Fano (city)

Fano ( Italian: Fano ) is the third largest city in the Italian region of Marche after Ancona and Pesaro . This seaside resort town is located in the province of Pesaro e Urbino , where the ancient Flaminieva road overlooks the Adriatic Sea . Fano has 64 thousand inhabitants (2008).

City
Fano
ital. Fano
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A country	Italy
Region	Marche
Provinces	Pesaro e Urbino
History and Geography
Area
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Timezone	and
Population
Population	64,000 people
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Telephone code	+39 0721
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In ancient Rome, the city ​​was known as the “Temple of Fortune” ( Fanum Fortunae ). Octavian Augustus settled here his veteran soldiers, surrounded the city with walls (partly preserved), and built a triple arch (which also survived) at the entrance to the colony. At the Battle of Fano (271), the Romans converged with the Alemans .

After the Ostrogoth ruin in 538, Fano was rebuilt by the Byzantines as the center of the Sea Pyatigrad as part of the Ravenna Exarchate . In the XIV century, the city came under the rule of the Malatesta house, one of whose representatives, Sigismondo Pandolfo , erected a powerful fortress in Fano. In 1464, after a siege, Federigo da Montefeltro took control of it, acting on behalf of the pope.

From then until the completion of Risorgimento (1860), Fano was part of the Papal States . In the XVII century, Pius V ordered to clean his harbor. During the First World War, the city ​​was subjected to massive bombing of the Austrian Air Force. The Second World War brought even greater destruction (all ancient towers, including bell towers) were killed.

The patron saint of the city is venerated St. Paternian , celebration of July 10 .