Genga, Marche Explained

Genga
Official Name:	Comune di Genga
Coordinates:	43.4333°N 68°W
Region:	Marche
Province:	Ancona (AN)
Frazioni:	Avenale, Bivio Filipponi, Camponocecchio, Capolavilla, Casamontanara, Cerqueto, Colcello, Colleponi, Falcioni, Gattuccio, Meleto, Monticelli, Palombare, Pianello, Pierosara, Rocchetta, Rosenga, San Donnino, San Fortunato, San Vittore, Trapozzo, Trinquelli, Vallemania, Valtreara
Mayor:	Raniero Nepi
Area Total Km2:	72
Population Total:	1984
Population As Of:	2008
Population Demonym:	Gengarini
Elevation M:	320
Saint:	St. Clemens
Day:	November 23
Postal Code:	60040
Area Code:	0732

Genga is a town and comune of province of Ancona in the Italian region of the Marche, on the Sentino river about 7km (04miles) downstream and east of Sassoferrato and 12km (07miles) north of Fabriano.

The town is best known as the ancestral home of the noble family of the della Genga, the most famous member of which was Pope Leo XII.

Main sights

• Grotte di Frasassi, they are a karst caves system most famous show caves in Italy.
• the Romanesque abbey at S. Vittore alle Chiuse (11th century).
• the Roman Bridge in the same hamlet, about 8km (05miles) southeast of town.
• Museum of the church of San Clemente. It houses a triptych and a 15th-century banner by Antonio da Fabriano.
• Spaelaeo-Palaeontologic Museum, including a famous fossil of an Ichthyosaur known as Gengasaurus found in the area in 1976.

The Frasassi Caves, about 5km (03miles) south-southeast, are among the most visited natural curiosities in central Italy.