Jesi

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Jesi is a commune in the province of Ancona, Marche, Italy. For several centuries, it was the capital of a small city-state. The city's civic art gallery is home to a series of paintings by the Venetian artist Lorenzo Lotto.

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• Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
• Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, (1710-1736 of tuberculosis), composer, violinist and organist.
• Rafael Sabatini
• Baccio Pontelli, worked on a military fortress in Jesi.