Cingoli

Coordinates: 43°22′N 13°13′E / 43.367°N 13.217°E / 43.367; 13.217
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Cingoli
Comune
Comune di Cingoli
Palazzo Comunale (Townhall)
Palazzo Comunale (Townhall)
Coat of arms of Cingoli
Coat of arms
Cingoli within the province of Macerata
Cingoli within the province of Macerata
Location of Cingoli
Map
Pius VIII. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").[3]

History

The town occupies the site of the ancient Cingulum, a town of Picenum, founded and strongly fortified by Julius Caesar's lieutenant Titus Labienus (probably on the site of an earlier village) in 63 BCE at his own expense. Its lofty position at an elevation of about 650 metres (2,130 ft) made it of some importance in the civil wars, but otherwise little is heard of it. Under the Roman Empire it was a municipium.[4]

Main sights

Cingoli is also known as the "Balcony of Marche" ("Il Balcone delle Marche")[5] because of its belvedere (viewpoint) from which, on a clear day, the sight may encompass all of the Marche and further across the Adriatic Sea to the Croatian mountain tops.

View of the Marche landscape from the Balcone delle Marche viewpoint

Religious buildings

Secular buildings

  • Palazzo municipale
  • Biblioteca Comunale ″Ascariana″ [6]

Museums

  • Pinacoteca comunale "D. Stefanucci" named after Donatello Stefanucci
  • Museo archeologico statale di Cingoli
  • Museo del Lago
  • Museo del Sidecar

Sport

Cingoli has been host to the

2010.[8]

Twin towns — sister cities

Cingoli is

twinned
with:

References

  1. ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Marche" (in Italian). Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  4. ^  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Cingoli". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 375.
  5. ^ "Official site of Cingoli". Archived from the original on 2012-07-06. Retrieved 2012-09-14.
  6. ^ "Biblioteca Comunale ″Ascariana″ - Cingoli" (in Italian). Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  7. ^ VENUES USED IN GP 1971-2005 The John Davy Pages, accessed: 2 November 2009
  8. ^ FIM Sidecarcross World Championship - 2010 Calendar Archived August 12, 2011, at the Wayback Machine FIM website, accessed: 30 October 2009
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