name	Jesi
official name	Città di Jesi
image shield	Jesi-Stemma.png
region	Marche
province	Ancona (AN)
frazioni	Mazzangrugno, Castelrosino, Tabano, Santa Lucia, Pantiere di Jesi
mayor	Fabiano Belcecchi (since May 28, 2002)
area total km2	107
population total	40008
population as of	June 30, 2008
population demonym	Jesini
elevation m	97
saint	St. Septimius
day	September 22
postal code	60035
area code	0731
website
footnotes	}}

thumb|250px|Teatro Pergolesi. Jesi (or Iesi) is a town and ''comune'' of the province of Ancona in the Marche, Italy.

It is an important industrial and artistic center in the floodplain on the left (north) bank of the Esino river before its mouth on the Adriatic Sea.

History

Jesi was one of the last towns of the Umbri when, in the 4th century BC, the Senones Gauls invaded the area and ousted them. They turned it into a stronghold against the Piceni. In 283 BC the Senones were defeated by the Romans. Jesi in 247 BC became a ''colonia civium romanorum'' with the name of ''Aesis''. During the fall of the Western Roman Empire, Jesi was ravaged by the troops of Odoacer (476 AD) and again in 493 by the Ostrogoths of Theodoric the Great. After the Gothic War, Italy became part of the Byzantine Empire, and Jesi became one of the main centers of the new rulers, and also became a diocese seat. In 751 it was sacked by the Lombard troops of Aistulf, and later was a Carolingian imperial city.

Starting from 1130, it was an independent commune, gradually expanding in the neighboring countryside. In December 1194 it was the site of the birth of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II, who later gave it the title of "Royal City". In the 14th century it was captured by the Papal vicar Filippo Simonetti, by Galeotto I Malatesta (1347–1351), by Braccio da Montone in 1408, and by Francesco I Sforza, who turned it into his family's main stronghold in the Marche. In 1447 it was bought by the Papal States.

Main sights

The Cathedral (Duomo), built in the 13th-15th centuries. The façade and the Latin cross interior are modern.

''Palazzo della Signoria'', built in 1486-1498 by Francesco di Giorgio Martini. The angular tower was elevated in 1661 and received a dome, but crumbled down a few years later. Notable is the interior courtyard, with two orders of loggias, partially designed by Andrea Sansovino from 1519.

''Palazzo Balleani'', an example of local Baroque architecture, built from 1720 and designed by Francesco Ferruzzi. The façade has a characteristic balcony supported by four atlases (1723). The interior has precious gilted stucco decoration.

The convent of ''San Floriano'' (18th century).

The 14th century walls, built following the line of the Roman ones and mostly rebuilt in the 15th century by Baccio Pontelli and Francesco di Giorgio Martini. Six towers remain today.

Church of ''San Marco'', just outside the historical centre. A Gothic architecture, it was erected in the 13th century. The interior has a nave and two aisles, with a 14th century fresco of Rimini's school.

''Palazzo Ricci'', finished in 1547. The diamond-like bricks of the façade are inspired to famous Palazzo dei Diamanti in Ferrara.

''Teatro Pergolesi'', built in 1790.

''Palazzo Pianetti'', one of the most outstanding examples of Italian Roccoco art. The wide façade has exactly one hundred windows, while the interior has a noteworthy giardino all'italiana. The palace houses city's civic art gallery, with a series of paintings by the Venetian artist Lorenzo Lotto.

The church of ''Santa Maria delle Grazie'' (15th century). The belltower is from the 17th century.

The 13th century church of ''San Nicolò''. It has a Romanesque apse and a Gothic portal.

