Santa Vittoria in Matenano

Santa Vittoria in Matenano is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Fermo in the central Italian region Marche, located about 70 kilometres (43 miles) south of Ancona and about 20 km (12 mi) northwest of Ascoli Piceno.

Santa Vittoria in Matenano
Comune
Comune di Santa Vittoria in Matenano
Coat of arms
Location of Santa Vittoria in Matenano
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Coordinates: 43°1′12.5″N 13°29′41.5″E
Country	Italy
Region	Marche
Province	Fermo (FM)
Frazioni	Ponte Maglio
Government
• Mayor	Fabrizio Vergari
Area [1]
• Total	26.18 km2 (10.11 sq mi)
Elevation	626 m (2,054 ft)
Population  (31 December 2016)[2]
• Total	1,321
• Density	50/km2 (130/sq mi)
Demonym	Santavittoriesi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	63854
Dialing code	0734
Patron saint	St. Victoria
Saint day	20 June
Website	Official website

Its name refers to Saint Victoria, some of whose relics were transferred in 827 by Abbot Peter of Farfa from the Abbey to Mount Matenano in the Picene area (roughly the south of Le Marche) due to Saracen invasions.^[3] Ratfredus, a later Abbot of Farfa, brought the body of Santa Vittoria from Farfa on 20 June 931.

The 1966 published novel by Robert Crichton took place here. Stanley Kramer's The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1969) was shot in Anticoli Corrado, because the town had become too modernized since the Second World War period in which the story was set.

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Italy

Twin towns — Sister cities

Santa Vittoria in Matenano is twinned with:

Zvenigorod, Russia Mqabba, Malta Province of Rieti, Italy

Monteleone Sabino, Italy Fara in Sabina, Italy La Ferté-Saint-Aubin, France

Photos

• www.flickr.com/photos/21899366@N07/sets/72157622532347787/