Fabriano

Ancient are its origins. The first sure mention of a locality with this name dates back to 1065 but it is in a document of 1160 that two feudal castles erected on the banks of the Giano River, one opposite the other, are spoken about. In the 12th c. Fabriano is a free commune and has a great ecnomic, social and artistic development. It is ruled by Francesco Sforza too, but in 1444 it is annexed to the Papal State and its power slowly declines to flourish again at the end of the 18th c. when the paper industry develops thanks to the industrialist Pietro Miliani who was born there in 1744. Fabriano is famous all over the world as “The City of Paper” nowadays too. Many famous people were born in Fabriano. Among the painters we remember Gentile da Fabriano (1370-1427).