Sassoferrato

Two big battles were fought here: in 295 BC Rome beat a coalition of Samnites, Gauls, Etruscans and Umbrians at Sentinum, and in 552 the Byzantines defeated the Goths of Totila below Monte Strega. The town sits on two levels where three streams meet, with the Borgo below and the Castello above, among the Apennines of the Marche. It gave its name to the Baroque painter Giovanni Battista Salvi.

Highlights

• Remains of the Roman city of Sentinum on the Via Flaminia
• Collegiata di San Pietro, with paintings by Pietro Paolo Agabiti
• San Francesco church and its 14th-century Riminese painted cross
• The Santa Chiara sanctuary, still home to Poor Clare nuns

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