Genga, Italy

Genga, Italy

Infobox CityIT
img_coa = Genga-Stemma.jpg
img_coa_small = yes
official_name = Comune di Genga
region = Marche
province = Ancona (AN)
elevation_m = 320
area_total_km2 = 72
population_as_of = 2001
mapx=43.43
mapy=12.93
population_total = 1980
population_density_km2 = 28
timezone = CET, UTC+1
coordinates = coord|43|26|N|12|56|E
frazioni = Avenale, Bivio Filipponi, Camponocecchio, Capolavilla, Casamontanara, Cerqueto, Colcello, Colleponi, Falcioni, Gattuccio, Meleto, Monticelli, Palombare, Pianello, Pierosara, Rocchetta, Rosenga, San Donnino, San Fortunato, San Vittore, Trapozzo, Trinquelli, Vallemania, Valtreara
telephone = 0732
postalcode = 60040
gentilic = Gengarini
saint = St. Clemens
day = november 23
mayor = Raniero Nepi
website = [http://www.comune.genga.an.it/Engine/RAServePG.aspx www.comune.genga.an.it]

Genga is a town and "comune" of province of Ancona in the Italian region of the Marche, on the Sentino river about 7 km downstream and east of Sassoferrato; and 12 km north of Fabriano.

The town is best known as the ancestral home of the noble family of the della Genga, the most famous member of which was Pope Leo XII.

Main sights

*the Romanesque abbey at "S. Vittore alle Chiuse" (11th century).
*the Roman Bridge in the same hamlet, about 8 km SE of town.
*Museum of the church of "San Clemente". It houses a triptych and a 15th century banner by Antonio da Fabriano.
*Spaelaeo-Palaeontologic Museum, including a famous fossil of an Ichthyosaur found in the area in 1976.

The caves of Frasassi, about 5 km SSE, are among the most visited natural curiosities in central Italy.


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