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{{Infobox Italian comune
| name                = Osimo
| official_name       = Comune di Osimo
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| image_caption       = Belfry and city hall
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| coordinates         = {{coord|43|29|N|13|29|E|display=inline}}
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| region              = [[Marche]]
| province            = [[Province of Ancona|Ancona]] (AN)
| frazioni            = Osimo Stazione, Passatempo, Casenuove, Campocavallo, Padiglione, Abbadia, San Paterniano, Santo Stefano, San Biagio, Santa Paolina
| mayor_party         = [[Centre-right coalition (Italy)|Centre-right coalition]]
| mayor               = Francesco Pirani
| area_footnotes      =
| area_total_km2      = 106
| population_footnotes = <ref>Comune di Osimo, project "Prevenzione Sicurezza" in ''Vivi la città  ''</ref>
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| population_demonym  = Osimani
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| elevation_m         = 265
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| saint               = [[St. Joseph of Cupertino]]
| day                 = September 18
| postal_code         = 60027
| area_code           = 071
| website             = {{official website|http://www.comune.osimo.an.it}}
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'''Osimo''' is a town and ''[[comune]]'' of the [[Marche]] [[Regions of Italy|region]] of [[Italy]], in the [[province of Ancona]]. The municipality covers a hilly area located approximately {{convert|15|km}} south of the port city of [[Ancona]] and the [[Adriatic Sea]].
==History==
Vetus Auximum was founded by the same Greek colonists of Ancona; later it was contested by the [[Gauls]] and the [[Picentes]] until conquered by the [[ancient Rome|Romans]], who used it as a fortress for their northern [[Picenum]] settlement starting from 174 BCE. The walls were made of large rectangular stones which are still visible in some locations. It was a colony until 157 BCE. The family of [[Pompey]] were its protectors and resisted [[Julius Caesar]] in 49 BCE. Inscriptions and monuments in its town square attest to the importance of Osimo during imperial times.{{sfn|Ashby|1911}}
In the 6th century it was besieged twice in the course of the [[Gothic War (535–554)]] by [[Belisarius]]<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/belisariuslastro00ianh|title=Belisarius: the last Roman general|last=Hughes, Ian (Historian)|date=2009|publisher=Westholme|isbn=9781594160851|location=Yardley, Pa.|oclc=294885267|url-access=registration}}</ref> and [[Totila]]; the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] historian [[Procopius]] said it was the leading town of Picenum.{{sfn|Ashby|1911}}
Osimo was a free commune by 1100 A.D. It was later returned to the Pope by Cardinal [[Gil Álvarez Carrillo de Albornoz|Gil de Albornoz]]. In 1399–1430, it was a fief of the [[house of Malatesta|Malatesta]] family, who built a ''rocca'', or "castle", which is no longer intact. Osimo was again made a part of the [[Papal States]], and remained so until [[Italian unification]] in 1861.
==Main sights==
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Osimo retains a portion of its ancient town wall (2nd century BCE). Under the town is a large series of tunnels with esoteric bas-reliefs. The town hall contains a number of statues found on the site of the ancient forum. The new castle (1489), of which parts remain today, was built by [[Baccio Pontelli]].
Among the churches in the town are the following:<ref>[http://www.comune.osimo.an.it/municipio/turismo/portale/testo_turismo.htm Comune of Osimo]. Accessed 29 November 2022.</ref>
*[[Osimo Cathedral]]: (8th–12th centuries) The restored Romanesque-Gothic church has a portal with sculptures of the 13th century, an old crypt, a fine bronze font of the 16th century and a series of portraits of all the bishops of the old [[diocese of Osimo]]. The baptistery is from the early 17th century and also has a notable baptismal font.
*[[San Giuseppe da Copertino, Osimo|Basilica of San Giuseppe da Copertino]]: was founded as a church dedicated to St Francis, but with the canonization in 1753 of [[Saint Joseph of Cupertino|Joseph of Cupertino]], the church was rededicated and refurbished to house his relics.
*[[San Marco Evangelista, Osimo|San Marco Evangelista]]: Erected in 14th century by [[Augustinian order]]; refurbished in later centuries, contains an altarpiece by [[Guercino]].
*[[San Niccolò, Osimo|San Niccolò]]: 16th-century church
*[[Santuario della Beata Vergine Addolorata, Osimo|Sanctuary of the Beata Vergine Addolorata]]: 20th century Neo-Romanesque church outside of the town center
==People==
* [[Francesco Antonozzi]] (1685–1741), painter
* [[Andrea Cionna]] (born 1968), holder of the world record for the fastest marathon run by a blind man
* [[Bonfilius]] (1040–1115), monk, bishop and [[saint]]
* [[Luigi Fagioli]] (1898–1952), motor racing driver
* [[Bruno Giacconi]] (1889–1957), Olympian<ref name="Giacconi">{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gi/bruno-giacconi-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418003810/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gi/bruno-giacconi-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Bruno Giacconi |access-date=18 January 2015 |work=Sports Reference}}</ref>
* [[Sylvester Gozzolini]], founder of the [[Sylvestrines]] and saint
* [[Clemente da Osimo]] (1235–1291), Italian Roman Catholic professed religious
==Twin towns==
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Copertino]], Italy
*{{Flagicon|ARG}} [[Armstrong, Argentina|Armstrong]], [[Argentina]]
==See also==
*[[Treaty of Osimo]]
*[[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ancona-Osimo]]
==Notes==
[[File:osimo.jpg|thumb|Osimo]]
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==References==
*{{EB1911 |first=Thomas |last=Ashby |wstitle=Auximum |volume=20 |page=50}}
== Bibliography ==
* {{cite book | author = Cesare Romiti | author-link = Cesare Romiti | author2 = Biblioteca comunale e archivio storico (Osimo) | url = http://www.tulasi.it/morronimassimo/default.asp?p=11 | title = Vicende di Osimo nel medio evo : celebrazione del III centenario della fondazione della Biblioteca 1668 -1968 | language = it | location = Ancona | publisher = Tipografica Anconitana | year = 1968 | pages = 33 | oclc = 843409959 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20190822162205/http://www.tulasi.it/morronimassimo/default.asp?p=11 | archive-date = August 22, 2019 | url-status = live | access-date = August 25, 2019 }}
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