Alatri

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Alatri
coat of arms
Alatri (Italy)
Alatri
Country Italy
region Lazio
province Frosinone  (FR)
Coordinates 41 ° 44 '  N , 13 ° 21'  E Coordinates: 41 ° 43 '35 "  N , 13 ° 20' 33"  E
height 502  m slm
surface 97 km²
Residents 28,435 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 293 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 03011
prefix 0775
ISTAT number 060003
Popular name Alatresi, Alatrensi or Alatrini
Patron saint San Sisto
Website Alatri

Alatri (pronounced: Alátri ), in ancient times Aletrium , is a city in the Italian province of Frosinone in the Lazio region with 28,435 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). It is located 84 km east of Rome and 13 km north of the city of Frosinone .

Alatri

geography

Alatri lies in the hills of the Ciociaria . It is a member of the Comunità Montana Monti Ernici .

The neighboring municipalities are Collepardo , Ferentino , Frosinone , Fumone , Guarcino , Morino ( AQ ), Trivigliano , Veroli and Vico nel Lazio .

traffic

The SS 155 state road connects Alatri with the towns of Fiuggi and Frosinone and with the A1 , Autostrada del Sole .

history

Alatri was probably founded in the 6th century BC. Founded by the hernics . After Alatri and other localities took part in the Second Samnite War , the hernics were destroyed in 306 BC. Made to be taxable and compulsory subjects of Rome.

Alatri is from the 5th century bishop's residence , now the diocese Anagni combined.

In December 1941 the fascist regime set up a prisoner-of-war camp ( campo di concentramento ) for several thousand civilian internees in Fraschette, in the municipality of Alatri . The first internees were Anglo-Maltese who had been deported from Libya ; they arrived in the fall of 1942. In the months that followed, around 3,000 Yugoslavs from the territories occupied and annexed by Italy and Slavs from the Italian border provinces arrived in Fraschette. Women and children from other camps were gradually moved to Fraschette di Alatri. In the summer of 1943 there were 4,500 internees in the camp. The internees lived in cold wooden barracks. The living conditions were extremely difficult. The hygienic conditions were precarious, simple latrines replaced the missing sewer system; medical care was inadequate; the internees suffered from hunger and tried to round up the scarce daily allowance by selling items they still owned. In 1943 the Swiss Embassy in Rome visited the camp three times. The camp in Fraschette was not closed until April 1944.

Population development

year 1871 1881 1901 1921 1936 1951 1971 1991 2001
Residents 13,841 13,414 15,450 16,874 18,616 20,459 20,132 25,038 27,068

Source: ISTAT

politics

Giuseppe Morini ( PD ) was elected mayor in May 2011. He won the election against his predecessor Costantino Magliocca ( PdL ) (2006-2011). The center-left alliance also has the majority in the municipal council with 10 out of 16 seats.

Twin cities

Attractions

  • The city wall and the walls of the acropolis made of cyclops masonry date from the time of the hernics and are among the best preserved in Italy.
  • The Cathedral of San Paolo was built on the plateau of the Acropolis and over the remains of a temple of Saturn.
  • The Romanesque church of Santa Maria Maggiore dates from the 13th century.

Personalities

literature

Web links

Commons : Alatri  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
  2. ↑ Carlo Spartaco Capogreco: I Campi del duce. L'internamento civile nell'Italia fascista (1940-1943) . Einaudi, Torino 2004, pp. 198-200
  3. ^ Italian Ministry of the Interior ( Memento from May 20, 2011 in the Internet Archive )