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	HISTORY</div>
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	Senigallia was founded between 289 and 283 BC the Gallic tribe of the Senones who had settled in the north of the Marche to the Esino river valley, in the province of Ancona: probably the choice, made according to legend by Brennus, was dictated by the presence of a low hill facing the sea and dominant existing ford.</div>
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	From here, called the &quot;capital&quot; of the Gauls in Italy, at the head of their leader Brennus moved against Rome, winning armies and retreating only after paying a heavy toll.</div>
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	Byzantine period</div>
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	After being sacked by the Visigoths under Alaric I in 400, at the time of invasion Lombard Senigallia in Italy, he remained under Byzantine rule to the direct control of the Exarchate of Ravenna, constituting together with Ancona, Fanum Fortunae (Fano), Pisaurum (Pesaro ) and Ariminum (Rimini), the so-called Byzantine Pentapolis, following all the historical events up to the donation of Pentapolis to the domain of the Pope of Rome.</div>
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	Established for some time, the diocese and the bishop, the city experienced an interesting development, including economic (and in this period, around the thirteenth century, the establishment of the Fair of La Maddalena), during the Middle Ages, however, clashing with the interests of nearby cities, especially Fano, Jesi and Ancona: because of fights between Guelph and Ghibelline factions in Italy, Senigallia was destroyed by the troops of Manfredi of Sicily, who tore down the walls.</div>
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	Senigallia survived abandonment until Pope Grergorio XI decided during his papacy (1370 - 1378) to bring the seat from Avignonea Rome, delegating to the cardinal Egidio Albornoz the task of restoring the papal authority in the Papal State.</div>
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	the eighteenth century</div>
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	In the &#39;700 Fair had taken so the upper hand in cittadineche commercial activities had to provide for a first extension of the city, knocking down the stretch of the wall that lined the right bank of the river Misa, to achieve the first arcades, then dedicated to the cardinal Luigi Ercolani that followed the work.</div>
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	AThis first extension, considered not enough, always in the &#39;700 followed the next one, which involved the construction of the last part of the current center that goes from Via Pisacane to the widening river to the left until the current barracks of the State Police, and porches coasting the river until the current Leopardi avenue: the project, the intention, as well involved the construction of an additional porch along the east bank of the Misa and the lengthening of the walls, but given the excessive cost of all these interventions are decided on for a downsizing.</div>
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	The nineteenth century</div>
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	The years between &#39;700 and&#39; 800 saw the Napoleonic rule in Italy and the subsequent restoration of the papal power, but they also saw the birth of the young Giovanni Maria: these became known as Pope Pius IX, the last pope-king, ascended to the papal throne in 1846 and intended to conclude the longest pontificate in history.</div>
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	Just in the years between the eighteenth and nineteenth century begins the crisis of the &quot;Fiera franca&quot;, caused by many factors: the increasing shift of the leading businesses in the Atlantic, resulting in significant decline in interchange.</div>
