Sassoferrato is a town and comune of the province of Ancona in the Marche region of central-eastern Italy. History To the south of the town lie the ruins of the ancient Sentinum, on the Via Flaminia. The castle above the town is mentioned from the 11th century; the town belonged to the House of Este from 1208, later to the Atti family, becoming a free municipality in 1460 after the assassination of Luigi degli Atti. Geography Sassoferrato borders with the municipalities of Arcevia, Fabriano, Genga, Serra Sant'Abbondio (PU), Pergola (PU), Costacciaro (PG, Umbria) and Scheggia e Pascelupo (PG, Umbria). Frazioni A frazione (plural: ) is a type of subdivision of a comune (municipality) in Italy: Baruccio Borgo Sassoferrato Breccia di Venatura Cabernardi Ca' Boccolino Camarano Camazzocchi Canderico Cantarino Caparucci Capoggi Casalvento Case Aia Castagna Castagna Bassa Castiglioni Catobagli Col Canino Coldapi Col della Noce Doglio Felcioni Frassineta Gaville Giontarello La Frasca Liceto Mandole Montelago Monterosso Monterosso Stazione Morello Pantana Perticano Piagge Piaggiasecca Piano di Frassineta Piano di Murazzano Radicosa Regedano Rondinella Rotondo San Egidio San Felice San Giovanni San Paolo San Ugo Sassoferrato Castello Schioppetto Scorzano Sementana Seriole Serra San Facondino Stavellina Valdolmo Valitosa Venatura Notable people Bartolo da Sassoferrato (1313–1359) Cardinal Alessandro Oliva (1407–1463) Niccolò Perotti (1430–1480), humanist Antonio Perotti (1535–1582), captain named the "Paladin of Italy" by Alessandro Farnese Pietro Paolo Agabiti (1470–1540), painter and architect Pandolfo Collenuccio (1444–1504), man of letters Giovani Battista Salvi (1609–1685), Italian Baroque painter, called "the Sassoferrato" Baldassarre Olimpo degli Alessandri (1480? – 1540?), poet References External links Official Tourism website Cities and towns in the Marche