Sassoferrato

• Name — Sassoferrato • Official Name — Comune di Sassoferrato • Image Shield — Coat of arms of Sassoferrato.svg • Image Map — Map of comune of Sassoferrato (province of Ancona, region Marche, Italy).svg • Map Caption — Sassoferrato within the Province of Ancona • Region — Marche • Province — Ancona (AN) • Frazioni — see list • Mayor — Maurizio Greci • Area Total Km2 — 137.23 • Population Total — 7177 • Population As Of — 31 December 2016 • Population Demonym — Sassoferratesi • Elevation M — 386 • Saint — Blessed Ugo degli Atti • Day — July 26 • Postal Code — 60041 • Area Code — 0732 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").

• Illustration — Terracotta pediment of Civitalba temple • Illustration — Terracotta pediment of Civitalba temple (Ancona museum) Between Sassoferrato and Arcevia at Fornace is a hill on which ancient Civitalba was located. 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.

Sassoferrato borders with the municipalities of Arcevia, Fabriano, Genga, Serra Sant'Abbondio (PU), Pergola (PU), Costacciaro (PG, Umbria) and Scheggia e Pascelupo (PG, Umbria).

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

• Bartolo da Sassoferrato (1313–1359) • 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