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18-579: Fermo is on a hill, the Sabulo, elevation 319 metres (1,047 ft), on a branch from Porto San Giorgio on the Adriatic coast railway. The oldest human remains from the area are funerary remains from the 9th–8th centuries BC, belonging to the Villanovan culture or the proto- Etruscan civilization . The ancient Firmum Picenum was founded as a Latin colony , consisting of 6000 men, in 264 BC, after

36-545: A frazione represents a former comune that was believed to be no longer viable. Until 2000, the central government established the frazioni and defined their borders, except in the case of the five autonomous regions (see regions of Italy ), where this was controlled at the regional level. By the Legislative Decree 267/2000 to implement amendments to Title V of the Italian Constitution,

54-691: Is a comune (town or municipality ) in the Province of Fermo , in the Marche region of Italy . It has approximately 15,700 inhabitants (2021) and it is located on the coast of the Adriatic Sea . Already famous at the times of Pliny the Elder as Navale Firmanorum and cited by Strabo and in the Tabula Peutingeriana as Castrum Firmanorum ( Citadel of Fermo ), it was bound to

72-575: Is on the Ancona - Pescara railway line of the Ferrovie dello Stato . Porto San Giorgio was connected to Amandola through a 56-kilometre (35 mi) narrow gauge railway with 950-millimetre (37 in) track, the so-called "Italian gauge" , which was disabled in 1956. The Chiesa di San Giorgio was completed in 1834, replacing an earlier building which had housed the now-dispersed Porto San Giorgio Altarpiece by Carlo Crivelli . Tiepolo Fortress

90-681: Is possible to see the reliefs of Croatia . Other extraordinary views can be enjoyed from Torre di Palme, a hamlet of Fermo, south of the city and overlooking the sea. It counts the hamlets ( frazioni ) of Camera, Campiglione, Cantagallo, Casabianca, Capodarco, Cartiera di Tenna, Concerie, Contrada Boara, Ete Palazzina, Faleriense, Gabbiano, Girola, Lido di Fermo, Madonnetta d'Ete, Marina Palmense, Moie, Molini Tenna, Montesecco, Montone, Parete, Pompeiana, Ponte Ete Vivo, Sacri Cuori, Salette, Salvano, San Biagio, San Girolamo, San Lorenzo, San Marco, San Michele, Lido San Tommaso, Torre di Palme and Villa San Claudio. Porto San Giorgio Porto San Giorgio

108-466: The comune . Due to unusual circumstances or to the depopulation of the capoluogo , the town hall and its administrative functions can move to one of the frazioni : the comune still retains the name of the capoluogo . Historically, many frazioni came into being during the Fascist era, when a major effort was made to consolidate and rationalize the territorial subdivisions of the country. Sometimes,

126-639: The Elder thought highly of Firman soldiers for their faith and readiness. With the Pentapolis , in the 8th century it passed under the authority of the Holy See was thenceforth subject to the vicissitudes of the March of Ancona . In the 10th century it became the capital of the Marchia Firmana . Under the predecessors of Honorius III (1216–27) the bishops of city became prince-bishops , first with

144-659: The Protected Floristic Areas of the Marche Region. It can be visited through an equipped path with a ring route that also touches the Grotta degli Amanti and eighteenth-century villas. From the Girfalco or Girone, the highest point of the hill, there is a wide 180° view towards the coast, to the north towards Macerata and to the south towards Monterubbiano . In particular conditions of visibility it

162-408: The capital city of the new province of Fermo since 2009. In the outskirts of Fermo three large necropolis have been identified and partially excavated: in contrada Mossa towards the east, in contrada Misericordia and Solfonara towards the west. The most significant period of reference of these necropolis is the proto-Villanovan one (from IX to VII century B.C.). The areas have been covered, and

180-597: The conquest of the Picentes , as the local headquarters of the Roman power, to which it remained faithful. It was originally governed by five quaestors . It was made a colony with full rights after the battle of Philippi , the 4th Legion being settled there. It lay at the junction of roads to Pausulae , Urbs Salvia , and Asculum , connected to the coast road by a short branch road from Castellum Firmanum (Porto S. Giorgio). According to Plutarch 's Parallel Lives , Cato

198-706: The country. In the autonomous region of the Aosta Valley , a frazione is officially called hameau in French . In South Tyrol , a frazione is called Fraktion in German and frazion in Ladin . The term frazioni refers to the villages or hamlets that often make up a comune (a type of municipal-level government) in rural Italian areas. Subdivision of a comune is optional; some comuni have no frazioni , but others have several dozen. The comune usually has

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216-767: The development of the port of Fermo, probably situated to the estuary of the Ete river and connected to the city of Fermo by the Pompeiana road. In 2013 the promenade of Porto San Giorgio was immortalized by photographer Savino Marè . The photo, entitled "Alba a Porto San Giorgio", helped make the City and the entire region famous at the tourist level, receiving the award at the International Tourism Exchange in Milan . The Porto San Giorgio-Fermo station

234-543: The findings are largely exposed to the National Archaeological Museum of Ancona and partly in the archaeological section "From Villanovan to Picenes", on deposit at the Palazzo dei Priori . Forest of Cugnolo, near Torre di Palme: located in the homonymous district is a rare example of intact Mediterranean maquis of the Adriatic coast . It extends for about 5 hectares (12 acres) and it is one of

252-433: The individual comuni now define the frazioni within their borders. Under the former legislation, a frazione had the option of having a submayor ( prosindaco ), who was appointed by the mayor ( sindaco ) of the comune , often on the recommendation of deliberative bodies such as the communal council ( consiglio ) or the giunta , or as a result of a petition by enough residents of the frazione involved; although there

270-410: The same name of the capoluogo , but not always, in which case it is called a comune sparso . In practice, most frazioni are small villages or hamlets , occasionally just a clump of houses. Not every hamlet is classified as a frazione ; those that are not are often referred to as località , for example, in the telephone book. In some cases, frazioni are more populous than the capoluogo of

288-598: The secular rights of counts, and later as princes of Fermo. In 1199 it became a free city, and remained independent until 1550, when it was annexed to the Papal States . In the contest between the Hohenstaufen and the papacy, Fermo was besieged and captured several times; in 1176 by Archbishop Christian of Mainz , in 1192 by Emperor Henry Vl , in 1208 by Marcuald, Duke of Ravenna, in 1241 by Emperor Frederick II , and in 1245 by Manfred of Sicily . After this it

306-534: Was built in 1267 by Lorenzo Tiepolo. This Marche location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Frazione A frazione ( pl. : frazioni ) is a type of subdivision of a comune ( municipality ) in Italy, often a small village or hamlet outside the main town. Most frazioni were created during the Fascist era (1922–1943) as a way to consolidate territorial subdivisions in

324-462: Was governed by different lords, who ruled as more or less legitimate vassals of the Holy See, e.g. the Monteverdi, Giovanni Visconti and Francesco Sforza (banished 1446), Oliverotto Euffreducci (murdered in 1503 by Cesare Borgia ), who was succeeded by his son Ludovico, killed at the battle of Montegiorgio in 1520, when Fermo became again directly subjected to the Holy See. Fermo has been

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