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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 644 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SENIGALLIA, or SINIGAGLIA (anc. Sena Gallica)  , a See also:city and episcopal see of the See also:Marches, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Ancona, on the See also:coast of the Adriatic, 15 M. by See also:rail N. of Ancona . Pop . (1901) 5556 (See also:town), 23,195 (See also:commune) . It is situated at 14 ft. above See also:sea-level, and, despite its See also:ancient origin, presents a See also:modern See also:appearance, with wide streets . The Palazzo Comunale See also:dates from the 17th See also:century . The See also:cathedral was erected after 1787 . The See also:castle, ,of See also:Gothic origin, was restored by See also:Baccio Pontelli, a famous military architect, in 1492 . The See also:church of S Maria delle Grazie outside the town is one of the only two churches which he is known to have executed (the other is at Orciano near Mondavio, about 15 M. to the See also:west by road) . The small See also:port is formed by the See also:lower reaches of the Misa, a stream which flows through the town between embankments constructed of Istrian See also:marble . The inhabitants are chiefly occupied in fishing, and in the summer the town is greatly frequented by visitors for the See also:good sea-bathing . See also:Senigallia used to hold one of the largest fairs in Italy, which dated originally from 1200, when See also:Sergius, See also:count of Senigallia, received from the count of See also:Marseilles, to whose daughter he was affianced, certain See also:relics of See also:Mary Magdalene; this See also:fair used to be visited by merchants from See also:France, See also:Switzerland, See also:Austria, See also:Germany and especially the See also:Levant . Senigallia is the See also:residence of the Mastai-Ferretti See also:family; the See also:house in which See also:Pope See also:Pius IX. was See also:born is preserved, and contains a few memorials of him .

The ancient Sena Gallica was a city of See also:

Umbria . A See also:colony was founded there by the See also:Romans after their victory over the See also:Senones, rather before 28o n.c . The See also:place is also mentioned in connexion with See also:Hasdrubal's defeat at the Metaurus (q.v.) in 207 B.c . It was destroyed by See also:Pompey in 82 B.C., and is not often mentioned afterwards . No ancient remains avid very few See also:inscriptions exist . The name Gallica distinguishes it from Saena (See also:Siena) in See also:Etruria . Ravaged by See also:Alaric, fortified by the See also:exarch See also:Longinus, and again laid See also:waste by the See also:Lombards in the 8th century and by the See also:Saracens in the 9th, Senigallia was at length brought so See also:low by the See also:Guelph and Ghibelline See also:wars, and especially by the severities of Guido de Montefeltro, that it was chosen by See also:Dante as the typical instance of . a ruined city . In the 15th century it was captured and recaptured again and again by the Malatesta and their opponents . Sigismondo Malatesta of See also:Rimini erected strong fortifications See also:round the town in 1450-1455 . The lordship of Senigallia was bestowed by Pius II. on his See also:nephew See also:Antonio See also:Piccolomini, but the See also:people of the town in 1464 placed themselves anew under See also:Paul II., and Giacomo Piccolomini in 1472 failed in his See also:attempt to seize the place . See also:Sixtus IV. assigned the lordship to the Della Rovere family, from whom it was transferred to Lorenzo de' See also:Medici in 1516 . After 1624 it formed See also:part of the See also:legation of See also:Urbino .

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