Jesi
Jesi | |
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Città di Jesi City of Jesi | |
Coordinates:43°31′25″N13°14′21″E/ 43.52361°N 13.23917°E | |
Country | Italy |
Region | Marche |
Province | Ancona(AN) |
Frazioni | Mazzangrugno, Castelrosino, Tabano, Santa Lucia |
Government | |
• Mayor | Lorenzo Fiordelmondo (PD; left) |
Area | |
• Total | 107 km2(41 sq mi) |
Elevation | 97 m (318 ft) |
Population (31 August 2017)[2] | |
• Total | 40,251 |
• Density | 380/km2(970/sq mi) |
Demonym | Jesini |
Time zone | UTC+1(CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2(CEST) |
Postal code | 60035 |
Dialing code | 0731 |
Patron saint | Saint Septimius |
Saint day | September 22 |
Website | comune.jesi.an.it/IlComune/[1] |
Jesi(Italian:[ˈjɛːzi]) is acomune(municipality) in theprovince of Ancona,in theItalian regionofMarche.
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
[edit]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
[edit]Religious buildings
[edit]- Jesi cathedral :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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
- Giancarlo Alessandrini
- Giuseppe Balducci,composer
- Alice Bellagamba
- Dionisio Cimarelli
- Angelo Colocci
- Elisa Di Francisca
- Giancarlo Falappa
- Virna Lisi
- Antonio Magini-Coletti
- Roberto Mancini
- Valeria Moriconi
- Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
- Paolo Polidori
- Rafael Sabatini
- Gabriele Tinti
- Giovanna Trillini
- Valentina Vezzali
International relations
[edit]Jesi istwinnedwith:
- Lucera,Italy (since 1970)
- Mayenne,France
- Waiblingen,Germany
- Galați,Romania (since 2003)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011".Italian National Institute of Statistics.Retrieved16 March2019.
- ^ISTATArchived2016-03-03 at theWayback Machine
- ^Norwich, John Julius.Byzantium: The Decline and Fall(New York: Alfred A. Knopf), p. 162