Castignano

{{Infobox Italian comune | name = Castignano | official_name = Comune di Castignano | native_name = | image_skyline = Castignano_vista_1.jpg | imagesize = | image_alt = | image_caption = View from Ripaberarda | image_shield = | shield_alt = | image_map = | map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | coordinates = {{coord|42|56|20|N|13|37|25|E|type:city(3,039)_region:IT|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = | region = [[Marche]] | province = [[Province of Ascoli Piceno|Ascoli Piceno]] (AP) | frazioni = Ripaberarda, San Venanzo, San Martino, Castiglioni, Rufiano, Sant'Angelo di Ripaberarda | mayor_party = | mayor = Fabio Pollini | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 38.8 | population_footnotes = <ref name="istat">All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute [[National Institute of Statistics (Italy)|Istat]].</ref> | population_total = 2755 | population_as_of = 30 June 2017 | pop_density_footnotes = | population_demonym = Castignanesi | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 473 | twin1 = | twin1_country = | saint = | day = | postal_code = 63072 | area_code = 0736 | website = {{official website|http://www.comune.castignano.ap.it/}} | footnotes = }} '''Castignano''' is a ''[[comune]]'' (municipality) in the [[Province of Ascoli Piceno]] in the [[Italy|Italian]] region [[Marche]], located about {{convert|80|km|mi}} south of [[Ancona]] and about {{convert|10|km|mi|0}} northeast of [[Ascoli Piceno]].

Castignano borders the following municipalities: [[Appignano del Tronto]], [[Ascoli Piceno]], [[Cossignano]], [[Montalto delle Marche]], [[Montedinove]], [[Offida]], [[Rotella, Marche|Rotella]].

Among its churches are the [[Santuario di San Bernardino da Siena, Castignano|Sanctuary of San Bernardino da Siena]] and [[Santi Pietro e Paolo, Castignano|Santi Pietro e Paolo]]. Its territory is home to the oldest ever [[Italic languages|Italic language]] inscription found, the so-called "Stele of Castignano" (7th-6th centuries BC).

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==External links== * [http://www.comune.castignano.ap.it/ Official website]

[[Category:Cities and towns in Marche]]