Calcata

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Calcata
coat of arms
Calcata (Italy)
Calcata
Country Italy
region Lazio
province Viterbo  (VT)
Coordinates 42 ° 13 '  N , 12 ° 25'  E Coordinates: 42 ° 12 '59 "  N , 12 ° 25' 8"  E
height 172  m slm
surface 7.67 km²
Residents 907 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 118 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 01030
prefix 0761
ISTAT number 056010
Popular name Calcatesi
Patron saint Santi Cornelio e Cipriano
Website Calcata

Calcata is a municipality with 907 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Viterbo in the Italian region of Lazio .

geography

Calcata is 43 km north of Rome and 51 km southeast of Viterbo . It is located in the volcanic hill country of southern Tuscia with its deeply carved valleys, the historical landscape of the Falisker . Calcata consists of the districts Calcata Nuova and the medieval Calcata Vecchia, which lies spectacularly on a rock spur above the steep Treja Valley. Calcata is the center of the Valle del Treja Natural Park.

View of the old village

Calcata is connected to the trunk road network via Strada Stadale 2 Via Cassia , exit Sette Vene .

The neighboring municipalities are Faleria , Magliano Romano ( RM ), Mazzano Romano (RM) and Rignano Flaminio (RM)

Calcata bears the Bandiera Arancione , a quality seal in the field of tourism and the environment from the TCI .

history

Calcata is mentioned for the first time in a document from the time of Pope Hadrian I (772-795). It came into the possession of the Anguillara aristocratic family, who enclosed the place with a city wall in the 13th century and built the Castello Baronale.

The history of Calcata is closely related to the history of the relic of the Holy Foreskin .

Population development

Village square with parish church
year 1871 1881 1901 1921 1936 1951 1971 1991 2001
Residents 508 559 851 864 836 753 585 886 846

Source: ISTAT

politics

Luciano Sestili ( PdL ) was elected mayor in June 2004 and confirmed in office in June 2009. His center-right list also has a majority in the local council with 8 out of 12 seats.

literature

  • Christoph Hennig: Latium, the country around Rome. Monasteries and villas, churches and burial towns, medieval places and Arcadian landscapes (= DuMont documents. DuMont art travel guide ). DuMont, Cologne 1989, ISBN 3-7701-2184-8 .

Web links

Commons : Calcata  - album with pictures, 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. ↑ Claudius Ziehr: Holy foreskin - Calcata. Retrieved November 28, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Elezioni amministrative 6-7 giugno 2009 - of Fine LAZIO - Calcata