Acqualagna
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| Comune di Acqualagna | |
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| Country |  Italy |
| Region | Marche |
| Province | Pesaro and Urbino (PU) |
| Elevation | 204 m (669 ft) |
| Area | 50.8 km² (20 sq mi) |
| Population (as of Dec. 2004) | |
| - Total | 4,304 |
| - Density | 85/km² (220/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET, UTC+1 |
| Coordinates | |
| Gentilic | Acqualagnesi |
| Dialing code | 0721 |
| Postal code | 61041 |
| Frazioni | Furlo, Pelingo, Case nuove, Fossato, Pole, Petriccio, Naro, Farneta, Bellaria, Canfiagio, Cà Romano |
| Patron | St. Lucy |
| Website: www.comune.acqualagna.ps.it | |
Acqualagna is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Pesaro e Urbino in the Italian region Marche, located about 70 km west of Ancona and about 40 km southwest of Pesaro. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 4,304 and an area of 50.8 km².[1]. It one of the main centres in Italy for truffle.
Acqualagna borders the following municipalities: Cagli, Fermignano, Urbania, Urbino.
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[edit] History
The current name dervies from the Latin name Aqua Lanea, meaning "Water Slaughter", and which remembered the battle of Gualdo Tadino fought in the nearby between Totila's Ostrogoth and Narses's Byzantine armies during the Gothic Wars.
In the neighbourhood existed the Roman town of Pitinum Mergens, destroyed by Alarich I. The survivors founded the castle of Montefalcone, from which the current Acqualagna evolved.
[edit] Main sights
- Parish church, with traces of 15th-16th centuries frescoes.
- Pelingo Sanctuary
- San Vincenzo al Furlo, what remains of a 7th century abbey in which resided St. Romuald (1011) and Pier Damiani (1042). The current church, in Romanesque style, was founded by abbot Bonaventura in 1271. The crypt has ancient columns and a 9th-10th century altar.
- Villa di Colombara, where a Roman farm has been excavated.
[edit] Demographic evolution
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- (Italian) Homepage of the city
