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{{About|the town|the painter|Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato}}
{{Infobox Italian comune
| name                = Sassoferrato
| official_name       = Comune di Sassoferrato
| native_name         = 
| image_skyline       = Montelago.IMG 2890.JPG
| imagesize           = 
| image_alt           = 
| image_caption       = View of Montelago, a ''frazione'' of Sassoferrato
| image_shield        = Coat of arms of Sassoferrato.svg
| shield_alt          = 
| image_map           = Map of comune of Sassoferrato (province of Ancona, region Marche, Italy).svg
| map_alt             = 
| map_caption         = Sassoferrato within the Province of Ancona
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| coordinates         = {{coord|43|26|1|N|12|51|30|E|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes = 
| region              = [[Marche]]
| province            = [[Province of Ancona|Ancona]] (AN)
| frazioni            = see [[Sassoferrato#Frazioni|list]]
| mayor_party         = 
| mayor               = Maurizio Greci
| area_footnotes      = 
| area_total_km2      = 137.23
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total    = 7177
| population_as_of    = 31 December 2016
| pop_density_footnotes = 
| population_demonym  = Sassoferratesi
| elevation_footnotes = 
| elevation_m         = 386
| twin1               = 
| twin1_country       = 
| saint               = Blessed Ugo degli Atti
| day                 = July 26
| postal_code         = 60041
| area_code           = 0732
| website             = {{official website|http://www.comune.sassoferrato.an.it/}}
| footnotes           = 
}}

'''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").<ref>{{cite web|url=https://borghipiubelliditalia.it/marche/|title=Marche|access-date=1 August 2023|language=it}}</ref>

== History ==

Between Sassoferrato and [[Arcevia]] was the hill called Civitalba from the name of the ancient city there.<ref>Civitalba (Marche) https://www.romanoimpero.com/2019/03/civitalba-marche.html</ref>

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)|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, Marche|Genga]], [[Serra Sant'Abbondio]] ([[Province of Pesaro and Urbino|PU]]), [[Pergola, Marche|Pergola]] (PU), [[Costacciaro]] ([[Province of Perugia|PG]], [[Umbria]]) and [[Scheggia e Pascelupo]] (PG, Umbria).

=== Frazioni ===
A [[frazione]] (plural: {{lang|it|frazioni}}) is a type of subdivision of a ''[[comune]]'' ([[municipality]]) in Italy:
{{div col|colwidth=15em}}
* 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
{{div col end}}

== Notable people ==
* [[Bartolus de Saxoferrato|Bartolo da Sassoferrato]] (1313–1359)<ref name="iisp">Web page titled [http://www.studiumanistici.it/indexen.html "Some words about the Institute"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061016033951/http://www.studiumanistici.it/indexen.html |date=2006-10-16 }} at the Istituto Internazionale
di Studi Piceni website, retrieved May 24, 2009</ref>
* Cardinal [[Alessandro Oliva]] (1407–1463)<ref name="iisp" />
* [[Niccolò Perotti]] (1430–1480), humanist<ref name="iisp" />
* [[Antonio Perotti]] (1535–1582), captain named the "Paladin of Italy" by [[Alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma and Piacenza|Alessandro Farnese]]<ref name="iisp" />
* [[Pietro Paolo Agabiti]] (1470–1540), painter and architect<ref name="iisp" />
* [[Pandolfo Collenuccio]] (1444–1504), man of letters<ref name="iisp" />
* [[Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato|Giovani Battista Salvi]] (1609–1685), Italian Baroque painter, called "the Sassoferrato"<ref name="iisp" />
* [[Baldassarre Olimpo degli Alessandri]] (1480? – 1540?), poet<ref name="iisp" />

== References ==
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== External links ==
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* {{Official website|http://www.comune.sassoferrato.an.it/}} {{in lang|it}}
* [http://www.sassoferratoturismo.it/ Official Tourism website]

{{province of Ancona}}

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[[Category:Cities and towns in Marche]]
[[Category:Borghi più belli d'Italia]]


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