Gradara

Gradara
Comune
Comune di Gradara
Coat of arms
Location of Gradara
UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	61012
Dialing code	0541
Patron saint	San Terenzio
Saint day	third sunday of September

Gradara is a town and

The construction of the castle was begun in the 12th century by Pietro and Ridolfo del Grifo. Later, Malatesta da Verucchio captured the Grifo tower, which became the mastio of the current castle, which was to be finished in the 15th century.

After the Malatesta seignory, the town was conquered by the

In November 2019, the South Ossetian foreign minister Dmitry Medoyev paid a courtesy visit to Gradara, where he met with Mayor Filippo Gasperi and President of the Administration Frederico Marmarella. Both sides discussed issues of humanitarian and cultural cooperation. In the course of the visit an agreement was reached to hold an exhibition of paintings by Ossetian artists in Gradara as part of the Days of Ossetian Culture in Europe in July 2022.^[5]

Notable people

• Bruno Bruni (artist), lithographer (1935–)

References

See also

• Gradara Castle

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