Sinigaglia, or SENIGALLIA (anc. Sena-Gallia), a seaport on the Adriatic coast of Italy, 16 miles by rail NW. of Ancona, was down to 1869 celebrated for its annual fair, 20th July to 8th August. It was founded by the Senonian Gauls, and colonised by the Romans 289 B.C. There are here a cathedral (1787) and a palace of the dukes of Urbino. Pop. 9602. Pius IX. was born here.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 9: Bound to Swansea, p. 473
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