Amaseno

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Amaseno
coat of arms
Amaseno (Italy)
Amaseno
Country Italy
region Lazio
province Frosinone  (FR)
Coordinates 41 ° 28 '  N , 13 ° 20'  E Coordinates: 41 ° 28 '2 "  N , 13 ° 20' 8"  E
height 112  m slm
surface 78 km²
Residents 4,288 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 55 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 03021
prefix 0775
ISTAT number 060005
Popular name Amasenensi
Patron saint San Lorenzo
Website Amaseno

Amaseno is an Italian city in the Lazio region , Frosinone province in central Italy with 4288 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). It is located 30 km south of Frosinone and 100 km southeast of Rome . Until 1872 the place was called San Lorenzo del Valle .

Santa Maria Assunta

geography

Amaseno is located in the Valle d'Amaseno, in which the river of the same name originates, in the Monti Ausoni . It is a member of the Comunità Montana Monti Lepini, Ausoni e Valliva .

The neighboring municipalities are Castro dei Volsci , Monte San Biagio ( LT ), Prossedi (LT), Roccasecca dei Volsci (LT), Sonnino (LT), Vallecorsa and Villa Santo Stefano .

history

Even if some archaeological finds have been made in the valley of Amaseno, the history of the place in antiquity lies in the dark. The Castrum Sancti Laurentii was first mentioned in writing in 1125 . The place San Lorenzo was 1165 by Friedrich Barbarossa in the fight against Pope Alexander III. burned down. As a result it came to the noble families of the de Ceccano , Caetani , Maenza and Colonna . San Lorenzo has always been important as a fortress on the border between the Papal States and the Kingdom of Naples . In 1872 it was renamed Amaseno after the river flowing through the municipality .

Population development

year 1881 1901 1921 1936 1951 1971 1991 2001 2011
Residents 1,810 2.144 2,917 3,972 4,647 3,821 4.110 4,228 4,313

Source ISTAT

politics

Antonio Como ( PD ) was elected mayor in 2013 and was confirmed in office on June 10, 2018. His left-wing citizen list Per Amaseno also has the majority in the municipal council with 8 out of 12 seats. He replaced Giannantonio Boni ( PD ), who was elected mayor in 2003 and was confirmed in office in April 2008 and no longer ran in 2013.

Attractions

Santa Maria dell'Auricola

In the winding old town, the remains of the medieval castle and the city fortifications with their city gates can still be seen.

  • The parish church of Santa Maria Assunta was built over a previous building until 1177. Stylistically, it is closely related to the nearby monastery church of Fossanova .
  • The pilgrimage church of Santa Maria dell'Auricola was built over an ancient temple of Hercules. It was fundamentally renewed at the end of the 19th century. However, there are still frescoes from the 14th to 16th centuries.

Blood miracle

In the church of Santa Maria Assunta the blood of the martyr Lawrence of Rome is kept as a relic in a glass vial . Every year, shortly before the day of his martyrdom, on August 10th, the dried blood liquefies for a short time. The relic was first mentioned on the occasion of the consecration of the church in 1177. However, the first liquefaction is not documented until the tenure of Pope Paul V , at the beginning of the 17th century. In 1759 the blood miracle was created by Clemens XIII. officially confirmed.

see also: Blood miracle of San Gennaro

Culinary specialties

Amaseno is particularly known for the buffalo mozzarella and other buffalo products .

swell

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
  2. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT . Population statistics from the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica, as of December 31, 2011.
  3. ^ Information from the Ministry of the Interior
  4. ^ Information from the Ministry of the Interior
  5. ↑ Parish of Santa Maria Assunta

Web links

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