Arsoli

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Arsoli
coat of arms
Arsoli (Italy)
Arsoli
Country Italy
region Lazio
Metropolitan city Rome  (RM)
Coordinates 42 ° 3 '  N , 13 ° 1'  E Coordinates: 42 ° 2 '30 "  N , 13 ° 1' 0"  E
height 470  m slm
surface 12 km²
Residents 1,454 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density 121 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 00023
prefix 0774
ISTAT number 058010
Popular name Arsolani
Patron saint St. Bartholomew
Website Arsoli

Arsoli is a municipality in the metropolitan city of Rome in the Italian region of Lazio with 1454 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). The place is 47 km east of Rome .

Arsoli with Castello Massimo

geography

Arsoli is located in the Monti Simbruini above the Aniene on the border with the Abruzzo region . It is a member of the Comunità Montana Valle dell'Aniene .

The neighboring towns are: Cervara di Roma , Marano Equo , Oricola ( AQ ), Riofreddo , Rocca di Botte (AQ), Roviano .

traffic

Arsoli is just off the A24 motorway , Strada dei Parchi . However, the next exits Mandela or Carsoli-Oricola are more than 10 km away.

With the Arsoli train station , the place is on the Rome - Avezzano railway line.

history

Archaeological finds show that Arsoli was already inhabited by the Aequers in ancient times . However, it was only mentioned in writing in 997 AD. In the 11th century, the monks of the monastery of Santa Scolastica near Subiaco built a castle here as part of a line of defense against the Saracens . In 1574 the castle and town came into the possession of the Princes Massimo. Fabrizio Massimo expanded the place and the castle, for which he brought the architect Giacomo della Porta to Arsoli. Della Porta also built the SS. Salvatore Church there.

Population development

year 1881 1901 1921 1936 1951 1971 1991 2001
Residents 1,959 2,049 2,034 1,786 1,805 1,597 1,587 1,537

Source: ISTAT

politics

Gabriele Caucci (Lista Civica: Impegno e Trasparenza) was elected as the new mayor on May 25, 2014.

Twin cities

Attractions

  • The Castello Massimo, rebuilt by Giacomo della Porta , frescoes a. a. by the brothers Zuccaro and Marco Benefial . The castle is still owned by the Massimo family today . Individual halls can, however, be rented for events, especially weddings.
  • The parish church of Santissimo Salvatore is decorated with paintings by Domenichino .
  • In the small church of San Rocco you can see frescoes from the 14th and 15th centuries.

swell

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
  2. ↑ Pro Loco di Arsoli , accessed on 14 April 2016th

Web links

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