50-713: Corriere Adriatico is a regional daily newspaper, one of the oldest publications in Italy. It has been in circulation since 1860. The headquarters of the paper is in Ancona . Corriere Adriatico was established in 1860. The paper is among the newspapers published in the Marche region . Specifically, it is based in Ancona. During the Fascist rule in Italy Corriere Adriatico was controlled by
100-595: A book called "The City of Lights". From 1300 and on, the Jewish community of Ancona grew steadily, most due to the city importance and it being a center of trade with the Levant . In that year, Jewish poet Immanuel the Roman tried to lower high taxation taken from the Jewish community of the city. Over the next 200 years, Jews from Germany, Spain, Sicily and Portugal immigrated to Ancona, due to persecutions in their homeland and thanks to
150-521: A brief siege , eleven days after his defeat at Castelfidardo . On 23 May 1915, Italy entered World War I and joined the Entente Powers . In 1915, following Italy's entry, the battleship division of the Austro-Hungarian Navy carried out extensive bombardments causing great damage to all installations and killing several dozen people. Ancona was one of the most important Italian ports on
200-523: A lordship of the Byzantine Empire , in the 7th and 8th centuries. In 840, Saracen raiders sacked and burned the city. After Charlemagne 's conquest of northern Italy, it became the capital of the Marca di Ancona , whence the name of the modern region derives. After 1000, Ancona became increasingly independent, eventually turning into an important maritime republic (together with Gaeta and Ragusa , it
250-467: A population more than four times its size), located in the province of Ancona, Marches , of whom 47.6% were male and 52.4% were female. Minors (children ages 18 and younger) totalled 15.54 percent of the population compared to pensioners who number 24.06 percent. This compares with the Italian average of 18.06 percent (minors) and 19.94 percent (pensioners). The average age of Ancona residents is 48, compared to
300-479: A seaport closer to the Gothic Line in order to shorten their lines of communication for the advance into northern Italy . Jews according to documents began living in Ancona in 967 AD, even though there is evidence they lived there even before. It has been claimed that in 1270, a Jewish resident of Ancona, Jacob of Ancona , travelled to China , four years before Marco Polo , and documented his impressions in
350-476: A short while. The boycott was led by Dona Gracia Mendes Nasi . Though emancipated by Napoleon I for several years, in 1843 Pope Gregory XVI revived an old decree, forbidding Jews from living outside the ghetto , wearing identification sign on their clothes and other religious and financial restrictions. Public opinion did not approve of these restrictions, and they were cancelled a short while after. The Jews of Ancona received full emancipation in 1848 with
400-677: A very important destination for merchants from the Ottoman Empire during the 16th century. The Greeks formed the largest of the communities of foreign merchants. They were refugees from former Byzantine or Venetian territories that were occupied by the Ottomans in the late 15th and 16th centuries. The first Greek community was established in Ancona early in the 16th century. Ancona entered the Kingdom of Italy when Christophe Léon Louis Juchault de Lamoricière surrendered here on 29 September 1860 following
450-593: Is twinned with: L'Aquila , Abruzzo Aosta , Aosta Valley Bari , Apulia Potenza , Basilicata Catanzaro , Calabria Naples , Campania Bologna , Emilia-Romagna Trieste , Friuli-Venezia Giulia Rome , Lazio Genoa , Liguria Milan , Lombardy Ancona , Marche Campobasso , Molise Turin , Piedmont Cagliari , Sardinia Palermo , Sicily Trento , Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol Florence , Tuscany Perugia , Umbria Venice , Veneto Pentapolis From Misplaced Pages,
500-470: Is a city and a seaport in the Marche region of Central Italy , with a population of around 101,997 as of 2015 . Ancona is the capital of the province of Ancona and of the region. The city is located 280 km (170 mi) northeast of Rome, on the Adriatic Sea , between the slopes of the two extremities of the promontory of Monte Conero , Monte Astagno and Monte Guasco. The hilly nature around Ancona
