Caldarola

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Caldarola
Template: Infobox municipality in Italy / maintenance / coat of arms missingNo coat of arms available.
Caldarola (Italy)
Caldarola
Country Italy
region Brands
province Macerata  (MC)
Coordinates 43 ° 8 '  N , 13 ° 14'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 8 '17 "  N , 13 ° 13' 31"  E
height 314  m slm
surface 29.09 km²
Residents 1,714 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 59 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 62020
prefix 0733
ISTAT number 043006
Popular name Caldarolesi
Patron saint Martin of Tours
(November 11th)
Website Caldarola
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Caldarola is an Italian municipality ( comune ) with 1714 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Macerata in the Marche . The parish is about 19 kilometers west-southwest of Macerata . The Chienti is in the north. Caldarola is part of the Comunità montana dei Monti Azzurri .

history

Caldarola emerged as a rural village sometime before the 9th – 10th centuries. Century. In 1434 independence was enshrined in a bull by Pope Eugene IV (1434). The heyday of the then up-and-coming town peaked in the 16th century.

During the intensive urban redevelopment under Pope Sixtus V (1585–1590), Giovanni Evangelista Pallotta made a particular contribution to the redesign of Caldarola with the development of an extensive development plan. A large piazza was created in the medieval center, a cardinal palace was built, and the collegiate church of San Martino and the pilgrimage church of Our Lady of the Mountain were designed.

Townscape

The townscape is characterized by the Castello Pallotta (originally 9th century, rebuilt in the 16th century) and the Pallotta Palace (16th century).

traffic

The Strada Statale 77 della Val di Chienti from Foligno to Civitanova Marche forms the northern border of the municipality.

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Caldarola  - 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.