Cannara

Cannara
Country	Italy
region	Umbria
province	Perugia (PG)
Coordinates	43 ° 0 ′ N , 12 ° 34 ′ E Coordinates: 43 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ N , 12 ° 34 ′ 0 ″ E
height	191 m slm
surface	32.65 km²
Residents	4,305 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	132 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	06033
prefix	0742
ISTAT number	054006
Popular name	Cannaresi
Patron saint	San Matteo (September 21)
Website	Cannara municipality
	; Panorama of Cannara

Cannara is an Italian commune with 4305 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Perugia in the Umbria region .

geography

The location of Cannara in the province of Perugia

The municipality extends over around 33 km² , the population density is around 132 inhabitants / km². The municipality is located about 30 kilometers southeast of Perugia on the Clitunno , Teverone and Topino rivers . The municipality is in the climatic classification of Italian municipalities in zone D, 1985 GR / G. It belongs to the community Comunità montana dei Monti Martani, Serano e Subasio .

The only district (Frazione) is Collemancio.

The neighboring municipalities are Assisi , Bettona , Bevagna , Gualdo Cattaneo and Spello .

history

main place

Called Lacus Umber by the Romans , the place was created in 1162 by Count Conte Valerio Ranieri , who fled Perugia from Frederick I. The name comes from the Italian word Canna (dt. Pile cane or reed). In the 13th century the place became an independent municipality and placed itself under Perugia in order to find protection from Assisi . Perugia interrupted the siege of the place by Assisi in 1291. The city walls were expanded by Perugia around 1380. In 1424 the parish was 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. 2400 to approx. 3850 in 1951. After a brief low in the 1970s the population rose to around 4300 by 2010.

Collemancio district

Collemancio is 507 meters above sea level and has about 80 inhabitants. The district is located around 5 km southwest of the main town and a few meters from the ancient town of Urvium Hortense (part of the Regio VI Umbria of Augustus ). The place was first mentioned in writing in 1224, when Pope Honorius III. gave the fortified place Collismanci to the Bishop of Assisi. In the 14th century the Palazzo del Podestà was built and in 1377 the town of Perugia submitted to it. Antipope John XXIII. awarded the place to the Trinci in 1413 , with whom it remained until 1431. The Baglioni family from Cannara took over the fortunes of the place in 1436 until 1648, which then remained closely connected to Cannara. Collemancio has been officially part of the municipality of Cannara since 1870.

economy

The best-known production goods of the place is the wine Colli Martani Vernaccia , a DOC wine and the onion from Cannara ( Cipolla di Cannara ).

Attractions

Piazza San Matteo with the Chiesa parrocchiale di San Matteo

Chiesa della Buona Morte , church in the center of the village. According to legend, the Terz'Ordine Francescano (called Terzo Ordine Francescano (TOF) until 1978 , today Ordo Franciscanus Saecularis ) was created here by Francis of Assisi .

Chiesa di San Biagio , already mentioned in 1244.

Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista , church documented as early as 1333. Contains the work Madonna con Gesù Bambino fra san Giovanni Battista e san Sebastiano by Nicolò Alunno (painted in 1482, painting on wood).

Chiesa parrocchiale di San Matteo , 13th century church that was remodeled from 1788 to 1793. Contains the work Madonna in trono con Gesù Bambino tra san Francesco d'Assisi e san Matteo evangelista by Nicolò Alunno.

Chiesa di San Sebastiano , already mentioned in 1184

Teatro Ettore Thesorieri , 1767 Teatro del Leone built theater . Was named in 1901 after Ettore Thesorieri (born June 6, 1553 in Andria , † November 25, 1638 in Cannara).