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Cingoli

{{Infobox Italian comune

| name = Cingoli

| official_name = Comune di Cingoli

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| image_skyline = Cingoli - Palazzo Comunale (Townhall).jpg

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| image_caption = Palazzo Comunale (Townhall)

| image_shield = cingoli-Stemma.gif

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| image_map = Map of comune of Cingoli (province of Macerata, region Marche, Italy).svg

| map_alt =

| map_caption = Cingoli within the province of Macerata

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| coordinates = {{coord|43|22|N|13|13|E|display=inline,title}}

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| region = Marche

| province = Macerata (MC)

| frazioni = Avenale, Botontano, Capo di Rio, Carciole, Castel Sant'Angelo, Castreccioni, Cervidone I, Cervidone II, Civitello, Colcerasa, Grottaccia, Lago Castreccioni, Marcucci,Moscosi, Mummuiola; Pian della Pieve, Piancavallino, Pozzo, Saltregna, San Faustino, San Flaviano, San Venanzo, San Vittore, Santa Maria del Rango, Santo Stefano, Strada, Torre, Torrone, Troviggiano, Valcarecce

| mayor_party =

| mayor = Michele Vittori

| area_footnotes =

| area_total_km2 = 147

| population_footnotes =

| population_total = 10540

| population_as_of = 31 December 2006

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| population_demonym = Cingolani

| elevation_footnotes =

| elevation_m = 631

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| saint = St. Esuperanzio

| day = January 24th

| postal_code = 62011

| area_code = 0733

| website = {{official website|http://www.cingoli.sinp.net}}

| footnotes =

}}Cingoli is a town and comune of the Marches, Italy, in the province of Macerata, about {{convert|27|km|mi}} by road from the town of Macerata. It is the birthplace of Pope Pius VIII. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").{{cite web|url=https://borghipiubelliditalia.it/marche/|title=Marche|access-date=1 August 2023|language=it}}

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 {{convert|650|m|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.{{EB1911|inline=y|wstitle=Cingoli|volume=6|page=375}}

Main sights

Cingoli is also known as the "Balcony of Marche" ("Il Balcone delle Marche"){{Cite web |url=http://www.comunecingoli.it/ |title=Official site of Cingoli |access-date=2012-09-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120706010235/http://www.comunecingoli.it/ |archive-date=2012-07-06 |url-status=dead }} 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.

{{wide image|Cingoli BalconeDelleMarche.jpg|1000px|{{Center|View of the Marche landscape from the Balcone delle Marche viewpoint}}}}

=Religious buildings=

=Secular buildings=

  • Palazzo municipale
  • Biblioteca Comunale ″Ascariana″ {{cite web|url=http://www.bibliotecacingoli.it/|title=Biblioteca Comunale ″Ascariana″ - Cingoli|access-date=1 August 2023|language=it}}

=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 Italian Sidecarcross Grand Prix a number times[http://www.thejohndaveypages.org/JD_GP/MIXXXVNVN.htm VENUES USED IN GP 1971-2005] The John Davy Pages, accessed: 2 November 2009 and have hosted on 16th May 2010.[http://www.fim-live.com/en/sport/sidecarcross/events/ FIM Sidecarcross World Championship - 2010 Calendar] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812011944/http://www.fim-live.com/en/sport/sidecarcross/events/ |date=August 12, 2011 }} FIM website, accessed: 30 October 2009

Twin towns — sister cities

Cingoli is twinned with:

References

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External links

  • [http://www.cingolinews.it Cingoli news]
  • [http://www.cingolisport.it Cingoli sport]
  • History of Cingoli: http://www.antiqui.it/cingoli.htm

{{Province of Macerata}}

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Category:Cities and towns in the Marche

Category:Roman sites of the Marche

Category:Borghi più belli d'Italia

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