Antrodoco

Antrodoco
Country	Italy
region	Lazio
province	Rieti  (RI)
Coordinates	42 ° 25 '  N , 13 ° 5'  E Coordinates: 42 ° 25 '2 "  N , 13 ° 4' 47"  E
height	525  m slm
surface	64 km²
Residents	2,438 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	38 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	02013
prefix	0746
ISTAT number	057003
Popular name	Antrodocani
Patron saint	Sant'Anna
Website	Antrodoco
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Antrodoco is a municipality in the province of Rieti in the Italian region of Lazio with 2438 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). It is 97 km northeast of Rome and 23 km east of Rieti .

geography

Antrodoco is located in the Velino valley , at the point where the river leaves the impressive Gole del Velino ( Velino Gorges). It is a member of the Comunità Montana del Velino .

history

Antrodoco goes back to the ancient settlement of Interocrium (in the Sabine language, a village between the mountains ). It was an important junction on the Via Salaria . Roman inscriptions, which are walled up in the church of Santa Maria Extra Moenia today, indicate Interocrium and document his affiliation to the electoral district of the Tribus Quirina within the Roman people's assembly.

Population development

year	1861	1881	1901	1921	1936	1951	1971	1991	2001	2016
Residents	3,687	4,100	4,622	5,076	4,912	4.165	3,230	3,011	2,845	2,570

Attractions

The Church of Santa Maria Extra Moenia Outside the Walls in southwest Antrodoco dates back to the 5th century. They and above all the specially built baptistery in the 9th century contain important frescoes from the 15th century, which depict saints and a world judgment in the church apse. Structurally interesting are the high bell tower with its three upper floors, which have different windows, and the church portal equipped with handsome ornamental forms.

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  Santa Maria Extra Moenia

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  Church portal

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  Baptistery

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  The Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta

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  The Santa Chiara Church

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  Interior of the Church of S. Chiara

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  Palazzo Pallini

traffic

Antrodoco is on Via Salaria (SS 4), which leads from Rome to the Adriatic Sea . In the city the Via Sabina (SS 17) branches off, which leads to L'Aquila and on to Foggia . The city is also on the Terni - Sulmona railway line .

Sons and daughters of the place

• Federico Cardinal Tedeschini (* 1873, † 1959), Cardinal of the Curia

literature

• Christoph Henning: Lazio. The land around Rome. With walks in the Eternal City (= DuMont art travel guide ). 3rd updated edition. DuMont-Reiseverlag, Ostfildern 2006, ISBN 3-7701-6031-2 .

Web links

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

• Antrodoco on www.comuni-italiani.it (Italian)
• Comunità Montana del Velino (Italian)

Individual evidence

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