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| Corridonia is an historic hill top town typical of centarl Marche region. It was originally founded sometime before 1000 AD and was called Montolmo. It was the seat of thegeneral parliament of Marche in 1306, 1307 and 1317.At the end of the 18th centruy the name was changed to Pausola, the name of the Ancient Roman settlemnt, then changed again in 1931 to honour Filippo corridoni who was born there.
Corridonia today is a lively town divided into two areas; the historic centre with its adjacent modern redential development and the industrial zone which has developed on the edge of the comune towards the direction of Macerata and the superstrada with abuffer zoneof countryside in between. Although a reasonable size with a population of about 14,000 it still has a village feel in the centro storico and has a strong community identity and many local activites and festas. One of the pricipal events is the Festa della Contessa Margutta which takes every year during the last week in August and the first week in Septemebr. In addition to reenacting the wedding feast of the Contessa , there are parades in historical cotumes and also a palio held at the Ippodromo Martini, the local race track owned by the comune. Source Municipal district of Corridonia Culture and Tourism Assessorship | |
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