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History

Originally part of ancient Marche, the settlement was known as Fanum Fortunae (‘Temple of Fortune’)^[1] after a prominent local sanctuary dedicated to the goddess Fortuna. Its first mention in history dates from 49 BC, when Julius Caesar held it, along with Pisaurum and Ancona. Caesar Augustus established a colonia, and built a wall, some parts of which remain. In 2 AD Augustus also built an arch (which is still standing) at the entrance to the town.

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The Castle of Fano in a 19th-century etching. The high watchtower was destroyed during World War II.

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The Castle of Fano July 2011

In January 271, the Roman Army defeated the Alamanni in the Battle of Fano that took place on the banks of the Metauro river just inland of Fano.

Fano was destroyed by Vitiges' Ostrogoths in AD 538. It was rebuilt by the Byzantines, becoming the capital of the maritime Pentapolis ("Five Cities") that included also Rimini, Pesaro, Senigallia and Ancona. In 754 it was donated to the Holy See by the Frankish kings.

The Malatesta became lords of the city in 1356 with Galeotto I Malatesta, who was nominally only a vicar of the Popes. Among the others, Pandolfo III resided in the city. Under his son, the condottiero Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, Fano was besieged by Papal troops under Federico III da Montefeltro, and returned to the Papal administration. It was later part of the short-lived state of Cesare Borgia, and then part of the duchy of the della Roveres in the Marche.

During the Napoleonic Wars it suffered heavy spoliations; the city had an active role in the Risorgimento. In World War I Fano was several times bombed by the Austro-Hungarian Navy. During World War II it was massively bombed by Allied aeroplanes due to hit the strategic railway and street bridges crossing the Metauro river. When the Nazis withdrew from the town they destroyed all of the bell towers in the town.

During the 1916 Rimini earthquakes, two spires of Fano Cathedral collapsed, a large stucco angel fell in the Template:Interlanguage link, and part of the belltower wall of the Template:Interlanguage link collapsed. Part of a wall of the Church of San Paterniano collapsed.^[2] The earthquake of 16 August caused an exodus from the town.^[3]

Main sights

Religious structures

Fano Cathedral: (12th century), which was erected over a pre-existing cathedral destroyed by a fire in 1111. The current façade is from the 1920s restoration, but is similar to the original. The interior has a nave and two aisles.
The town's namesake temple of Fortuna is identified in the remains of a monumental podium located beneath the medieval convent of Saint Augustine.
San Domenico
San Pietro in Valle:
San Paterniano: (16th century) with a Renaissance cloister.
San Francesco: church housing the tombs of Pandolfo III Malatesta (designed by Leon Battista Alberti) and his first wife Paola Bianca Malatesta.
Santa Maria Nuova: (1521) Church has an ancient portal and two works by Perugino (Annunciation of Fano and Fano Altarpiece, the latter including perhaps an intervention by Raphael).

Outside the city, in the place called Bellocchi, is the church of St. Sebastian (16th century), for the construction of which parts of the ancient cathedral were used.

Secular structures

Arco d'Augusto: The upper story of this Roman gate was destroyed in a siege conducted on the order of Pope Pius II in 1463, although a bas-relief of it was made by Bernardino di Pietro da Carona in 1513^[4] on an adjacent wall of the annexed church and the loggia of St. Michael, the former having a noteworthy Renaissance portal.
Corte Malatestiana: built after 1357 by Galeotto I Malatesta. The 14th-century section includes a great vaulted hall (probably part of the first residence of the Malatesta in the city) and a small turret. The modern part was built under Pandolfo III in 1413–23. The current edifice was heavily restored in the 20th century, but the original mullioned windows in Gothic style, as well as the staircase and the loggia from a 16th-century restoration. Also noteworthy is the Borgia-Cybo Arch (late 15th century). The palace is connected to the Palazzo del Podestà by a modern bridge, probably present also in the original structure.
Rocca Malatestiana: (Malatesta Castle) was partially destroyed in 1944. The most ancient part dates probably from pre-existing Roman and medieval fortifications. The castle in its current form was begun in 1433 or 1438 by Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta. The now missing mastio was erected in 1452. Here, Sigismondo's son, Roberto, was besieged by Papal Troops in 1463 and signed the peace treaty that ended the Malatesta domination of Fano.
Museo Civico of Fano: (Archeological Museum and Art Gallery), located inside the Palazzo Malatestiano, is a museum with archaeological findings, coins, medals, and an art gallery with works by Guido Reni, Domenichino, Guercino, Michele Giambono, and Giovanni Santi.^[5]
Palazzo del Podestà or della Ragione (built from 1229 in Romanesque-Gothic style). The interiors are in Neoclassicist style, and it houses the Teatro della Fortuna.^[6]
Fontana della Fortuna (Fountain of Fortune) (17th century).