550-612: Is a strong contrast to the flatter coastline in areas further north. Ancona is one of the main ports on the Adriatic Sea, especially for passenger traffic, and is the main economic and demographic centre of the region. Before the Greek colonization, the territory was occupied by separated communities of the Picentes tribes. Ancona took a more urban shape by Greek settlers from Syracuse in about 387 BC, who gave it its name: Ancona stems from
SECTION 10
#1732872492831600-776: Is housed in the Palazzo Ferretti, built in the late Renaissance by Pellegrino Tibaldi ; it preserves frescoes by Federico Zuccari . The Museum is divided into several sections: The Municipal Art Gallery ( Pinacoteca Civica Francesco Podesti ) is housed in the Palazzo Bosdari, reconstructed between 1558 and 1561 by Pellegrino Tibaldi . Works in the gallery include: Other artists present include Francesco Podesti , Ciro Ferri and Arcangelo di Cola . Modern artists featured are Anselmo Bucci , Massimo Campigli , Bruno Cassinari , Enzo Cucchi , Carlo Levi , Aligi Sassu , Orfeo Tamburi and others. The Port has regular ferry links to
650-698: Is one of the biggest Jewish cemeteries in Europe and tombstones are dated to 1552 and on. It can still be visited and it resides within the Parco del Cardeto . The climate of Ancona is humid subtropical (Cfa in the Köppen climate classification ) and the city lies on the border between mediterranean and more continental regions. Precipitations are regular throughout the year. Winters are cool (January mean temp. 5 °C or 41 °F), with frequent rain and fog. Temperatures can reach −10 °C (14 °F) or even lower values outside
700-461: Is one of those not appearing on the Italian naval flag ), often clashing against the nearby power of Venice . An oligarchic republic, Ancona was ruled by six Elders, elected by the three terzieri into which the city was divided: S. Pietro, Porto and Capodimonte. It had a coin of its own, the agontano , and a series of laws known as Statuti del mare e del Terzenale and Statuti della Dogana . Ancona
750-458: Is the main railway station of the city and is served by regional and long-distance trains. The other stations are Ancona Marittima , Ancona Torrette, Ancona Stadio, Palombina and Varano. The A14 motorway serves the city with the exits "Ancona Nord" ( An. North ) and "Ancona Sud" ( An. South ). The Ancona trolleybus system has been in operation since 1949. Ancona is also served by an urban and suburban bus network operated by Conerobus. Ancona
800-464: The Americas : 0.93%, East Asia : 0.83%, and North Africa : 0.80%. Ancona Cathedral , dedicated to Judas Cyriacus , was consecrated at the beginning of the 11th century and completed in 1189. Some writers suppose that the original church was in the form of a basilica and belonged to the 7th century. An early restoration was completed in 1234. It is a fine Romanesque building in grey stone, built in
850-598: The Black Sea . The Western Pentapolis of Cyrenaica : five main Greek colonies that came to be in the Roman province of Libya Superior , the western part of Cyrenaica until Diocletian's Tetrarchy reform in AD 296 (now Libya). The most important was Cyrene and its port Apollonia , Ptolemais (the next capital after Cyrene's destruction by an earthquake), port of Barca (the later Arab provincial capital Barka), Teucheira (modern Tocra ) and Berenice (modern Benghazi ); also known as
900-570: The Greek language . When it became a Roman town is uncertain. It was occupied as a naval station in the Illyrian War of 178 BC. Julius Caesar took possession of it immediately after crossing the Rubicon . Its harbour was of considerable importance in imperial times, as the nearest to Dalmatia , and was enlarged by Trajan , who constructed the north quay with his architect Apollodorus of Damascus . At
950-556: The National Fascist Party (FNP). Since 2004 the owner has been the Caltagirone Editore Group which also owns Il Mattino and Il Messaggero , among others. Corriere Adriatico is published by a company with the same name. Corriere Adriatico launched a color version in 2006. There are five editions of the paper, which are distributed in Ancona, Pesaro , Macerata , Ascoli Piceno and Fermo . It has also
1000-788: The Oued Mzab collectively known as the Pentapolis , founded between 1012 and 1350. They are: Ghardaïa ( Tagherdayt ), the principal settlement today; Beni Isguen ( At Isjen ); Melika ( At Mlishet ); Bounoura ( At Bunur ); and El Atteuf ( Tajnint ), the oldest of the five settlements. Adding the more recent settlements of Bérianne and El Guerrara , the Mzab Heptapolis is completed. See also [ edit ] Pentapolis (North Africa) Monopoli (meaning only city) Tripolis (meaning three cities) Tetrapolis (meaning four cities) Doric Hexapolis (meaning six Doric cities in
