Sassoferrato

This article is about the town. For the painter, see Giovanni Battista Salvi da 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").^[3]

Sassoferrato
Comune
Comune di Sassoferrato
View of Montelago, a frazione of Sassoferrato
Coat of arms
Sassoferrato within the Province of Ancona
Location of Sassoferrato
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Coordinates: 43°26′1″N 12°51′30″E
Country	Italy
Region	Marche
Province	Ancona (AN)
Frazioni	see list
Government
• Mayor	Maurizio Greci
Area [1]
• Total	137.23 km2 (52.98 sq mi)
Elevation	386 m (1,266 ft)
Population  (31 December 2016)[2]
• Total	7,177
• Density	52/km2 (140/sq mi)
Demonym	Sassoferratesi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	60041
Dialing code	0732
Patron saint	Blessed Ugo degli Atti
Saint day	July 26
Website	Official website

History

Between Sassoferrato and Arcevia was the hill called Civitalba from the name of the ancient city there.^[4]

To the south of the town lie the ruins of the ancient 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: frazioni) 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)^[5]
• Cardinal Alessandro Oliva (1407–1463)^[5]
• Niccolò Perotti (1430–1480), humanist^[5]
• Antonio Perotti (1535–1582), captain named the "Paladin of Italy" by Alessandro Farnese^[5]
• Pietro Paolo Agabiti (1470–1540), painter and architect^[5]
• Pandolfo Collenuccio (1444–1504), man of letters^[5]
• Giovani Battista Salvi (1609–1685), Italian Baroque painter, called "the Sassoferrato"^[5]
• Baldassarre Olimpo degli Alessandri (1480? – 1540?), poet^[5]