Culture

Fano dei Cesari is an annual week-long festival held in July or August,^[7] featuring cultural events ending with a parade in Roman costumes and chariot races.
The Fano Jazz by The Sea festival is held annually for one week.
The library, the Biblioteca Federiciana, was established on 17 November 1720.^[8]

Sports

The Fano Ultimate Frisbee Association, established in 2001, fields four teams—Croccali (mixed), Mirine (women), Spaccamadoni (men) and Angry Gulls (juniors)—and has won eight Italian championships.

Alma Juventus Fano 1906 is the local football team who play at the Stadio Raffaele Mancini.

Notable people

Sebastiano Ceccarini (1703–83), painter
Clement VIII, Ippolito Aldobrandini (1536–1605), pope
Menahem Azariah da Fano (1548, Fano – Mantua, 1620), famed Rabbi and Kabbalist
Antonio Giuglini (1825–65), opera tenor
Fathi Hassan (born 1957), artist
Carlo Magini (1720–1806), painter
Francesco Magini (c. 1668-1670–1714), composer
Roberto Malatesta (c. 1441-1442–1482), condottiero and lord of Rimini
Laura Martinozzi (1639–87), duchess, mother of Mary of Modena
Bruno Radicioni (1933–97), painter, sculptor and ceramist
Ruggero Ruggeri (1871–1953), actor
Giacomo Torelli (1608–78), set designer
Franco Trappoli, Mayor of Fano (1980–83) and first Buddhist member of the Italian Parliament

Twin towns – sister cities

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Template:Flagicon Gandia, Spain
Template:Flagicon Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic^[10]
Template:Flagicon Rastatt, Germany
Template:Flagicon St Albans, England, United Kingdom
Template:Flagicon Stříbro, Czech Republic^[11]
Template:Flagicon Wieliczka, Poland

