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Jesi

Coordinates:43°31′25″N13°14′21″E/ 43.52361°N 13.23917°E/43.52361; 13.23917
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Jesi
Comune
Città di Jesi
City of Jesi
Coat of arms of Jesi
Coat of arms
Location of Jesi
Map
Jesi is located in Italy
Jesi
Jesi
Location of Jesi in Italy
Jesi is located in Marche
Jesi
Jesi
Jesi (Marche)
Coordinates:43°31′25″N13°14′21″E/ 43.52361°N 13.23917°E/43.52361; 13.23917
CountryItaly
RegionMarche
ProvinceAncona(AN)
FrazioniMazzangrugno, Castelrosino, Tabano, Santa Lucia
Government
• MayorLorenzo Fiordelmondo (PD; left)
Area
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• Total107 km2(41 sq mi)
Elevation
97 m (318 ft)
Population
(31 August 2017)[2]
• Total40,251
• Density380/km2(970/sq mi)
DemonymJesini
Time zoneUTC+1(CET)
• Summer (DST)UTC+2(CEST)
Postal code
60035
Dialing code0731
Patron saintSaint Septimius
Saint daySeptember 22
Websitecomune.jesi.an.it/IlComune/[1]
Teatro Pergolesi

Jesi(Italian:[ˈjɛːzi]) is acomune(municipality) in theprovince of Ancona,in theItalian regionofMarche.

Palazzo della Signoria
View of the 14th century walls
Cathedral (Duomo)
Palazzo Balleani

It is an important industrial and artistic center in the floodplain on the left (north) bank of theEsinoriver, 17 kilometres (11 mi) before its mouth on theAdriatic Sea.

History

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Jesi (Iesi) was one of the last towns of theUmbriwhen, in the 4th century BC, theSenones Gaulsinvaded the area and ousted them. They turned it into a stronghold against thePiceni.In 283 BC the Senones were defeated by the Romans. Jesi in 247 BC became acolonia civium romanorumwith the name ofAesis.

During the fall of theWestern Roman Empire,Jesi was ravaged by the troops ofOdoacer(476 AD) and again in 493 by theOstrogothsofTheodoric the Great.After theGothic War,Italy became part of theByzantine Empire,and Jesi became one of the main centers of the new rulers, and a diocese seat. In 751 it was sacked by theLombardtroops ofAistulf,and later was aCarolingianimperial city.

Since 1130, it was anindependent commune,gradually expanding its control over its surrounding agrarian region. In December 1194 the futureHoly Roman Emperor Frederick IIwas born here:[3]he later made Jesi a "Royal City". In the 14th century it was captured by thePapalvicarFilippo Simonetti,then byGaleotto I Malatesta(1347–1351), byBraccio da Montonein 1408, and byFrancesco I Sforza,who turned it into his family's main stronghold in the Marche. In 1447 Jesi was bought by thePapal States.

Main sights

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Religious buildings

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  • Jesi cathedral[it]:duomobuilt in the 13th-15th centuries. The façade and the Latin cross interior are modern.
  • San Floriano: 18th century convent.
  • San Marco:Gothic,13th-century church just outside the old city centre. The interior has a nave and two aisles, with a 14th-century fresco by an anonymous Rimini painter.
  • Santa Maria delle Grazie: 15th-century church with 17th-century belltower.
  • San Nicolò: 13th-century church with Romanesque apse and a Gothic portal.

Secular buildings

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  • The 14th century walls, built following the line of the Roman ones and mostly rebuilt in the 15th century byBaccio PontelliandFrancesco di Giorgio Martini.Six towers remain today.
  • Palazzo della Signoria, built in 1486–1498 byFrancesco di Giorgio Martini.The angular tower was elevated in 1661 and received a dome, but crumbled down a few years later. Notable is the interior courtyard, with two orders of loggias, partially designed byAndrea Sansovinofrom 1519.
  • Palazzo Balleani, an example of localBaroque architecture,built from 1720 and designed by Francesco Ferruzzi. The façade has a characteristic balcony supported by fouratlases(1723). The interior has precious gilded stucco decoration.
  • Palazzo Pianetti:Rococopalace. The wide façade has exactly one hundred windows, while the interior has a noteworthygiardino all'italiana.The palace houses the city's civic art gallery, with a series of paintings by the Venetian artistLorenzo Lotto.
  • Palazzo Ricci, finished in 1547. The diamond-like bricks of the façade are inspired to famousPalazzo dei DiamantiinFerrara.
  • Teatro Pergolesi,built in 1790.

Notable people

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See also:Category:People from Jesi

International relations

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See also:List of twin towns and sister cities in Italy

Jesi istwinnedwith:

See also

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References

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  1. ^"Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011".Italian National Institute of Statistics.Retrieved16 March2019.
  2. ^ISTATArchived2016-03-03 at theWayback Machine
  3. ^Norwich, John Julius.Byzantium: The Decline and Fall(New York: Alfred A. Knopf), p. 162
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