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Fano (estimated 2003 population 58,041) is a town and comune of the province of Pesaro and Urbino in the Marche region of Italy. It is a beach resort 12 km southeast of Pesaro, located where the Via Flaminia reaches the Adriatic Sea. An ancient town of Umbria, it was known as Fanum Fortunae after a temple of Fortunae located there. Its first mention in history only dates from 49 BC, when Julius Caesar held it, along with Pisaurum and Ancona. Caesar Augustus established a colonia, and built a wall, some parts of which remain. Augustus also built an arch, in 2 AD, at the entrance to the town, and it is still standing. However, no remnants of the town's namesake temple have been uncovered, nor of the basilica we are told that Vitruvius built there. A Roman gate also has survived, at least in part; the upper story of the 3‑story structure was destroyed in a siege conducted on the order of Pope Pius II in 1463, although a bas-relief of it was immediately made on an adjacent wall. The municipal district of Fano is in the region/district of Marche and it's in the province of Pesaro. the postcode is 61032 and the code number is +39 0721. Inhabitants are 57.374 and the surface is about 121 km2, with a density of population about 473 people for km2. Distance: from Rome 219 km, from Florence 142 km and from Venice 187 km.
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