Notes

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-'''Fano''' ({{IPA|it|ˈfaːno|lang}}) is a city and ''[[comune]]'' of the [[province of Pesaro and Urbino]] in the [[Marche]] region of [[Italy]]. It is a beach resort {{convert|12|km|0|abbr=off}} southeast of [[Pesaro]], located where the ''[[Via Flaminia]]'' reaches the [[Adriatic Sea]]. It is the third city in the region by population after [[Ancona]] and Pesaro.
+'''Fano''' ({{IPA|it|ˈfaːno|lang}}) is a coastal city and ''[[comune]]'' of the [[province of Pesaro and Urbino]] in the [[Marche]] region of [[Italy]] located {{convert|12|km|0|abbr=off}} southeast of [[Pesaro]] at the point where the ''[[Via Flaminia]]'' reaches the [[Adriatic Sea]]. As of 2021, it has a population of approximately 59,000, smaller than [[Ancona]] and Pesaro.
 ==History==
-{{Expand section|date=June 2008}}
+Originally part of ancient  [[Marche]], the settlement was known as '''Fanum Fortunae''' (‘Temple of Fortune’)<ref>{{cite book |title=Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World: Map-By-Map Directory |editor=Richard J.A. Talbert |volume=I |year=2000 |publisher=Princeton University Press |location=Princeton, NJ and Oxford, UK |isbn=0691049459 |page=609 }}</ref> after a prominent local sanctuary dedicated to the goddess [[Fortuna (mythology)|Fortuna]]. Its first mention in history dates from 49 BC, when [[Julius Caesar]] held it, along with [[Pisaurum]] and Ancona. [[Caesar Augustus]] established a ''[[Colonia (Roman)|colonia]]'', and built a wall, some parts of which remain. In 2 AD  Augustus also built an arch (which is still standing) at the entrance to the town.
-An ancient town of [[Marche]], it was known as '''Fanum Fortunae'''<ref>{{cite book |title=Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World: Map-By-Map Directory |editor=Richard J.A. Talbert |volume=I |year=2000 |publisher=Princeton University Press |location=Princeton, NJ and Oxford, UK |isbn=0691049459 |page=609 }}</ref> after a temple of [[Fortuna (mythology)|Fortuna]] located there. Its first mention in history dates from 49 BC, when [[Julius Caesar]] held it, along with [[Pisaurum]] and Ancona. [[Caesar Augustus]] established a ''[[Colonia (Roman)|colonia]]'', and built a wall, some parts of which remain. In 2 AD  Augustus also built an arch (which is still standing) at the entrance to the town.
 [[File:Fano Castle.jpg|thumb|220px|left|The Castle of Fano in a 19th-century etching. The high watchtower was destroyed during World War II.]]
 [[File:Fano malattestianische Burg.JPG|thumb|220px|left|The Castle of Fano July 2011]]
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 Fano was destroyed by [[Vitiges]]' [[Ostrogoths]] in AD 538.  It was rebuilt by the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantines]], becoming the capital of the maritime [[Pentapolis]] ("Five Cities") that included also [[Rimini]], Pesaro, [[Senigallia]] and Ancona. In 754 it was donated to the [[Holy See]] by the Frankish kings.
-The [[House of Malatesta|Malatesta]] became lords of the city in 1356 with [[Galeotto I Malatesta]], who was nominally only a vicar of the Popes. Among the others, [[Pandolfo III Malatesta|Pandolfo III]] resided in the city. Under his son, the famous [[condottiero]] [[Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta]], Fano was besieged by Papal troops under [[Federico III da Montefeltro]], and returned to the Papal administration. It was later part of the short-lived state of [[Cesare Borgia]], and then part of the [[duchy]] of the [[della Rovere]]s in the Marche.
+The [[House of Malatesta|Malatesta]] became lords of the city in 1356 with [[Galeotto I Malatesta]], who was nominally only a vicar of the Popes. Among the others, [[Pandolfo III Malatesta|Pandolfo III]] resided in the city. Under his son, the [[condottiero]] [[Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta]], Fano was besieged by Papal troops under [[Federico III da Montefeltro]], and returned to the Papal administration. It was later part of the short-lived state of [[Cesare Borgia]], and then part of the [[duchy]] of the [[della Rovere]]s in the Marche.
 During the [[Napoleonic Wars]] it suffered heavy spoliations; the city had an active role in the [[Risorgimento]]. In [[World War I]] Fano was several times bombed by the [[Austro-Hungarian Navy]]. During [[World War II]] it was massively bombed by [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] aeroplanes due to hit the strategic railway and street bridges crossing the Metauro river. When the [[Nazi]]s withdrew from the town they destroyed all of the bell towers in the town.
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 ==Main sights==