Natives of Jesi

Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor

Giancarlo Aquilanti

Giancarlo Falappa

Virna Lisi

Roberto Mancini

Antonio Magini-Coletti

Valeria Moriconi

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

Paolo Polidori

Rafael Sabatini

Giovanna Trillini

Valentina Vezzali

Sister cities

Cluj-Napoca, Romania Mayenne, France Waiblingen, Germany Devizes, UK

Sources

External links

Thayer's Gazetteer

Category:Cities and towns in the Marche

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name	Rocco Siffredi
gender	male
birth date	May 04, 1964
alias	Rocco Lorenz, Ginger Rocco, Dario, Rocco Siffedi, Rocco Sifferdi, Rocco Sifredi, Rocky Siffreddy, Roco Siffredi, The Italian Stallion
website	http://www.roccosiffredi.com/
spelling	US }}

Rocco Siffredi (born Rocco Antonio Tano, 4 May 1964, in Ortona, Abruzzo) is the stage name of an Italian pornographic actor, director and producer of pornographic movies, famous for his rough sex scenes. As of May 2010, he has starred in more than 400 pornographic films.

Rocco took his stage name from the character "Roch Siffredi" played by Alain Delon in gangster film ''Borsalino'' (1970). He is also known as the "Italian Stallion".

Porn career

Siffredi met porn actor Gabriel Pontello in a French sex club in 1984. The actor introduced Siffredi to producer Marc Dorcel and director Michel Ricaud, who cast him in his first pornographic role, ''Belle d'Amour'' (1989). Siffredi then stepped away from porn and worked as a fashion model, but returned to the business after two years with the help of porn actress Teresa Orlowski. Siffredi went on to perform in both plot-based and gonzo-style pornography, with styles of sex ranging from conservative to extreme. However it was Siffredi's performances involving rough sex, anal sex and analingus, and his psychological intensity and athleticism, which earned him recognition and ultimately a cult following. Through collaboration with John Stagliano's Evil Angel studio, and then his own Budapest-based ''Rocco Siffredi Produzioni'' as both a performer and director, "Rocco" became one of the most powerful and recognizable personalities in pornography. "Rocco has far more power in this industry than any actress," John Stagliano commented in 2001.

Siffredi's rough sex performances include spitting, slapping, spanking, deep throat, irrumatio, urolagnia, hair pulling, choking, and general roughhousing. Despite these sexual practices becoming more common in pornography in the 2000s, Siffredi's on-screen behavior is distinct from most present-day depictions of dominant men in sadomasochistic or erotic humiliation scenes. He often places himself in submissive poses, such as smothering his face with an actress's feet or buttocks, or accepting physical retorts such as slaps across the face. He is also known for pouring verbal praise on his costars during scenes, and indeed he is revered in some facets of Italian popular culture as a romantic. Siffredi on rare occasion portrays the submissive fully, in films like ''Rocco More than Ever in London 2'', ''Animal Trainer 11'', and ''Marquis de Sade,'' appearing in drag in the latter. Actress Bobbi Starr noted of Siffredi, "[A]ny girl in the industry who has been with him... will tell you that they have done things with him that they [would] never do with anyone else." Speaking of his female partners, Siffredi says, "I want to see emotion... fear... excitement... the eyes going up from being surprised."

Siffredi's most iconic and notorious performance may be alongside Sidony Lavour (Lamour) in 1995's ''Sandy Insatiable,'' which depicts him forcing the actress's head into a flush toilet during anal sex. In 2009's ''Rocco Returns to L.A.,'' Siffredi recounts the production of the scene as both spontaneous and consensual, before re-enacting it with an insistent Bobbi Starr. Siffredi is known for several long-term professional partnerships: his series of torrid performances with Kelly Stafford, his world travels and video productions with John Stagliano, and his mentoring of and on-screen performance alongside Nacho Vidal. He is known for including members of the "Rocco Siffredi Fun Club" (his fan club) and anonymous local European men in his films, and for staging productions and seeking female talent in varied locales including Budapest, Prague, Russia, Brazil, and Canada. Although different in tone than his famous gonzo films, Siffredi is also known for his performance in 1995's ''Tarzan X: Shame of Jane'' (originally known as ''Jungle Heat'') alongside his wife Rosa Caracciolo.

