Sassoferrato

Member of I Borghi più belli d'Italia

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Guido Linke, FreiburgMuseo archeologico nazionale delle Marche (Ancona) 13 CC BY-SA 4.0
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Fausto Baiocco.PiaggiaseccaPublic domain
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Two big battles were fought here: in 295 BC Rome beat a coalition of Samnites, Gauls, Etruscans and Umbrians at Sentinum, and in 552 the Byzantines defeated the Goths of Totila below Monte Strega. The town sits on two levels where three streams meet, with the Borgo below and the Castello above, among the Apennines of the Marche. It gave its name to the Baroque painter Giovanni Battista Salvi.

Highlights

Remains of the Roman city of Sentinum on the Via Flaminia
Collegiata di San Pietro, with paintings by Pietro Paolo Agabiti
San Francesco church and its 14th-century Riminese painted cross
The Santa Chiara sanctuary, still home to Poor Clare nuns

Text adapted from Wikipedia (Sassoferrato (IT), Sassoferrato (EN)). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Population: 6,841

Things to see

Events through the year

Passion Play Religious · April
Feast of Blessed Ugo degli Atti Religious · 26 July
Palio della Miniera di Zolfo Historical · August
Natale sotto l'albero Seasonal · December

Dates follow the traditional patterns in our sources: check locally before you travel.

Adapted from Wikipedia (Sassoferrato). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Translated and adapted from open data: Eventi Marche, Regione Marche (CC BY 4.0).