 ===Religious structures===
-* [[Fano Cathedral]]: (12th century), which was erected over a pre-existing cathedral destroyed by a fire in 1111. The current façade is from the 1920s restoration, but is similar to the original. The interior has a nave and two aisles. No remnants of the town's namesake temple have been uncovered, nor any of the basilica that (we are told) [[Vitruvius]] built there.
+* [[Fano Cathedral]]: (12th century), which was erected over a pre-existing cathedral destroyed by a fire in 1111. The current façade is from the 1920s restoration, but is similar to the original. The interior has a nave and two aisles.
+* The town's namesake temple of Fortuna is identified in the remains of a monumental [[podium]] located beneath the medieval convent of Saint Augustine.
 * [[San Domenico, Fano|San Domenico]]
 * [[San Pietro in Valle, Fano|San Pietro in Valle]]:
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 ===Secular structures===
 * [[Arch of Augustus (Fano)|Arco d'Augusto]]: The upper story of this Roman gate was destroyed in a siege conducted on the order of [[Pope Pius II]] in 1463, although a bas-relief of it was made by Bernardino di Pietro da Carona in 1513<ref>Illustrated in Roberto Weiss, 1969. ''The Renaissance Discovery of Classical Antiquity'', facing p. 151.</ref> on an adjacent wall of the annexed church and the [[loggia]] of [[St. Michael]], the former having a noteworthy Renaissance portal.
-* ''Corte Malatestiana'': built after 1357 by Galeotto I Malatesta. The 14th-century section includes a great vaulted hall (probably part of the first residence of the Malatesta in the city) and a small turret. The modern part was built under Pandolfo III in 1413&ndash;23. The current edifice was heavily restored in the 20th century, but original are the [[mullioned window]]s in [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] style as well as the staircase and the loggia from a 16th-century restoration. Also noteworthy is the Borgia-Cybo Arch (late 15th century). The palace is connected to the ''Palazzo del Podestà'' by a modern bridge, probably present also in the original structure.
+* ''Corte Malatestiana'': built after 1357 by Galeotto I Malatesta. The 14th-century section includes a great vaulted hall (probably part of the first residence of the Malatesta in the city) and a small turret. The modern part was built under Pandolfo III in 1413&ndash;23. The current edifice was heavily restored in the 20th century, but the original [[mullioned window]]s in [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] style, as well as the staircase and the loggia from a 16th-century restoration. Also noteworthy is the Borgia-Cybo Arch (late 15th century). The palace is connected to the ''Palazzo del Podestà'' by a modern bridge, probably present also in the original structure.
-* ''Rocca Malatestiana'': (Malatesta Castle) was partially destroyed in 1944. The most ancient part dates probably from pre-existing Roman and medieval fortifications. The castle in its current form was begun in 1433 or 1438 by [[Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta]]. The now missing ''[[Keep|mastio]]'' was erected in 1452. Here Sigismondo's son, [[Roberto Malatesta|Roberto]], was besieged by Papal Troops in 1463 and signed the peace treaty that ended the Malatesta domination of Fano.
+* ''Rocca Malatestiana'': (Malatesta Castle) was partially destroyed in 1944. The most ancient part dates probably from pre-existing Roman and medieval fortifications. The castle in its current form was begun in 1433 or 1438 by [[Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta]]. The now missing ''[[Keep|mastio]]'' was erected in 1452. Here, Sigismondo's son, [[Roberto Malatesta|Roberto]], was besieged by Papal Troops in 1463 and signed the peace treaty that ended the Malatesta domination of Fano.
-* ''Museo Civico of Fano'': (Archeological Museum and Art Gallery), located inside the ''Palazzo Malatestiano'', contains paintings by [[Guercino]], [[Michele Giambono]], and [[Giovanni Santi]].
+* ''Museo Civico of Fano'': (Archeological Museum and Art Gallery), located inside the ''Palazzo Malatestiano'', is a museum with archaeological findings, coins, medals, and an art gallery with works by [[Guido Reni]], [[Domenichino]], [[Guercino]], [[Michele Giambono]], and [[Giovanni Santi]].<ref>{{Cite web|language=it,en|url=https://museocivico.comune.fano.pu.it/en/|title=Official website|website=Museo Civico Comune di Fano|access-date=16 December 2025}}</ref>
-* ''Palazzo del [[Podestà]]'' or ''della Ragione'' (built from 1229 in Romanesque-Gothic style).  The interiors are in Neoclassicist style, and it houses a museum with archaeological findings, coins, medals, and an art gallery with works by [[Guido Reni]], [[Domenichino]] and others.
