Sant'Elpidio a Mare

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Sant'Elpidio a Mare
Comune
Comune di Sant'Elpidio a Mare
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Coat of arms
Location of Sant'Elpidio a Mare
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Coordinates: 43°14′N 13°41′E / 43.233°N 13.683°E / 43.233; 13.683
Country	Italy
Region	Marche
Province	Fermo (FM)
Frazioni	Casette d'Ete, Cascinare, Bivio Cascinare, Castellano, Luce, Cretarola
Government
• Mayor	Alessio Terrenzi
Area [1]
• Total	50.52 km2 (19.51 sq mi)
Elevation	257 m (843 ft)
Population  (31 December 2016)[2]
• Total	17,073
• Density	340/km2 (880/sq mi)
Demonym	Elpidiensi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	63811
Dialing code	0734
Patron saint	Saint Elpidius
Saint day	September 2
Website	Official website

Sant'Elpidio a Mare is a town and comune in the province of Fermo, in the Marche region of Italy.

Sant'Elpidio a Mare is located on a ridge of Marche Apennine, elevation 251 metres (823 ft) above sea level, between the lower river valleys of the river Tenna and Ete Morto, 9 kilometres (6 mi) from the Adriatic Sea.

The historical name of locality is documented by an 11th century parchment as "Sancto Elpidio Majore" to distinguish it from other places in Sant'Elpidio Morico Brand Fermana. The abbreviation of "majore" was later changed to "mare" ("sea" in Italian).

The town occupies the site of the ancient Roman city of Cluana, destroyed by the Visigoths in the early 5th century. In 887 here a large Benedictine Abbey was founded in 887; the medieval borough rose around it as Castello di Sant'Elpidio, starting from the 11th century.

• Imperial Abbey of Santa Croce al Chienti. This is a Benedictine convent founded, according to tradition, in 887 on a pre-existing religious building. The heyday of the abbey was between the 10th and the 12th century in which it was enlarged and renovated in Romanesque style.
• Church of Madonna dei Lumi
• Church of Sant'Elpidio Abate
• Sanctuary of Madonna degli Angeli
• Church of Sant'Agostino (14th century)
• Basilica Lateranense di Maria Santissima della Misericordia, Sant'Elpidio a Mare
• Remains of 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) of the 13th and 14th century walls; only three of the seven original gates are visible today
• Torre Gerosolimitana ("Tower of the Knights of Jerusalem"), built by the Knights Hospitaller in the 16th century
• Town Hall (14th century)

• Edoardo Pacini (born 1991) - footballer

• Porto Sant'Elpidio

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• History of the town