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	The only real history of the city of Gabicce Mare &#39;enclosed in the territory of Gabicce Monte, a small village overlooking the sea at the height of 150 meters, while its current appearance&#39; the result of recent events linked to the territorial transformations of the postwar period. There are two schools of thought which establish the origin of its name: the first says that it comes from the name of the feudal lord in the tenth century was in charge of gabiccesi territories to the valley, whose home was called Ligabitij Castrum, ie Castle Ligabizio or Ligabizzi then turned into Ligabicci and then, supposedly, in Le Gabicce and finally Gabicce. The second school of thought believes instead that the name derives from the work done once by the natives, devoted mainly to agriculture and breeding of animals, particularly goats from which said beaks Legabecchi, what &#39;grabbers goats. By a papal bull of 998, where for the first time the words &quot;Castellum Ligabitii&quot; appears, it &#39;could infer the real presence of a fortification. Dell &#39;ancient castle, nothing remains and an idea of ​​how it showed we can obtain it by looking at the watercolors of Francesco Mingucci and Liverani, who have faithfully reproduced as it appeared in 1600 and in 1800. It should be emphasized that the fame of the castle was already known in 1500 thanks to the art of two skilled potters Girolamo and Giacomo Lanfranco, father and son respectively, who produced wonderful terracotta works using gold decorations. Girolamo Lanfranco was probably the pioneer in the use of gold as pure decoration of ceramic and this earned him international fame in this field. Not only that, both obtained official recognition by an edict issued in 1569 by the Duke Guidobaldo II della Rovere of Urbino. In the bubble of the 998 Gregory V attributed to &#39;Archbishop of Ravenna full decision-making powers on the Gabicce area which remained under the authority of his Church until 1271 when, according to some historical sources, the Castle Gabicce allied with Rimini and you he submitted to escape the constant harassment by the municipality of Pesaro. The writings of the Pesaro Olivieri, handed down over the centuries, in fact, tell the people of the castle Gabicce joined with that of Focara lands giving rise to the fortress of Cattolica, in the countryside of Rimini, to shelter from the incursions of Pesaro eager to take possession of the land Gabicce positioned in a strategic point of the coast and the border. In any case, until 1539, Gabicce was influenced by the events of the near Pesaro and finally this year the castle and the adjacent territory were granted in feud to Orazio Floridi of Fano. So the fortress of Gabicce had a history of great &quot;rulers&quot;. Archbishop of Ravenna, it passes through the feud to Orazio Floridi of Fano and then return to the jurisdiction of the Church of Ravenna, and finally the succession of the Malatesta family, then the Sforza and then the Montefeltro, to pass into the hands of the Della Rovere in 1625 handed it in feud to Ottaviano Mamiani. In 1631, ending the &#39;&#39; Odyssey &quot;and the Castle of Gabicce as, indeed, all over the Duchy of Pesaro and Urbino pass into state hands Pontifical and will remain there for three centuries. Here begins a slow and inexorable decline that will only end all &#39;beginning of the twentieth century when it will start the exploitation of the coast, and there will be a development of the economy of the fishing and tourism. This economic development will start slowly with fishing and then undergo a surge when it will start the exploitation of the coast for tourism and Gabicce Mare will become one of the most popular seaside towns. There are traces of a mercantile activity in Roman times, but it really Gabicce again in early 1900 presents a &#39;backwardness of means, especially the lack of a real port. The port structure &#39;very rough and it resolves into a series of wooden fences that line the river banks. From here the fishermen of clams with their modest yet pushed rowing boats and &quot;fishing boats&quot;, sailing boats for trawling, begin their long road to the future and progress. The important step &#39;the construction of a port with concrete piers that allows the large mooring boats, the presence of which feeds the relations with the Balkan countries with which it trades predominantly sand and from which you import timber for domestic use. The port also draws many business activities, in particular supports the creation of shipyards for the construction and maintenance of vessels that still represent an important aspect of gabiccese life. E &#39;in the years before the Second World War that Gabicce changes its face also increasing its population that arrives to count 2,000 inhabitants. It consolidates the inhabitants choice to favor the flat area than in the hillside village territory: in 1942 the Town Hall was moved to Gabicce Mare, where the settlements are still in amounts modesta.Persa the capital city ownership, Gabicce Monte remains in any case to date, the place of the historical memory for the whole country, representing a tribute to the legend, &quot;the fantastic memory.&quot; The square of Gabicce Monte &#39;as its namesake in Valbruna, the legendary city that the ancient inhabitants claim is submerged off the natural bay of Vallugola. mysterious events, exciting stories, nameless faces have animated the collective imagination linked to the city disappeared. And over the years, the archaeological finds unearthed accidentally by fishermen in whose networks randomly remained inpigliate, have helped to strengthen the myth of what &#39;become a &quot;Atlantis&quot; dell&#39; Adriatico. There are historical documents, legends and mysterious stones that resemble archaeological finds, real remnants such as the arm of a statue, a Capital and a coat of arms, and c &#39;&#39; are those who swear that they plunge into it it is possible to admire the ruins of roads and towers today submerged memories of an ancient city.</p>
