Cities and towns in the Marche {{Marche-geo-stub