# Monte Colombo

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{{short description|Town in Emilia-Romagna, Italy}}
{{Infobox Italian comune
| name                = Monte Colombo
| official_name       = Comune di Monte Colombo
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| image_skyline       = Monte colombo RN.jpg
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| image_shield        = Monte Colombo-Stemma.png
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| coordinates         = {{coord|43|55|N|12|33|E|type:city(2,176)_region:IT|display=inline}}
| coordinates_footnotes = 
| region              = [Emilia-Romagna](/source/Emilia-Romagna)
| province            = [Rimini](/source/Province_of_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](/source/National_Institute_of_Statistics_(Italy)).</ref>
| population_total    = 3143
| population_as_of    = 2010
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| population_demonym  = Montecolombesi
| elevation_footnotes = 
| elevation_m         = 315
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| saint               = St. Martin of Tours
| day                 = November 11
| postal_code         = 47040
| area_code           = 0541
| website             = 
| footnotes           = {{official website|http://www.comune.montecolombo.rn.it/}}
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'''Monte Colombo''' is a [frazione](/source/frazione) and former ''[comune](/source/comune)'' (municipality) in the [Province of Rimini](/source/Province_of_Rimini) in the [Italian](/source/Italy) region [Emilia-Romagna](/source/Emilia-Romagna), located about {{convert|120|km|mi}} southeast of [Bologna](/source/Bologna) and about {{convert|15|km|mi|0}} south of [Rimini](/source/Rimini).

Monte Colombo borders the following municipalities: [Coriano](/source/Coriano), [Gemmano](/source/Gemmano), [Montescudo](/source/Montescudo), and [San Clemente](/source/San_Clemente_(RN)).

==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](/source/House_of_Malatesta). After the latter's fall and a short period under [Cesare Borgia](/source/Cesare_Borgia), Monte Colombo was acquired by the [Republic of Venice](/source/Republic_of_Venice), which however ceded it to the [Papal States](/source/Papal_States) in 1509&ndash;10.

On 1 January 2016, the municipalities of Monte Colombo and [Montescudo](/source/Montescudo) merged to form the new municipality of [Montescudo-Monte Colombo](/source/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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Category:Former municipalities of Emilia-Romagna
Category:Frazioni of the Province of Rimini
Category:Cities and towns in Emilia-Romagna

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