Boville Ernica

Boville Ernica
Country	Italy
region	Lazio
province	Frosinone  (FR)
Coordinates	41 ° 39 ′  N , 13 ° 28 ′  E Coordinates: 41 ° 38 ′ 33 "  N , 13 ° 28 ′ 19"  E
height	450  m slm
surface	28 km²
Residents	8,598 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density	307 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	03022
prefix	0775
ISTAT number	060014
Popular name	Bovillensi
Patron saint	San Pietro Ispano
Website	Boville Ernica
Boville Ernica

Boville Ernica is an Italian commune with 8598 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Frosinone in the Lazio region and is a member of the association I borghi più belli d'Italia (The Most Beautiful Places in Italy).

geography

Boville Ernica is 98 km east of Rome and 17 km east of Frosinone . It is located on a hill in the Monti Ernici in the traditional landscape of Ciociaria . It is a member of the Comunità Montana Monti Ernici .

history

The origin of the place lies in the early Middle Ages, when a retreat settlement was built against the raids of the Arabs and expanded in the 13th century. Since then he has been under direct papal rule. As the most important family in the village, the De Angelis were able to achieve autonomy in their place for a short time from 1564 to 1582; other important families were the Simoncelli and the Filonardi. On January 28, 1861, a battle between Piedmontese and Neapolitan units took place in front of the gates in connection with the annexation of the Kingdom of Both Sicilies by the Italian nation-state. Until 1907 the place was called Bauco and was then renamed because of the return to a past that was regarded as praiseworthy, because it was considered part of the hernicist settlement area .

Population development

year	1881	1901	1921	1936	1951	1971	1991	2001	2011
Residents	3,622	4,964	6.220	7,639	7,873	8,131	8,773	8,873	8,799

Source ISTAT

politics

Piero Fabrizi ( PD ) was elected mayor in April 2008 and was confirmed in office in the local elections on May 26th and 27th, 2013. His left-wing citizen list (Insieme per Crescere) also has the majority in the municipal council with 7 out of 10 seats. He defeated his predecessor Michele Rotondi in both elections.

Partner communities

• Markkleeberg near Leipzig
• Pierre-Bénite near Lyon

Attractions

In Boville Ernica there are the following attractions:

• the city wall with 18 towers as an example of medieval fortifications;
• the Palazzo Simoncelli, today the town hall;
• the Palazzo De Angelis;
• the classicist church of S. Michele Arcangelo, designed by the Roman architect Josèphe Subleyras, with two tombs of the De Angelis family;
• the Castello Bulgarini;
• the Castello Filonardi with a Renaissance palace from 1542 and the church of San Pietro Ispano: here you will find the chapel of the Simoncelli family with two statues by Andrea Bregno , a mosaic of an angel on the main altar attributed to Giotto , an early Christian sarcophagus with reliefs on the box and the corresponding lid and the Cappella Filonardi with the two tombs of the cardinals Ennio and Filippo Filonardi.

Sons and daughters of the place

• Ennio Filonardi (1496–1549), 1503–1538 bishop of Veroli , 1534–1549 commander of Castel Sant'Angelo in Rome , 1512–1535 papal commissioner for Northern Italy as nuncio in Switzerland , 1546–1549 cardinal bishop of Albano .
• Filippo Filonardi (1582–1622), 1608–1622 Bishop of Aquino , 1611–1622 cardinal priest of Santa Maria del Popolo .
• Mario Filonardi († 1644), 1624–1644 Archbishop of Avignon , 1635–1643 nuncio in Poland .
• Vincenzo Paglia (* 1945), Curial Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church.

literature

• Capar Wirz: Ennio Filonardi: the last nuncio in Zurich , Zurich 1894.
• Giuseppe Paglia: Boville Ernica e il suo santuario di Santa Liberata , Casamari 1976.
• Vers .: Il Monastero benedettino di S. Giovanni Battista in Boville Ernica ei suoi 350 anni di vita , Casamari 1980.
• Bernardino D'Aversa: Boville Ernica: Guida alle opere d'arte , Casamari 1990.
• Vers .: Presenza e testimonianza dei gesuiti a Boville Ernica , Casamari 1995.
• Pietro Filonardi: Origini della famiglia e il cardinale Ennio Filonardi , Boville Ernica 1999.
• Il cardinale Ennio Filonardi nel 450th anniversario della sua morte: Atti del 2. convegno di studi storici, Boville Ernica December 19, 1999 , Boville Ernica 2000.
• Elisa Canetri: Il sarcofago paleocristiano di Boville Ernica , Boville Ernica 2003.
• Umberto Caperna: Ennio Filonardi vescovo di Veroli e cardinale di Sant'Angelo in Forum Piscium (1466–1548) , in: I cardinali nel Lazio , Rome 2008, 150–158.
• Patrizia Tosini: Il caso 'baroniano' della cappella Simoncelli a Boville Ernica (con alcune note sulla committenza Filonardi) , in: Arte e committenza nel Lazio nell'età di Cesare Baronio , Rome 2009, 293–317 ISBN 978-88-492- 1688-2 .
• Giovanni Magnante: Giovanni Battista Simoncelli e la sua donazione a Boville Ernica. Quattro secoli di arte e spiritualità 1612–2012 , Boville Ernica 2012.

swell

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. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT . Population statistics from the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica, as of December 31, 2011.
4. ^ Italian Ministry of the Interior

Web links

Commons : Boville Ernica  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Boville Ernica on www.comuni-italiani.it (Italian)
• Comunità Montana Monti Ernici (Italian)