Bettona

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Bettona
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Bettona (Italy)
Bettona
Country Italy
region Umbria
province Perugia  (PG)
Coordinates 43 ° 1 '  N , 12 ° 28'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 1 '0 "  N , 12 ° 28' 0"  E
height 353  m slm
surface 45.20 km²
Residents 4,322 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density 96 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 06084
prefix 075
ISTAT number 054003
Popular name Bettonesi
Patron saint San Crispolto (May 12)
Website Bettona
Panorama of Bettona
Panorama of Bettona

Bettona is an Italian commune with 4322 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Perugia in the Umbria region . She is a member of the association I borghi più belli d'Italia (The Most Beautiful Places in Italy) and the Associazione Nazionale Città dell'Olio .

geography

The location of Bettona in the province of Perugia

The community extends over around 45 km². It is located about 14 kilometers southeast of Perugia on the historic Roman road Via Amerina and on the Chiascio and Topino rivers . It lies in the climatic classification of Italian communities in Zone E, 2149 GR / G. Bettona belongs to the community Comunità montana Trasimeno Medio Tevere and to the titular bishopric of Bettonium . The local area has been part of the Parco del Lago Trasimeno of Lake Trasimeno since 1995 .

The districts (Frazioni) include:

  1. Cerreto (approx. 3 km east of the main town)
  2. Colle ( 230  m slm , approx. 1 km northwest of the main town)
  3. Passaggio ( 202  m slm , approx. 900 inhabitants, is located at the confluence of Chiascio and Topino approx. 2 km northeast of the main town)

The neighboring municipalities are Assisi , Bastia Umbra , Cannara , Collazzone , Deruta , Gualdo Cattaneo and Torgiano .

history

At the time of the Etruscans , the place was known as Vetumna and their only settlement on the left (east) of the Tiber . Under the Romans the place was named Bellum Perusinum Vettona and became a Municipium . After the destruction of the place in 548 by Totila , Bettona came under the rule of Spoleto . Spoleto gave 1,198 parts of his county to the Papal States , including Bettona which remained here until 1223 and then Assisi had to submit. In an attempt to make itself independent of Perugia in 1352, the place was besieged and eventually burned down, leaving the churches out. The new city walls were built in 1367 on the instructions of Cardinal Gil Álvarez Carillo de Albornoz . From 1389 to 1425 the Trinci from Foligno ruled the place. Then Pope Martin V gave the place to the Baglioni , but the community resisted it for 14 years. In 1439 the parish finally became a fiefdom of the Baglioni family until 1648, after which the place was part of the Papal States until 1861. After the unification of Italy in 1861, the population rose from approx. 2750 to approx. 4300 in 1951. After a brief low in the 1970s Years ago the population rose to approx. 3800 inhabitants by 2010.

Attractions

Porta Vittorio Emanuele
Piazza Cavour
Palazzetto del Podestà
Villa Boccaglione

Today's historical center is surrounded by the almost completely preserved city wall (with parts of the Etruscan wall) and is entered through the city gate or main gate Porta Vittorio Emanuele (today's name). The former Roman forum is today's Piazza Cavour.

  • Abbazia di San Quirico , a former convent of Benedictine from the 10th century in the district Passaggio.
  • Chiesa parrocchiale di Santa Maria Maggiore , church in the center of the village, built in 1225 over an older church and restored at the beginning of the 19th century. The main church of the village contains the works of art Crocifissione e Pietà by Nicolò Alunno and a Gonfanon by Perugino as well as the work Assunta fra due angeli by Gerardo Dottori .
  • Chiesa di San Crispolto , church from the 13th century named after the patron saint. Contains relics of the saint. The current facade dates from the 19th century and was designed by Antonio Stefanucci.
  • Chiesetta di San Gregorio , church from the 12th century in the district of Passaggio.
  • Oratorio di Sant'Andrea , oratory from the 13th century, contains frescoes (Passione di Cristo) from the school of Giotto di Bondone , created around 1394.
  • Palazzetto del Podestà , seat of the Podestà from 1371 .
  • Palazzo Biancalana , building that was built at the beginning of the 19th century and today contains parts of the City Museum (Museo della Città).
  • Palazzo Baglioni , building from the Middle Ages
  • Pinacoteca Comunale in the Palazzetto del Podestà , contains works by Dono Doni and Perugino .
  • Torre del Molinaccio , defense tower from the 13th century in the district of Passeggio.
  • Villa Boccaglione , 18th century building in the Passeggio district, probably built by Giuseppe Piermarini .

Sons and daughters of the church

literature

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
  2. ^ I borghi più belli d'Italia. Borghipiubelliditalia.it, accessed August 13, 2017 (Italian).
  3. ^ Official website of the Associazione Nazionale Città dell'Olio , accessed on January 25, 2017