Ariano nel Polesine

Ariano nel Polesine
Country	Italy
region	Veneto
province	Rovigo  (RO)
Local name	Arian intel Polesine
Coordinates	44 ° 57 '  N , 12 ° 7'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 57 '0 "  N , 12 ° 7' 0"  E
height	1  m slm
surface	80 km²
Residents	4,193 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density	52 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	45012
prefix	0426
ISTAT number	029002
Popular name	arianesi
Patron saint	San Gaetano da Thiene
Website	Ariano nel Polesine

Ariano nel Polesine

Ariano nel Polesine is a municipality with 4193 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Rovigo in the Veneto region in Italy .

geography

It covers an area of ​​80 km². The municipality belongs to the Area Geografica: Basso Polesine and the Parco Regionale Veneto del Delta del Po . The districts are Rivà, Monti, Piano, Grillara, Crociara, Santa Maria in Punta, Gorino Veneto and San Basilio, plus the hamlets of Crociarone, Botteghino, Torre and Bacucco.

Neighboring municipalities are Berra (FE), Corbola , Goro (FE), Mesola (FE), Papozze , Porto Tolle and Taglio di Po .

Since 2006 there has been a town partnership with the French community of Pont-Sainte-Marie .

history

In a privilege granted by Pope Marinus II , Bishop John II of Adria was given property, which included a curtis Hadriana . In 1054 Heinrich III confirmed . these territories, which were ceded to the Este family by the bishop in 1194 . With the Peace of Bagnolo in 1484, Ariano came to the Republic of Venice . In the Kingdom of Lombardy-Veneto , Ariano initially remained in the Province of Venice, in 1853 it was assigned to the Province of Rovigo. The provincial affiliation remained unchanged in the Kingdom of Italy , in 1867 "Ariano nel Polesine" became the official place name.

The oldest settlement is proven in the district of San Basilio. Finds from the 6th century BC BC confirm the presence of Greeks , Etruscans and Venetians . A Roman port has been proven for the 2nd century AD. The Via Popilia , which connected Rimini to Aquileia , passed nearby. The evidence of a Christian community that built the first church dates back to the 5th century AD. In their place, the Benedictines from Pomposa built in the 8th / 9th. In the 18th century a new church was built, which underwent considerable renovations in the 18th century. In addition to the Romanesque church, an archaeological museum with a cultural center was opened in 1995, in which the finds from the excavations on site are shown.

literature

• Aldo Tumiatti: Comunità e Parrocchia di Ariano dal taglio di Porto Viro alla rotta di Corbola, 1600-1705 . Arti Grafiche Diemme, Taglio di Po 2008
• Umberto Carzoli: Ariano nel Polesine e la sua storia: dagli albori del Periodo Etrusco all'Era Volgare, alla Rotta di Ficarolo, al Taglio di Porto Viro, ai giorni nostri. Presentazione di Sandro Sandoli . Taglio di Po 1998
• Gustavo Cristi: Storia del comune di Ariano Polesine . Padua 1934 (reprint 2008)
• The restauro della chiesa di San Basilio: 14 December 2000, Centro turistico culturale San Basilio, Loc. San Basilio, Ariano nel Polesine . Padua 2001

Web links

Commons : Ariano nel Polesine  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Page at Italia in dettaglio
• Page at Comuni italiani
• Italian Archives Administration website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ^ Political history of the community at SIUSA
3. ↑ Outline of the story on the parish website (in Italian) accessed on November 14, 2017
4. ↑ Report on the book presentation  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.