Place details
Place nameSenigallia
Other namesSinigaglia, Senegallia, Sena Gallica
CountryItalia
Latitude43.717
Longitude13.217
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Located on Adriatic Sea at mouth of Misa river; founded by Senonian Gauls 6th cen. BC; was noted Roman colony; part of Byzantine exarchate of Ravenna; destroyed 1264, rebuilt by S Malatesta in 1450; went to Della Rovere family, then to Papal States 1631.