Sassocorvaro
| Sassocorvaro | ||
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| Comune | ||
| Comune di Sassocorvaro | ||
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  Sassocorvaro Location of Sassocorvaro in Italy | ||
| Coordinates: 43°47′N 12°30′E / 43.783°N 12.500°ECoordinates: 43°47′N 12°30′E / 43.783°N 12.500°E | ||
| Country | Italy | |
| Region | Marche | |
| Province | Province of Pesaro e Urbino (PU) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 66.5 km2 (25.7 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 331 m (1,086 ft) | |
| Population (31 December 2004) | ||
| • Total | 3,435 | |
| • Density | 52/km2 (130/sq mi) | |
| Demonym(s) | Sassocorvaresi | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| Postal code | 61028 | |
| Dialing code | 0722 | |
| Patron saint | St. John the Baptist | |
| Saint day | June 24 | |
| Website | Official website | |
Sassocorvaro is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Pesaro e Urbino in the Italian region Marche, located about 80 kilometres (50 mi) west of Ancona and about 35 kilometres (22 mi) southwest of Pesaro.
Sassocorvaro borders the following municipalities: Auditore, Lunano, Macerata Feltria, Mercatino Conca, Monte Cerignone, Piandimeleto, Tavoleto, Urbino. The Foglia river flows near the town.
Rotondi's art rescue
Pasquale Rotondi (born 1909) was an art scholar and served as Urbino’s superintendent of fine arts from 1939. During the German and fascist retreat northward, the Republic of Salò authorities commissioned to move artworks northward. Rotondi received orders from Rome for him to prevent their removal. He hid many of the works in this castle.
Lake of Mercatale
Downstream of the town,in Mercatale valley, there is an artificial lake originated by the construction of a dam that blocks the flow of the river Foglia. The dam was built in the fifties . The basin contains about 6 million cubic meters of water and it'is used to irrigate the fields planted with cereals , fruit and vegetables , in favor of all the valley to the far away city of Pesaro 50 km down the sea.
Hidroelectric power plant
The water of the lake is conveyed by gravity in a turbine for the generation of electricity and the dam of Mercatale remains closed throughout the ' year to preserve water in the artificial lake.
[1]=== exceptional events ===
An exceptional event in 2011, for several months of prolonged drought, has necessitated the opening of the bulkhead and the purging of the mud and debris that had accumulated in autumn 2011 and winter 2012.
Demographic evolution
References
- ↑ centurioni, fabio. "siccità 2012 lago di mercatale". fabio centuirioni. fabio centurioni. Retrieved 03-01-2012. Check date values in:
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