Alviano

Alviano
Country	Italy
region	Umbria
province	Terni (TR)
Coordinates	42 ° 35 ' N , 12 ° 18' E Coordinates: 42 ° 35 '0 " N , 12 ° 18' 0" E
height	251 m slm
surface	23 km²
Residents	1,428 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	62 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	05020
prefix	0744
ISTAT number	055003
Popular name	Alvianesi
Website	Alviano municipality
	; Panorama of Alviano

Alviano is an Italian municipality in the province of Terni with 1428 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the Umbria region .

geography

Location of the municipality of Alviano in the province of Terni

Alviano is located in the southern part of Umbria on the border with the province of Viterbo in Latium in the climatic classification of Italian communities in zone D, 1,822 GG. The place is on the right side of the Tiber Valley , halfway between Orvieto and Narni , in a rugged, hilly landscape characterized by erosion. The Tiber itself flows through the western municipal area. The Tiber reservoir Lago di Alviano, created in 1963 on behalf of Enel , is located in the municipality . The lake is the center of a nature reserve ( Oasi di Alviano ) established in 1978 , which covers 900 hectares and is home to many species of birds.

Districts are Alviano Scalo (also Stazione di Alviano, 89 m, approx. 280 inhabitants) and Paolicchie (389 m, approx. 250 inhabitants). The main town of Alviano has about 380 inhabitants.

Neighboring communities are Amelia , Civitella d'Agliano ( VT ), Graffignano (VT), Guardea and Lugnano in Teverina .

history

The first fortified medieval settlement dates back to 933 and was mentioned under the name "Albianum". The fortress was destroyed by Orvietos and Todi's troops. In the 15th century the place was fiefdom of the d'Alviano family. Its best-known member was the Condottiere Bartolomeo d'Alviano , who rebuilt the Castello in the Renaissance style and made the town the center of a small state. After the extinction of Alviano family the feud came to several owners and was 1654 by Olimpia Maidalchini , wife of Pamfilo Pamphili, one of the pope's brother Innocent X acquired.

Culture and sights

The Castello di Alviano castle

The Chiesa dei SS. Pietro e Paulo church

The medieval town is dominated by the Castello Doria Pamphili from the 15th century. The castle has a square floor plan with four round defense towers. The chapel of the castle is decorated with frescoes, among others by Giuseppe Bastiani (17th century). Today the building serves as the town hall and has a museum with a permanent exhibition on the agricultural traditions of the area and the life of Bartolomeo d'Alviano.
Chiesa Santa Maria Assunta , also: Chiesa dei SS Pietro e Paolo - three-aisled parochial church from the 15th century. The interior preserves a fresco by Giovanni Antonio da Pordenone (Madonna between Saints Gregory and Jerome and Pentesilea Baglione) and a painting by Nicolò Alunno (Assumption).
In Pupigliano remains of a Roman villa from the 1st century BC have been preserved.

traffic

Alviano is located with the Alviano Scalo train station (also called Stazione di Alviano ) on the Florence - Rome railway line .
The closest connection point to long-distance transport is in Attigliano . There is a junction with the A1 ( Autostrada del Sole ). It is about 14 km away.

Town twinning

Vajnory (Slovakia)
Ondara (Spain)
Daone (Province of Trento, Italy)

People born in the church

Bartolomeo d'Alviano (1455-1515), Condottiere

literature

Touring Club Italiano : Umbria. Touring Editore, Milan 1999, ISBN 8836513379 .

Web links

Commons : Alviano - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
↑ Website of the Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l'energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile (ENEA) (PDF; 330 kB), accessed on November 17, 2012 (Italian)
↑ ^a ^b Umbria Online: Oasi naturalistica Lago di Alviano , accessed on July 10, 2015 (Italian)
↑ Official website of ISTAT ( Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ) on 2001 population figures in the province of Terni, accessed on July 10, 2015 (Italian)

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

[2] Website of the Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l'energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile (ENEA) (PDF; 330 kB), accessed on November 17, 2012 (Italian)

[UmbriaOnlineLagoAlviano-3] Umbria Online: Oasi naturalistica Lago di Alviano , accessed on July 10, 2015 (Italian)

[4] Official website of ISTAT ( Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ) on 2001 population figures in the province of Terni, accessed on July 10, 2015 (Italian)