| Comune di Verucchio | |
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 Municipal coat of arms |
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| Country |  Italy |
| Region | Emilia-Romagna |
| Province | Rimini (RN) |
| Elevation | 330 m (1,083 ft) |
| Area | 27 km² (10 sq mi) |
| Population (as of 2004-12-31) | |
| - Total | 9,365 |
| - Density | 347/km² (899/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET, UTC+1 |
| Coordinates | |
| Gentilic | Verucchiesi |
| Dialing code | 0541 |
| Postal code | 47826 |
| Frazioni | Villa Verucchio, Ponte Verucchio, Pieve Corena |
| Patron | St. Martin |
| - Day | November 11 |
| Website: www.comunediverucchio.it | |
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History
Traces of a 12th-9th century BC settlement, supposed of Villanovan origin, have been found in Verucchio. The Villanovan culture was the earliest Iron Age culture of central and northern Italy, abruptly Later it was an Etruscan possession. The current town derives its name from Vero Occhio ("True Eye"), referring to its privileged position offering a wide panorama of the surrounding countryside and the Romagna coast. Romagna is an Italian historical region that approximately corresponds to the south-eastern portion of present-day Emilia-Romagna.
Malatesta da Verucchio, founder of the Malatesta lordship of Romagna, was born here. Malatesta (I da Verucchio (1212 &ndash 1312 was the founder of the powerful Italian Malatesta family and a famous Condottiero. The House of Malatesta was an Italian family that ruled over Rimini from 1295 until 1500, as well as (in different periods other lands and towns in His successors fortified it as a powerful bastion against the Montefeltro of Urbino. Montefeltro is a historical-geographic region in the Marche, which was historically part of Romagna. Urbino is a walled city in the Marche region in Italy, south-west of Pesaro, a World Heritage Site notable for a remarkable historical After the fall of the Malatesta (15th century), it was a fief of the Medici in the Papal States; it remained part of the latter, apart a short stint under the Republic of Venice, until 1860. The Papal States, State(s of the Church or Pontifical States (in Italian Stato Ecclesiastico, Stato della Chiesa, Stati della Chiesa The Most Serene Republic of Venice ((Serenìsima Repùblica Vèneta or Repùblica de Venesia Serenissima Repubblica Year 1860 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year starting
Demographic evolution
Main sights
- Rocca Malatestiana (Malatesta Castle, 12th-16th century; also known as Castel del Sasso, or "Castle of the Rock"). It is one of largest and better conserved Malatestian fortifications, and was the birthplace of Malatesta da Verucchio. In 1449 Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta enlarged it. Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta ( June 19, 1417 &ndash October 7, 1468) popularly known as the Wolf of Rimini, was a famous member
- Archaeological Museum
- Rocca del Passerello with the annexed gate.
- Romanesque-Gothic Pieve, dating around 990. Regional characteristics of Romanesque architecture|Romanesque art Romanesque architecture is the term that is used to describe the architecture of Middle Ages Europe which
- Franciscan Convent (c. 1215), the most ancient in Romagna. Inside the church is a masterpiece of the 13th century Riminese painting school representing the crucifixion. Outside is an high cypress that, according to the legend, was planted by St. Francis himself.
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