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 at Fornace is a hill on which ancient Civitalba was located.Civitalba (Marche) https://www.romanoimpero.com/2019/03/civitalba-marche.html The magnificent terracotta pediment of a temple dating to the end of the 2nd century BC, at the end of the Gallic War, was discovered there in the 1890s. It is therefore thought that the temple was erected in memory of the nearby Battle of Sentinum of 295 BC for Rome's celebration of victories over the Gauls.
To the south of Sassoferrato lie the remains of the ancient city of Sentinum, on the Via Flaminia.
The castle above the town is mentioned from the 11th century; the town belonged to the House of Este from 1208, later to the Atti family, becoming a free municipality in 1460 after the assassination of Luigi degli Atti.
Geography Sassoferrato borders with the municipalities of Arcevia, Fabriano, Genga, Serra Sant'Abbondio (PU), Pergola (PU), Costacciaro (PG, Umbria) and Scheggia e Pascelupo (PG, Umbria).
Frazioni A frazione (plural: ) is a type of subdivision of a comune (municipality) in Italy:
Baruccio Borgo Sassoferrato Breccia di Venatura Cabernardi Ca' Boccolino Cacciamponi Camarano Camazzocchi Canderico Cantarino Caparucci Capoggi Casalvento Case Aia Castagna Castagna Bassa Castiglioni Catobagli Col Canino Coldapi Col della Noce Doglio Felcioni Frassineta Gaville Giontarello La Frasca Liceto Mandole Montelago Monterosso Monterosso Stazione Morello Pantana Perticano Piagge Piaggiasecca Piano di Frassineta Piano di Murazzano Radicosa Regedano Rondinella Rotondo San Egidio San Felice San Giovanni San Paolo San Ugo Sassoferrato Castello Schioppetto Scorzano Sementana Seriole Serra San Facondino Stavellina Valdolmo Valitosa Venatura
Notable people Bartolo da Sassoferrato (1313–1359)Web page titled "Some words about the Institute" at the Istituto Internazionale di Studi Piceni website, retrieved May 24, 2009 Cardinal Alessandro Oliva (1407–1463) Niccolò Perotti (1430–1480), humanist Antonio Perotti (1535–1582), captain named the "Paladin of Italy" by Alessandro Farnese Pietro Paolo Agabiti (1470–1540), painter and architect Pandolfo Collenuccio (1444–1504), man of letters Giovani Battista Salvi (1609–1685), Italian Baroque painter, called "the Sassoferrato" Baldassarre Olimpo degli Alessandri (1480? – 1540?), poet
References
External links
Official Tourism website