Acquafondata

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Acquafondata
coat of arms
Acquafondata (Italy)
Acquafondata
Country Italy
region Lazio
province Frosinone  (FR)
Coordinates 41 ° 33 '  N , 13 ° 57'  E Coordinates: 41 ° 32 '35 "  N , 13 ° 57' 8"  E
height 926  m slm
surface 25 km²
Residents 274 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 11 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 03040
prefix 0776
ISTAT number 060001
Popular name Acquafondatari
Patron saint San Giovanni Battista
Website Comune di Acquafondata
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Acquafondata is a central Italian municipality in the province of Frosinone in the Lazio region with 274 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). It is located 165 kilometers southeast of Rome , 84 kilometers east of Frosinone and 25 kilometers northeast of Cassino . It is the easternmost municipality in the region and also the smallest in this province.

geography

Acquafondata is located on a hill on the edge of the Monti della Meta. It is a member of the Comunità Montana Valle di Comino .

The districts of Casalcassinese and Serre belong to the municipality.

The neighboring municipalities are Filignano ( IS ), Pozzilli (IS), Vallerotonda and Viticuso .

history

Acquafondata originated during the late migration of the peoples in the 9th century when the population abandoned the plains and established fortified places on hills that were easier to defend. Since it lay over a lake that was drained in 1901, the name, taken from the Latin aqua fundata , emerged. It was first mentioned in 1032, when the Counts of Venafro donated the place to the Abbey of Montecassino , which kept it in the territory of their Terra di San Benedetto until 1806, when it was re-incorporated directly into the Kingdom of Naples . From 1806 to 1902 Acquafondata was united with Viticuso in one municipality and belonged to the province of Terra del Lavoro in the Campania region . In 1927 the place came to the newly founded province of Frosinone in the Lazio region .

In the 19th century, Acquafondata was a center of brigantism . In the fall of 1943 it suffered severe damage as it was at the center of the fighting for the Gustav Line and was captured by French troops on January 12, 1944. On March 15 of the same year, General Charles De Gaulle pays him a visit. Considerable reconstruction work was necessary after the earthquake in early May 1984.

Population development

year 1861 1881 1901 1921 1936 1951 1971 1991 2001 2016
Residents 1,124 1,377 1,676 1,351 909 872 458 371 316 270

Source: ISTAT

politics

Antonio Di Meo (Citizen List) was elected Mayor in May 2006. After the last election, he has held this office since June 18, 2016.

Attractions

  • The Church of San Giovanni Battista was first mentioned in 1182. On the side of the clock tower it has a handsome portal, the inscription of which mentions a redesign from 1621 and a renovation from 1920: both were carried out by members of the local leading family, De Filippis. Since the last renovation after the earthquake in May 1984, the interior has been left in a not completely baroque raw state.
  • The baroque chapel of San Rocco was built in 1692 and originally served as a place of worship for plague sufferers outside the village.
  • Two towers and a piece of wall are still preserved from the fortifications built around 1020.
  • The Palazzo De Filippis opposite the parish church belonged to the most important family in the village.
  • On the access road from the west, Strada Provinciale 41, is the small pilgrimage shrine Madonna del Carmine.
  • The ruins of a castle can be seen in the medieval district of Casalcassinese. The church of S. Antonio di Padova, built in 1856 in neo-baroque style, stands on the main square.

Culinary specialties

The Sagra degli Gnocchi ( Gnocchi Festival) takes place every third Sunday in August .

literature

  • Antonio Iannetta: Memorie di casa nostra. Storia, costumi, folklore di un lembo di Ciociaria (Viticuso, Casalcassinese, Acquafondata) , Sant'Angelo in Villa 1974.
  • Jérôme Leygat: Campagne d'Italie 1943–1944. L'épopée du corps expéditionnaire français: Campagne d'Italie , Antony 2011 ISBN 978-2-7268-9485-9 .
  • Luigi Manfellotto: Acquafondata nell'ultimo conflitto mondiale , Cassino 2003.
  • Emilio Pistilli: Acquafondata e Casalcassinese , Acquafondata 2004.
  • Martin Williams: From Warsaw to Rome. General Anders' Exiled Polish Army in the Second World War , Barnsley 2017 ISBN 978-1-4738-9488-4 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.

Web links

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