Mondolfo is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Pesaro e Urbino in the Italy region Marche, located about northwest of Ancona and about southeast of Pesaro, on the Adriatic Sea.
Mondolfo borders the following municipalities: Castel Colonna, Fano, San Costanzo, Senigallia, Trecastelli. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").
History
Human presence is testified by remains from as early as the
Neolithic Age. However, the first stable settlement appeared starting from the early 11th century, around a
Byzantine Empire castle existing here in the 6th-7th centuries.
Main sights
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Church of San Gervasio
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Sant'Agostino church (1586–93) and convent (17th century)
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Santa Giustina church (completed around 1760)
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San Sebastiano (1479), housing the Ceccarini altarpiece
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Church of San Giovanni (17th century)
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Palazzo Giraldi Della Rovere (16th century)
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Palazzo Peruzzi (16th century)
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Sanctuary of the Madonna delle Grotte (1682)
Notable people
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Filippo Sorcinelli (born 1975), fashion designer
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