1050-626: The Palazzo Benincasa , the Loggia dei Mercanti , the Franciscan church of San Francesco alle Scale and Sant'Agostino , Augustinian church with statues portraying St. Monica, St. Nicola da Tolentino, St. Simplicianus and Blessed Agostino Trionfi; in the 18th century it was enlarged by Luigi Vanvitelli and turned into a palace after 1860. The National Archaeological Museum of the Marche Region
SECTION 20
#17328724928311100-705: The Pentapolis inferior ("lower pentapolis"'). This is the Pentapolis that is referenced in the official title of the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria and the Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church . In Italy there were: an early pentapolis including: Ravenna , Forlì , Forlimpopoli , Classe , Caesarea . a later, medieval Duchy of the Pentapolis on the Adriatic coast east of Tuscany and north of
1150-512: The talk page . ( October 2010 ) [REDACTED] The Pentapolis on the Adriatic was part of the Exarchate of Ravenna , an administrative unit of the Byzantine Empire . Red: The Pentapolis. Orange: Other cities of the Exarchate. A pentapolis (from Greek πεντα- penta- , 'five' and πόλις polis , 'city') is a geographic and/or institutional grouping of five cities. Cities in
1200-548: The 1874 and 1898 annexations. The Quad Cities of Iowa and Illinois (so named before the fifth city, Bettendorf, Iowa , grew in the mid-20th century) that share cultural institutions and infrastructure. Locally known as "The Five Cities" in San Luis Obispo County, California are Arroyo Grande , Pismo Beach , Shell Beach, Grover Beach , and Oceano . Algeria [ edit ] There are five qsur "walled villages" ( ksour ) located on rocky outcrops along
1250-581: The Adriatic Sea during the Great War . During World War II , the city was taken by the Polish 2nd Corps against Nazi German forces, as Free Polish forces were serving as part of the British Army. Poles were tasked with capture of the city on 16 June 1944 and accomplished the task a month later on 18 July 1944 in what is known as the battle of Ancona . The attack was part of an Allied operation to gain access to
1300-409: The Greek word Ἀγκών ( Ankṓn ), meaning "elbow"; the harbour to the east of the town was originally protected only by the promontory on the north, shaped like an elbow. Greek merchants established a Tyrian purple dye factory here. In Roman times it kept its own coinage with the punning device of the bent arm holding a palm branch , and the head of Aphrodite on the reverse, and continued the use of
1350-474: The Italian average of 42. In the five years between 2002 and 2007, the population of Ancona grew by 1.48 percent, while Italy as a whole grew by 3.56 percent. The current birth rate of Ancona is 8.14 births per 1,000 inhabitants compared to the Italian average of 9.45 births. As of 2006 , 92.77% of the population was Italian. The largest immigrant group came from other European nations (particularly those from Albania , Romania and Ukraine ): 3.14%, followed by
1400-695: The Papacy in the Eighth Century". Transactions of the American Philosophical Society . 72 (4). Philadelphia: 1–186. doi : 10.2307/1006429 . JSTOR 1006429 . ^ Barron, James. "IF YOU'RE THINKING OF LIVING IN: FIVE TOWNS" , The New York Times , July 10, 1983. Accessed May 20, 2008. "The basic five are Lawrence, Cedarhurst, Woodmere, Hewlett and Inwood. But the area also includes some unincorporated communities and two tiny villages, Hewlett Bay Park and Woodsburgh, that are not added to
1450-602: The Popes ( Guelphs ). Unlike other cities of northern Italy, Ancona never became a signoria . The sole exception was the rule of the Malatesta , who took the city in 1348, taking advantage of the black death and of a fire that had destroyed many of the city's important buildings. The Malatesta were ousted in 1383. In 1532, Ancona definitively lost its freedom and became part of the Papal States , under Pope Clement VII . The symbol of
1500-575: The ancient world probably formed such groups for political, commercial and military reasons, as happened later with the Cinque Ports in England. Significant historical cases [ edit ] The Philistine Pentapolis: Gaza , Ashdod , Ashkelon , Ekron , and Gath , all combined to make Philistia . In the biblical Holy Land , Genesis 14 describes the region where five cities— Sodom , Gomorrah , Zoara , Admah and Zeboim —united to resist
