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	HISTORY</div>
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	The Cartoceto origins date back to very ancient times: in fact, it is assumed that the village was founded by the Carthaginians who survived the battle of Metauro (207 BC) during the Second Punic War by this event should derive the name. It is certain that for a long period of its history, especially by people of culture, the country is called &quot;Carticeto&quot;; so they called him so many archpriests wanting to allude to the now mythical Carthaginians.</div>
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	Another hypothesis on the basis of the origins of many other countries of the province of Pesaro-Urbino Cartoceto would arise between the sixth and eighth centuries because of the barbarian invasions that forced the population of the valley to take refuge on the surrounding hills to escape the devastation.</div>
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	The fact is, though, that one of the archaeological remains of considerable interest because it dated with certainty is represented by a plaque found near the ancient church dating back to 79 B.C. .; from this inscription it is possible to deduce the presence of a settlement in the area.</div>
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	The rare documents about Cartoceto tell us that already in the twelfth century was a center surrounded by walls essential for sightings and defend the territory around Fano. It is certain that because of these peculiar features was the most important of the fifteen castles north of the Metauro River. Cartoceto like other neighboring castles was at the center of disputes between the Papacy, Malatesta and Montefeltro main architects of the economic and political structures of the area. The Cartocetani in their history were not long back facing the threat of losing their autonomy and to suffer the economic exploitation of the nearby Malatesta Government of Fano.</div>
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	Cartoceto did not submit if for only 6 months to Carlo Malatesta and on more than one occasion with the complicity of other castles, rebelled in Fano hunting his captain and asking to depend on the Pope and the Duchy of Urbino. The fortress and the walls of Cartoceto were completely destroyed by an earthquake 13 July 1572 and then rebuilt. In the Napoleonic era ill endured the French domination, which imposed taxes, requisition, confiscation, and lived with little enthusiasm the transition to the newly formed Kingdom of Italy in 1866 imposed the suppression of the Convento della Pieve and the S. Maria del Soccorso.</div>
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	MONUMENTS</div>
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	&bull; the collegiate church of Santa Maria della Misericordia in which is included the Sanctuary of the Madonna delle Grazie, which houses a fourteenth-century fresco depicting the Madonna and Child, always the object of great devotion;</div>
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	&bull; the convent of the Augustinian Fathers and the Church of Santa Maria del Soccorso which houses a painting of the Madonna del Soccorso XVI century and a fresco of the Madonna del Latte;</div>
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	&bull; The parish church of Saints Peter and Paul, where there is a fresco depicting the crucifixion dating from the fifteenth century.</div>
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	Numerous in the municipality are also the country residences:</div>
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	&bull; Corbelli villa built in the seventeenth century in a dominant position with respect to the lower valley metauro;</div>
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	&bull; Beatrice villa or house Montefiore;</div>
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	&bull; Villa Bellaria;</div>
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	&bull; Solomon villa built at the turn of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the latter construction is undergoing serious renovations. According to a legend in the piano still he kept in the house rang the composer Franz Liszt.</div>
