Monte Colombo | |
Official Name: | Comune di Monte Colombo |
Coordinates: | 43.9167°N 45°W |
Region: | Emilia-Romagna |
Province: | Rimini (RN) |
Frazioni: | Taverna, Croce, San Savino, Osteria Nuova |
Mayor: | Simone Tordi |
Area Total Km2: | 11.9 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 3143 |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Population Demonym: | Montecolombesi |
Elevation M: | 315 |
Saint: | St. Martin of Tours |
Day: | November 11 |
Postal Code: | 47040 |
Area Code: | 0541 |
Monte Colombo is a frazione and former comune (municipality) in the Province of Rimini in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 120km (80miles) southeast of Bologna and about 15km (09miles) south of Rimini.
Monte Colombo borders the following municipalities: Coriano, Gemmano, Montescudo, San Clemente.
Although the area housed some residences and scattered settlements in the Roman and Byzantine Ages, the current town originated in the Middle Ages from a castle built here by the Malatesta family. After the latter's fall and a short period under Cesare Borgia, Monte Colombo was acquired by the Republic of Venice, which however ceded it to the Papal States in 1509 - 10.
On 1 January 2016, the municipalities of Monte Colombo and Montescudo merged to form the new municipality of Montescudo-Monte Colombo.[2]