Sassocorvaro

Sassocorvaro ( in the local dialect: Scorbèra ) is an Italian municipality ( comune ) with 3471 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) in the province of Pesaro and Urbino in the Marche region. The municipality is situated approximately 36 km west-southwest of Pesaro and approximately 12.5 kilometers northwest of Urbino at the Foglia and is part of the Comunità montana del Montefeltro. In the district Mercatale the Foglia is dammed to form an artificial lake.

History

First mentioned in a document of the place is in a document on the fort at Monte Rotondo 1061.

Personalities

  • Luigi Battiferri (before 1610 - to 1682), Composer
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