{"id":17678,"date":"2026-06-20T08:50:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T08:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.turismojesi.it\/adriano-colocci-3\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T13:58:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T13:58:09","slug":"adriano-colocci-3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.turismojesi.it\/en\/adriano-colocci-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Adriano Colocci"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The intangible, yet ever-present, legacy of Jesi\u2019s great figures<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Born<\/strong> in Jesi<\/strong> on September 7, 1855<\/strong>, son of Antonio, Adriano Colocci combined his surname<\/strong> with that of his mother<\/strong>, Enrichetta Vespucci<\/strong>, a descendant<\/strong> of the famous navigator Amerigo Vespucci<\/strong>. A man of many interests<\/strong> and a lover of adventure, he was a researcher<\/strong>, explorer, ethnographer, and anthropologist<\/strong> (his 1889 essay \u201cThe Gypsies. History of a Wandering People\u201d still represents a milestone in Romani studies), as well as a diplomat<\/strong>, journalist, and politician. After studying law<\/strong>, he obtained<\/strong> a lectureship in political economy<\/strong> and statistics at the University of Camerino, which he left after just two years to pursue a political career. In 1883<\/strong>, as a provincial councilor, he founded<\/strong> the newspaper<\/strong> \u201cIl Popolo Marchigiano<\/strong>\u201d in Ancona at his own expense.<\/p>

In 1885<\/strong>, he joined the Rumeli uprising<\/strong> against Serbia, contributing to the creation of the Principality of Bulgaria<\/strong>. He later carried out<\/strong> diplomatic missions<\/strong> in the Balkans and Constantinople, then traveled through Egypt, Palestine, Syria, and Lebanon.<\/p>

In 1890<\/strong>, he undertook an exploratory journey<\/strong> in South America<\/strong>, traveling along the Paran\u00e1 River. He left detailed accounts<\/strong> of his journeys<\/strong>, especially in an unpublished diary<\/strong>, and wrote<\/strong> extensively on social<\/strong> and political issues<\/strong>.<\/p>

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Adriano Colocci The intangible, yet ever-present, legacy of Jesi\u2019s great figures Born in Jesi on September 7, 1855, son of Antonio, Adriano Colocci combined his surname with that of his mother, Enrichetta Vespucci, a descendant of the famous navigator Amerigo Vespucci. A man of many interests and a lover of adventure, he was a researcher, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-17678","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turismojesi.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turismojesi.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turismojesi.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turismojesi.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turismojesi.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17678"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.turismojesi.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22952,"href":"https:\/\/www.turismojesi.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17678\/revisions\/22952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turismojesi.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}