1550-549: The beginning of it stands the marble triumphal arch , the Arch of Trajan with a single archway, and without bas-reliefs , erected in his honour in 115 by the Senate and Roman people. Ancona was attacked successively by the Goths and Lombards between the 3rd and 5th centuries, but recovered its strength and importance. It was one of the cities of the Pentapolis of the Exarchate of Ravenna ,
Corriere Adriatico - Misplaced Pages Continue
1600-497: The city centre during the most intense cold waves. Snow is not unusual with air masses coming from Northern Europe or from the Balkans and Russia, and can be heavy at times (also due to the " Adriatic Sea effect "), especially in the hills surrounding the city centre. Summers are usually warm and humid (July mean temp. 22.5 °C or 72.5 °F). Highs sometimes can reach values around 35 and 40 °C (95 and 104 °F), especially if
1650-569: The duchy of Spoleto , including the port cities (North to South) of Rimini , Pesaro , Fano , Sinigaglia and Ancona . It was part of the core of the Byzantine Exarchate of Ravenna . Later, after the fall of the Exarchate, it was transformed into the March of Ancona The Cinque Ports in England—the five being Hastings , New Romney , Hythe , Dover , and Sandwich . Pentapoleis of
1700-416: The eastern Aegean) Heptapolis (meaning seven cities) Decapolis (meaning ten cities) Notes [ edit ] ^ [REDACTED] Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Pentapolis" . Catholic Encyclopedia . New York: Robert Appleton Company. ^ "Pentapolis", Claremont Coptic Encyclopedia ^ Hallenbeck, Jan T. (1982). "Pavia and Rome: The Lombard Monarchy and
1750-418: The election of Pope Pius IX . In 1938, 1177 lived in Ancona; 53 Jews were sent away to Germany, 15 of them survived and returned to the town after World War II . The majority of the Jewish community stayed in town or emigrated due to high ransoms paid to the fascist regime. In 2004, about 200 Jews lived in Ancona. Two synagogues and two cemeteries still exist in the city. The ancient Monte-Cardeto cemetery
1800-594: The emperor who made the harbour. Most of its original bronze ornaments have disappeared. The archway is flanked by pairs of fluted Corinthian columns on pedestals. A pediment bears inscriptions. The format is that of the Arch of Titus in Rome, but made taller, so that the bronze figures surmounting it, of Trajan, his wife Plotina and sister Marciana, would figure as a landmark for ships approaching Rome's greatest Adriatic port. There are also several buildings by Giorgio da Sebenico , combining Gothic and Renaissance elements:
1850-830: The final total." ^ "M'Zab Valley" . WHC . UNESCO . Retrieved 2 July 2021 . ^ Urwin, Simon (16 April 2021). "The fortified cities on the fringes of the Sahara" . BBC Travel . Retrieved 2 July 2021 . References [ edit ] Westermann Großer Atlas zur Weltgeschichte ('Great Atlas of World History', in German) Authority control databases : National [REDACTED] United States Israel Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pentapolis&oldid=1232736087 " Categories : 5 (number) Greek words and phrases Urban geography Hidden categories: Articles incorporating
1900-585: The following cities with the following operators: Ancona is served by Ancona Airport ( IATA : AOI, ICAO : LIPY), in Falconara Marittima and named after Raffaello Sanzio . European Coastal Airlines , a former seaplane operator from Croatia, established trans-Adriatic flights between Croatia and Italy in November 2015, and offered four weekly flights from Ancona Falconara Airport to Split (59 minutes) and Rijeka (49 minutes). The Ancona railway station
1950-423: The form of a Greek cross, and other elements of Byzantine art. It has a dodecagonal dome over the centre slightly altered by Margaritone d'Arezzo in 1270. The façade has a Gothic portal, ascribed to Giorgio da Como (1228), which was intended to have a lateral arch on each side. The interior, which has a crypt under each transept, in the main preserves its original character. It has ten columns which are attributed to
2000-445: The 💕 Cluster of five cities For the historic region of Libya, see Pentapolis (North Africa) . [REDACTED] This article may lack focus or may be about more than one topic . In particular, is this article about the word, the concept, or should it be a disambig page?. Please help improve this article, possibly by splitting the article and/or by introducing a disambiguation page , or discuss this issue on
