Acqualagna

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Comune di Acqualagna
Municipal coat of arms
Country	Italy
Region	Marche
Province	Province of Pesaro e Urbino (PU)
Mayor

Elevation	204 m
Area	50.8 km²
Population
- Total (as of Dec. 2004)	4,304
- Density	85/km²
Time zone	CET, UTC+1
Coordinates	43°37′N, 12°40′E
Gentilic	Acqualagnesi
Dialing code	0721
Postal code	61041
Frazioni	Furlo, Pelingo, Case nuove, Fossato, Pole, Petriccio, Naro, Farneta, Bellaria, Canfiagio, Cà Romano
Patron	St. Lucy

Location of Acqualagna in Italy
Website: www.comune.acqualagna.ps.it/

Acqualagna is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Pesaro e Urbino in the Italian region Marche, located about 70 km west of Ancona and about 40 km southwest of Pesaro. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 4,304 and an area of 50.8 km².^[1]. It one of the main centres in Italy for truffle.

Acqualagna borders the following municipalities: Cagli, Fermignano, Urbania, Urbino.

1 History
2 Main sights
3 Demographic evolution
4 References
5 External links

[edit] History

The current name dervies from the Latin name Aqua Lanea, meaning "Water Slaughter", and which remembered the battle of Gualdo Tadino fought in the nearby between Totila's Ostrogoth and Narses's Byzantine armies during the Gothic Wars.

In the neighbourhood existed the Roman town of Pitinum Mergens, destroyed by Alarich I. The survivors founded the castle of Montefalcone, from which the current Acqualagna evolved.

[edit] Main sights

Parish church, with traces of 15th-16th centuries frescoes.
Pelino Sanctuary
San Vincenzo al Furlo, what remains of a 7th century abbey in which resided St. Romuald (1011) and Pier Damiani (1042). The current church, in Romanesque style, was founded by abbot Bonaventura in 1271. The crypt has ancient columns and a 9th-10th century altar.
Villa di Colombara, where a Roman farm has been excavated.