Fermignano

{{Infobox Italian comune | name = Fermignano | official_name = Comune di Fermignano | native_name = Fermignèn | image_skyline = Fermignano.jpg | imagesize = | image_alt = | image_caption = View of Fermignano | image_shield = | shield_alt = | image_map = | map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | coordinates = {{coord|43|41|N|12|39|E|type:city(8,065)_region:IT|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = | region = Marche | province = Pesaro e Urbino (PU) | frazioni = | mayor_party = | mayor = Emanuele Feduzi | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 43.3 | population_footnotes = <ref name="istat">All demographics and other statistics: Italian Statistical Institute (Istat)</ref> | population_total = 8384 | population_as_of = 2006 | pop_density_footnotes = | population_demonym = Fermignanesi | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | twin1 = | twin1_country = | saint = St. Anne | day = 26 July | postal_code = 61033 | area_code = 0722 | website = {{official website|http://www.comune.fermignano.pu.it/}} | footnotes = }} '''Fermignano''' (Romagnol: ''Fermignèn'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pesaro e Urbino in the Italian region Marche, located about {{convert|70|km|mi}} west of Ancona and about {{convert|35|km|mi}} southwest of Pesaro.

Renaissance architect Donato Bramante (1444-1514) was born here.<ref>{{cite EB9 |wstitle = Bramante |volume= IV | pages=213-214 |short=1}}</ref>

==History== Fermignano's history can be traced to 200 BC, with the name probably deriving from someone named Firmidio. The city grew up around a bridge over the Metauro river.<ref>[http://www.proloco-fermignano.it/content/section/10/102/ History of Fermignano] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120910094719/http://www.proloco-fermignano.it/content/section/10/102/ |date=2012-09-10 }}</ref> Over the centuries, Fermignano was under the jurisdiction of the Duchy of Urbino. From 1607, it was given its own administrative council.

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==External links== *[http://www.turismo.pesarourbino.it/en/elenco/comuni/fermignano.html History of Fermignano] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304022837/http://www.turismo.pesarourbino.it/en/elenco/comuni/fermignano.html |date=2016-03-04 }}

Category:Cities and towns in Marche