+* ''Palazzo del [[Podestà]]'' or ''della Ragione'' (built from 1229 in Romanesque-Gothic style). The interiors are in Neoclassicist style, and it houses the [[Teatro della Fortuna]].<ref>{{Cite web|language=it,en|url=https://visitfano.info/en/history-and-museums/medieval-fano/|title=Medieval Fano - The Palace of the Podestà|website=Visit Fano|access-date=16 December 2025}}</ref>
 * ''Fontana della Fortuna'' (Fountain of Fortune) (17th century).
 ==Culture==
-* ''Fano dei Cesari'' is held annually in July or August for a week.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fanoeventi.it/fano-dei-cesari/ |access-date=16 June 2013 |title=Codici sconto Viaggi e Vacanze 2023 |archive-date=28 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130628174546/http://www.fanoeventi.it/fano-dei-cesari/ |url-status=live }}</ref>   During the week there are a variety of cultural events ending with a parade in Roman costumes and chariot races.
+* ''Fano dei Cesari'' is an annual week-long festival held in July or August,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fanoeventi.it/fano-dei-cesari/ |access-date=16 June 2013 |title=Codici sconto Viaggi e Vacanze 2023 |archive-date=28 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130628174546/http://www.fanoeventi.it/fano-dei-cesari/ |url-status=live }}</ref>  featuring cultural events ending with a parade in Roman costumes and chariot races.
 * The [[Fano Jazz by The Sea]] festival is held annually for one week.
 * The library, the [[Biblioteca Federiciana]], was established on 17 November 1720.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.viverefano.com/2014/11/19/294-anniversario-della-biblioteca-federiciana-ricerche-e-curiosit-sul-kitab-salat-al-sawai/504874/ |title=294° anniversario della Biblioteca Federiciana: Ricerche e curiosità sul Kitab Salat al-Sawai |access-date=26 April 2016 |archive-date=9 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160509181954/http://www.viverefano.com/2014/11/19/294-anniversario-della-biblioteca-federiciana-ricerche-e-curiosit-sul-kitab-salat-al-sawai/504874/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
 ==Sports==
-The Ultimate Frisbee Fano Association was created in 2001. The association has 4 teams: Croccali (mixed), Mirine (women), Spaccamadoni (men) and Angry Gulls (juniors). Since 2001, the association has won 8 Italian championships.
+The Fano Ultimate Frisbee Association, established in 2001, fields four teams—Croccali (mixed), Mirine (women), Spaccamadoni (men) and Angry Gulls (juniors)—and has won eight Italian championships.
 [[Alma Juventus Fano 1906]] is the local [[association football|football]] team who play at the [[:it:Stadio Raffaele Mancini|Stadio Raffaele Mancini]].
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 * [[Fathi Hassan]] (born 1957), artist
 * [[Carlo Magini]] (1720–1806), painter
+* [[Francesco Magini]]  (c. 1668-1670–1714), composer
 * [[Roberto Malatesta]] (c. 1441-1442–1482), condottiero and lord of Rimini
 * [[Laura Martinozzi]] (1639–87), duchess, mother of [[Mary of Modena]]
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 * {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Gandia]], Spain
-* {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Mladá Boleslav]], Czech Republic<ref>{{cite web |title=Novým partnerským městem Mladé Boleslavi je italské Fano|url=https://www.mb-net.cz/novym-partnerskym-mestem-mlade-boleslavi-je-italske-fano/d-65444|publisher=Mladá Boleslav|language=cs|date=2019-06-26|access-date=2025-03-25}}</ref>
+* {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Mladá Boleslav]], Czech Republic<ref>{{cite web|title=Novým partnerským městem Mladé Boleslavi je italské Fano|url=https://www.mb-net.cz/novym-partnerskym-mestem-mlade-boleslavi-je-italske-fano/d-65444|publisher=Mladá Boleslav|language=cs|date=2019-06-26|access-date=2025-03-25|archive-date=30 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191230084240/https://www.mb-net.cz/novym-partnerskym-mestem-mlade-boleslavi-je-italske-fano/d-65444|url-status=dead}}</ref>
 * {{flagicon|GER}} [[Rastatt]], Germany
 * {{flagicon|ENG}} [[St Albans City and District|St Albans]], England, United Kingdom
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+[[Category:Coastal towns in Marche]]
 [[Category:Duchy of the Pentapolis]]
 [[Category:Roman towns and cities in Italy]]
-[[Category:Roman sites of the Marche]]
+[[Category:Roman sites in Marche]]

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Notes

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