2050-572: The invasion of Chedorlaomer , and of which four were shortly after destroyed. The Doric—or Dorian Pentapolis : Kos , on the island of the same name in the Aegean Sea; Knidos , in Caria on the west coast of Asia Minor; Lindus , Ialysus and Camirus , all three on Rhodes. The Phrygian Pentapolis : Eukarpia , Hierapolis , Otrus , Bruzus , and Stectorium . The Pontic Pentapolis: Apollonia , Callatis , Mesembria , Odessos , and Tomis , all on
Corriere Adriatico - Misplaced Pages Continue
2100-563: The modern world [ edit ] Italy [ edit ] The Cinque Terre are five rustic coastal towns in Liguria that are now organized into the Cinque Terre National Park , a UNESCO World Heritage Site . India [ edit ] The National Capital Region (NCR) consists of five cities, namely, Delhi , Gurgaon , Ghaziabad , Noida and Faridabad . United States [ edit ] The Five Towns , on
2150-482: The new papal authority was the massive Citadel. Pope Pius IV commanded the execution and burning of Converso merchants in Ancona for returning to Judaism. Later, Ancona, along with Rome and Avignon in southern France , was one of the three cities in the Papal States where Jews were permitted to remain after Pope Pius V ordered their banishment in 1569. They lived in the ghetto that had been established in Ancona in 1555. In 1733, Pope Clement XII extended
2200-452: The online and digital versions. Corriere Adriatico includes sections of news, sport, regular columns and promotional initiatives. On its 150th anniversary of the establishment a commemorative stamp was published by the post of Italy. Corriere Adriatico sold 19,400 copies in 2007. Ancona Ancona ( / æ ŋ ˈ k oʊ n ə / , also US : / æ n ˈ -, ɑː n ˈ -/ ; Italian: [aŋˈkoːna] )
2250-484: The pro-Jewish attitude taken towards Ancona Jews due to their importance in the trade and banking business, making Ancona a trade center. In 1555, pope Paul IV forced the Crypto-Jewish community of the city to convert to Christianity , as part of his Papal Bull of 1555 . While some did, others refused to do so and thus were hanged and then burnt in the town square. In response, Jewish merchants boycotted Ancona for
2300-460: The quay, and an inferior imitation of Trajan's arch was set up; he also erected a Lazaretto at the south end of the harbour, Luigi Vanvitelli being the architect-in-chief. The southern quay was built in 1880, and the harbour was protected by forts on the heights. From 1797 onwards, when the French took it, it frequently appears in history as an important fortress. Ancona, as well as Venice, became
2350-407: The southwestern shore of New York 's Long Island region, is a group of towns comprising the villages of Lawrence and Cedarhurst , the hamlets of Woodmere and Inwood , and "The Hewletts", which consist of the villages of Hewlett Bay Park , Hewlett Harbor and Hewlett Neck and the hamlet of Hewlett . The Five Boroughs of New York City, which were separately governed city-counties until
2400-471: The temple of Venus. The church was restored in the 1980s. The Arch of Trajan is a marble structure 18 metres (59 feet) high, but only 3 metres (9.8 feet) wide, standing on a high platform approached by a wide flight of steps, and is one of the finest surviving Roman monuments in the Marches . It was built in the year 114/115 as an entrance to the causeway atop the harbour wall and is named in honour of Trajan ,
2450-676: The wind is blowing from the south or from the west ( föhn effect off the Apennine Mountains ). Thunderstorms are quite common, particularly in August and September, and can be intense with occasional flash floods, damaging winds and even large hail. Spring and autumn are both seasons with changeable weather, but generally mild. Extremes in temperature have been −15.4 °C (4.3 °F) (in 1967) and 40.8 °C (105.4 °F) (in 1968) / 40.5 °C (104.9 °F) (in 1983). In 2007, there were 101,480 people residing in Ancona (the greater area has
2500-642: Was usually allied with the Republic of Ragusa and the Byzantine Empire . In 1137, 1167 and 1174 it was strong enough to push back the forces of the Holy Roman Empire . Anconitan ships took part in the Crusades, and their navigators included Cyriac of Ancona . In the struggle between the Popes and the Holy Roman Emperors that troubled Northern and Central Italy from the 12th century onwards, Ancona sided with
#830169