{{short description|Town in Emilia-Romagna, Italy}} {{Infobox Italian comune | name = Monte Colombo | official_name = Comune di Monte Colombo | native_name = | image_skyline = Monte colombo RN.jpg | imagesize = | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_shield = Monte Colombo-Stemma.png | shield_alt = | image_map = | map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | coordinates = {{coord|43|55|N|12|33|E|type:city(2,176)_region:IT|display=inline}} | coordinates_footnotes = | region = Emilia-Romagna | province = Rimini (RN) | frazioni = Taverna, Croce, San Savino, Osteria Nuova | mayor_party = | mayor = Simone Tordi | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 11.9 | population_footnotes = <ref name="istat">All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.</ref> | population_total = 3143 | population_as_of = 2010 | pop_density_footnotes = | population_demonym = Montecolombesi | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 315 | twin1 = | twin1_country = | saint = St. Martin of Tours | day = November 11 | postal_code = 47040 | area_code = 0541 | website = | footnotes = {{official website|http://www.comune.montecolombo.rn.it/}} }} '''Monte Colombo''' is a frazione and former ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Rimini in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about {{convert|120|km|mi}} southeast of Bologna and about {{convert|15|km|mi|0}} south of Rimini.
Monte Colombo borders the following municipalities: Coriano, Gemmano, Montescudo, and San Clemente.
==History== Although the area housed some residences and scattered settlements in the Roman and Byzantine Ages, the current town originated in the Middle Ages from a castle built here by the Malatesta family. After the latter's fall and a short period under Cesare Borgia, Monte Colombo was acquired by the Republic of Venice, which however ceded it to the Papal States in 1509–10.
On 1 January 2016, the municipalities of Monte Colombo and Montescudo merged to form the new municipality of Montescudo-Monte Colombo.<ref name="Legge Regionale">{{cite journal |title=LEGGE REGIONALE 23 NOVEMBRE 2015, N.21 - Istituzione del Comune di Montescudo - Monte Colombo mediante fusione dei Comuni di Monte Colombo e Montescudo nella provincia di Rimini |journal=Bollettino Ufficiale della Regione Emilia-Romagna |editor=Regione Emilia-Romagna |number=305|date=23 November 2015 |url=http://bur.regione.emilia-romagna.it/dettaglio-inserzione?i=59cc2e0bf0d94d8982fd43a35c0e1239 }}</ref>
==Main sights== *Malatesta castle, with the annexed burg (14th century) *Castle (fortified burg) of San Savino, dating to the late 15th century *Bridge over the Rio Calamino (18th century)
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