Campello sul Clitunno

Campello sul Clitunno
Country	Italy
region	Umbria
province	Perugia  (PG)
Coordinates	42 ° 49 ′  N , 12 ° 46 ′  E Coordinates: 42 ° 49 ′ 0 ″  N , 12 ° 46 ′ 0 ″  E
height	290  m slm
surface	49.82 km²
Residents	2,392 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density	48 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	06042
prefix	0743
ISTAT number	054005
Popular name	Campellini
Patron saint	San Luigi (June 26th)
Website	Campello sul Clitunno municipality
Panorama of Campello sul Clitunno

Campello sul Clitunno is an Italian commune with 2392 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Perugia in the Umbria region .

geography

The community extends over about 50  km² . The municipality is located about 54 kilometers southeast of Perugia on the Clitunno River and on the Roman road Via Flaminia . It is part of the Città dell'Olio community. The municipality is in the climatic classification of Italian municipalities in zone D, 2085 GR / G.

The neighboring municipalities are Cerreto di Spoleto , Sellano , Spoleto , Trevi and Vallo di Nera .

Districts

The districts (Frazioni) are Acera, Agliano, Campello Alto, Fontanelle, La Bianca, Lenano, Pettino, Pissignano, Spina Nuova and Villa.

• Acera , district on Monte Maggiore (1430 meters) at 972  m slm with about 20 inhabitants.
• Agliano , district at 1030  m slm with about 10 inhabitants.
• Campello Alto , eponymous former main town with approx. 500 meters long city wall and the entrance tower Le Carceri (German: the prisons ).
• Fontanelle , district at 653  m slm with about 15 inhabitants.
• La Bianca (formerly also called La Macchia and Campello Basso ), today's administrative center, is located at 290  m slm and has approx. 1900 inhabitants. Villa belongs to the district , the oldest part of the district La Bianca .
• Lenano , district at 533  m slm with approx. 65 inhabitants.
• Pettino , district at 1074  m slm on the mountains Monte Serano (1429 m), Monte Carpegna (1334 m) and Monte Vergozze (1331 m) with approx. 75 inhabitants. It was part of the Trevi municipality until 1925, when it became part of the Campello sul Clitunno municipality.
• Pissignano , a district that used to belong to Spoleto and the Papal States and has belonged to Campello sul Clitunno since the 18th century. It used to be called the Piscinianum (Piscina Jani, Piscina di Giano, English Baths of Ianus ).
• Spina , district at 885  m slm with approx. 35 inhabitants. The district is divided into the older part Spina Vecchia and the newer Spina Nuova , which is located at 869  m slm .

history

The first settlements emerged in the 5th century BC. By the Etruscans . Even at that time there was no main town, but many small settlements that were then taken over by the Romans . The eponymous district of Campello Alto, then the main town, was created between 921 and 925 by Rovero Barone di Champeux , Baron von Borgogna (near Reims ) and who came to Italy through Lambert von Spoleto . Through him the Count family Conti di Campello came into being , who ran the fief under the name of Gualdi Ranieri . In 1226 they opposed Pope Honorius III. who then referred to them as the devil's children. In 1341 the place was conquered by Pietro Pianciani for Spoleto and remained there until November 1390, when the Counts of Campello reconquered the place and Spoleto granted the statutes and the Podestà . The local statutes gave the place on February 27, 1569 under the chairmanship of Cintio Campello , these were confirmed in 1570 by Spoleto. After the unification of Italy , the population rose from approx. 1600 to approx. 2400 in 1951. After a brief low of 1880 inhabitants in 1971, the number of inhabitants rose to approx. 2350 by 2001. In 1926 the village became part of Spoleto and remained there until 1930, when it became an independent municipality again.

Attractions

The sanctuary and church of Madonna della Bianca in the district and administrative center of La Bianca

The Church of San Donato in Campello Alto

• Castello di Pissignano , castle from the 12th century in the district of the same name.
• Chiesa di San Biagio , the church from the 15th century in the district Acera.
• Chiesa di San Benedetto , a church in the Pissignano district, contains frescoes from the 16th century by Fabio Angelucci da Mevale .
• Chiesa di San Donato , church in the eponymous district of Campello Alto from the 13th century.
• Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista , church ruin in Campello Alto, of which only the portal remains today. Made in 1332.
• Chiesa di San Lorenzo , main church in the Lenano district. Probably made before the 13th century and contains works attributed to the Maestro di Eggi .
• Chiesa dei Ss. Marco e Lorenzo , 15th century church in Spina Nuova.
• Chiesa dei Ss. Pietro e Paolo (formerly called Beata Maria Vergine de montibus ), church in the Spina district.
• Chiesa dei Santi Quirico e Giulitta , church in the Pettino district
• Convento dei Padri Bernabiti , monastery just below Campello Alto. Contains the fresco Madonna della Misericordia by Lo Spagna .
• Fonti del Clitunno , confluence of several small streams that form the lake from which the Clitunno River arises.
• Santuario della Madonna della Bianca , sanctuary built in 1516 in the district of La Bianca. In 1797 Giuseppe Valadier worked here at the altars, and there are also frescoes by Lo Spagna in the interior ( Annunciazione and Natività ).
• Tempietto del Clitunno (Temple of the Clitumnus), church in the district of Pissignano, today also called Chiesa di San Salvadore. Contains frescoes by Lo Spagna from the year 1528. Since June 2011 , it is one of a group of building ensembles, under the title The Lombards in Italy, Places of Power (568-774 n. Chr.) In the list of UNESCO World Heritage added has been.

Temple of the Clitumnus

According to research by archaeologists based on the radiocarbon method, the Tempietto was created between the late 6th and the late 8th century and was intended as a Christian cult building from the start. For the construction of the front in particular, material from different pagan sanctuaries was used, which can be recognized by the different shaft heights of the partly scale-shaped, partly spiral- fluted columns. An inscription on the entablature reads “SCS DEUS ANGELORUM QUI FECIT RESURECTIONEM” (Holy God of angels, who brought about the resurrection). The tympanum contains a modified Christ monogram (an upright cross connected to the Greek Rho) amid flowers and grapes . In the apse the oldest frescoes of Umbria can be seen pale: the Savior in the dome , including Peter and Paul .

literature

• TCI : Umbria , Milan 1999, p. 371 ff., ISBN 88-365-2542-3
• Klaus Zimmermanns: Umbria . DuMont Buchverlag , Cologne 1987, pp. 365–366, ISBN 3-7701-1815-4 .
• Judson J. Emerick: The Tempietto del Clitunno near Spoleto , Penn State Press 1998, vol. 1 + vol. 2, ISBN 978-0-271-01728-0

Web links

Commons : Campello sul Clitunno  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the municipality of Campello sul Clitunno (Italian)
• Dates and information about Campello sul Clitunno at Comuni Italiani (Italian)
• Official website Pro Loco Pettino (Italian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ↑ Official website of the Associazione Nazionale Città dell'Olio ( Memento of August 3, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ), accessed on May 27, 2011
3. ↑ Official website of the municipality on La Bianca, accessed on May 27, 2011  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ ^{a b} Official website of the Umbria region for Campello sul Clitunno, accessed on May 27, 2011  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as broken. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ site Umbriaturismo, accessed 27 May 2011
6. ↑ Official website of the monastery, accessed on May 27, 2011 ( Memento of the original from June 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.