In June 2004, Siffredi declared that he would retire from performing in porn for the sake of his children, and instead focus on direction and production. "My children are growing up," he said, "and I can no longer just say 'Dad is going to work to make money for the family.' They want to know more." Regarding Siffredi's long career, Axel Braun commented, "The problem is that he's been trying for years to find an 'heir to the throne,' but it's no easy task. He thought he found him in Nacho Vidal, but then Nacho went his own way." Siffredi, while continuing to direct, was largely absent as an on-screen performer for nearly 5 years. However sexual frustration, and disappointment as a director with his male talent and the state of the porn industry overall, led Siffredi to return as a performer in 2009.

In mainstream media

Siffredi is one of a few porn actors to enjoy crossover appeal and success with respect to other segments of the adult-film industry, as well as some in mainstream media. As a primary example, although his acting has been restricted exclusively to heterosexual pornography, his good looks have resulted in his attracting a large gay audience. In December 1990, Siffredi was selected to pose as the nude centerfold in the adult mainstream magazine ''Playgirl''. Accompanying him on the cover was the caption, "At last! A centerfold to ''die'' for!"

In 1999, he appeared in the controversial Catherine Breillat film ''Romance''. His performance in this role was followed by a part specifically written for him by the same director in her 2003 film ''Anatomie de L'enfer'' (''Anatomy of Hell''), in which he plays a gay man who becomes sexually involved with a woman. Both films feature unsimulated sexual scenes involving Siffredi, although it is disputed whether he actually has intercourse with co-star Caroline Ducey in ''Romance''. (She says no, Siffredi says yes.)

Siffredi is also visible in non-pornographic roles on Italian television, including:

Television commercials for Amica Chips, a snack food, which have spawned considerable controversy and have at one point been taken off the air.

With his wife, Rosa Caracciolo, in a television commercial for ''48248,'' an SMS service.

As the unwitting participant in an episode of ''Scherzi a Parte'', a program similar to Candid Camera.

Personal life

Siffredi is married to Rosa Caracciolo, whom he met in 1993 in Cannes, and performed with 2 years later in ''Tarzan X: Shame of Jane.'' Together they have two sons Lorenzo and Leonardo. Upon his decision to return to on-screen pornographic performance in 2009, Siffredi recounted, "I spoke with my wife and she said it’s my problem only, it doesn’t belong to her and the boys. And she said, 'You decide to stop, we never ask you. So if you want to go back, just go back.'"

Siffredi has discussed having genital herpes.

Awards

Siffredi has won nearly 40 AVN awards (list) since 1991's ''Buttman's Ultimate Workout'' including:

Best Group Sex Scene – Video (''Buttman's Ultimate Workout'')

Best Director – Foreign Release (''Who Fucked Rocco?'')

Best Continuing Video Series (''Rocco: Animal Trainer'')

Best Director – Video (''Ass Collector'')

Male Performer of the Year in 1993 and 1996

Best Anal Sex Scene – Film (''The Fashionistas'')

Best Pro-Am Release (''Rocco's Initiations 9'')

Best Foreign Feature (''Rocco: Animal Trainer 3'')

AVN Hall of Fame award

He has also won: 2011 XBIZ Award – Gonzo Release of the Year – Non-Feature (''Tori, Tarra and Bobbi Love Rocco'') 2011 XBIZ Award – Foreign Male Performer of the Year

He was recently voted #10 in AVN's list of the Top 50 Porn Stars of All Time. He has received numerous other awards, including the prestigious ''Hot D'Or Platinum Award'' and induction into the XRCO Hall of Fame.

References in popular culture

Siffredi is referenced in the Hold Steady song "Most People Are DJs" from 2004's ''Almost Killed Me''.

The Polish punk rock band Anti Dread wrote the song "Roko na Sterydach" ("Rocco on Steroids") about Siffredi.

See also

''Animal Trainer''

References

External links

RoccoSiffredi—official American site

Rocco Siffredi on Twitter

Category:1964 births Category:Italian film actors Category:Italian pornographic film actors Category:Italian pornographic film directors Category:Living people Category:Male pornographic film actors Category:People from Ortona Category:Playgirl Men of the Month Category:Pornographic film actors of Italian ethnicity

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