Mondolfo is a comune

Comune

In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...

(municipality) in the Province of Pesaro e Urbino

Province of Pesaro e Urbino

The Province of Pesaro and Urbino is a province in the Marche region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Pesaro. It also borders the state of San Marino.-History:...

 in the Italian

Italy

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 region Marche

Marche

The population density in the region is below the national average. In 2008, it was 161.5 inhabitants per km2, compared to the national figure of 198.8. It is highest in the province of Ancona , and lowest in the province of Macerata...

, located about 35 km northwest of Ancona

Ancona

Ancona is a city and a seaport in the Marche region, in central Italy, with a population of 101,909 . Ancona is the capital of the province of Ancona and of the region....

 and about 25 km southeast of Pesaro

Pesaro

Pesaro is a town and comune in the Italian region of the Marche, capital of the Pesaro e Urbino province, on the Adriatic. According to the 2007 census, its population was 92,206....

, on the Adriatic Sea

Adriatic Sea

The Adriatic Sea is a body of water separating the Italian Peninsula from the Balkan peninsula, and the system of the Apennine Mountains from that of the Dinaric Alps and adjacent ranges...

. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 11,478 and an area of 22.7 km².

The municipality of Mondolfo contains the frazioni

Frazione

A frazione , in Italy, is the name given in administrative law to a type of territorial subdivision of a comune; for other administrative divisions, see municipio, circoscrizione, quartiere...

(subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Marotta, Ponterio, and Centocroci.

Mondolfo borders the following municipalities: Castel Colonna

Castel Colonna

Castel Colonna is a comune in the Province of Ancona in the Italian region Marche, located about 35 km west of Ancona. It was called Tomba di Senigallia until 1921.-External links:*...

, Fano

Fano

Fano is a town and comune of the province of Pesaro and Urbino in the Marche region of Italy. It is a beach resort 12 km southeast of Pesaro, located where the Via Flaminia reaches the Adriatic Sea...

, Monterado

Monterado

Monterado is a comune in the Province of Ancona in the Italian region Marche, located about 35 km west of Ancona. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,803 and an area of 10.3 km²....

, San Costanzo

San Costanzo

San Costanzo is a comune in the Province of Pesaro e Urbino in the Italian region Marche, located about 40 km northwest of Ancona and about 20 km southeast of Pesaro...

, Senigallia

Senigallia

Senigallia is a comune and port town on Italy's Adriatic coast, 25 km by rail north of Ancona, in the Marche region, province of Ancona....

.

Mondolfo is located at an altitude of between 0 and 157 metres above sea level. There are 322 companies and 3,533 employees.

Points of interest

• Chiesa di Sant'Agostino (1586-1593)
• Convento di Sant'Agostino (XVII secolo)
• Chiesa di Santa Giustina (1760 circa) C
• Chiesa di San Giovanni (XVII secolo)
• Palazzo Giraldi Della Rovere
  Della Rovere
  Della Rovere is a noble family of Italy. Coming from modest beginnings in Savona, Liguria, the family rose to prominence through nepotism and ambitious marriages arranged by two Della Rovere popes, Francesco della Rovere, who ruled as Pope Sixtus IV and his nephew Giuliano...
  
   (XVI secolo)
• Palazzo Peruzzi
  Peruzzi
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   (XVI secolo)
• Parco della Rimembranza e monumento (1925) Belvedere
• Fonte Grande (XX secolo)
• Memoria della Fisarmonica
• Chiesa e Chiostro di San Sebastiano (1738-1760)
• Chiesa di San Gervasio (V-VI secolo)
• Santuario della Madonna Delle Grotte (1682)
• Bastione Sant'Anna e Giardino Martiniano (XVI secolo)