Caprarola

Caprarola
Country	Italy
region	Lazio
province	Viterbo  (VT)
Coordinates	42 ° 20 '  N , 12 ° 14'  E Coordinates: 42 ° 19 '39 "  N , 12 ° 14' 12"  E
height	520  m slm
surface	57 km²
Residents	5,319 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density	93 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	01032
prefix	0761
ISTAT number	056015
Popular name	Caprolatti
Patron saint	Sant'Egidio
View of Caprarola

Caprarola is an Italian commune with 5319 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Viterbo in the Lazio region .

geography

Vico Lake

Caprarola is 57 km northwest of Rome and 21 km southeast of Viterbo . The place is located on the south-eastern slope of the Monti Cimini east of Lake Vico , the northern half of which belongs to the municipality. Most of the Riserva Naturale del Lago di Vico , established in 1982, also belongs to the municipality. The Monti Cimini are a low mountain range that formed volcanically 4.5 million years ago. The Vico lake is located in an extinct caldera . After the last eruptions about 100,000 years ago, the crater gradually filled with both groundwater and rainwater. The Monti Cimini and thus also Caprarola are among the areas with the most rainfall in Lazio (up to 850 mm per year).

Caprarola is a member of the Comunità Montana dei Cimini . It bears the Bandiera Arancione , a seal of quality in the field of tourism and the environment from the Touring Club Italiano (TCI).

The neighboring communities are Canepina , Carbognano , Nepi , Ronciglione , Vallerano , Vetralla and Viterbo .

traffic

Caprarola is accessed from the provincial road SP 1 Via Cimina, part of the Via Francigena from Viterbo to Monterosi ( Via Cassia ). It had a station on the Civitavecchia-Orte railway line , which was closed in 1994, but is to be restored after a decision by the Lazio region on February 6, 2009.

history

Caprarola was first mentioned in the 10th century. In the Middle Ages it was disputed between the Counts Di Vico and d'Anguillara. With the establishment of the Duchy of Castro , the Farnese family began to fortify the border town. Cardinal Alessandro Farnese had the Palazzo Farnese built on the foundations of the fortress from 1559 . The site was completely rebuilt and aligned axially with the palace.

The name Caprarola is derived from the Italian name for goat barn.

Population development

year	1881	1901	1921	1936	1951	1971	1991	2001	2011
Residents	5,151	5,591	5,501	5,798	5,654	4,657	4,913	5,197	5,342

Source ISTAT

politics

Eugenio Stelliferi (Lista Civica: Nuovi Orizzonti Insieme) has been mayor since June 6, 2016.

Attractions

The Palazzo Farnese in Caprarola

• On the top of the hill on which the town stretches, the Palazzo Farnese rises , which was built by Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola between 1559 and 1573 for Cardinal Alessandro Farnese the Younger.
• The Basilica della Madonna della Consolazione was built in 1526 and enlarged by Vignola.
• The former Carmelite Church of Santa Teresa was built by Girolamo Rainaldi from 1619 to 1923 on behalf of Cardinal Odoardo Farnese .

Culinary specialties

Tonda Gentile Romana DOP hazelnuts are produced in Caprarola . cultivated. In June 2008 the 7th International Hazelnut Congress took place in Caprarola with participants from 25 countries.

sons and daughters of the town

• Ercole Bernabei (around 1622–1687), Italian organist, conductor and composer
• Pietro Lasagni (1814–1885), Italian cardinal

literature

• Hanno Hahn : Paul Bril in Caprarola - (On the painting workshop of the Vatican and its broadcasts from 1570 to 1590) . In: Miscellanea Bibliothecae Hertzianae. Roma 1961. Anton Schroll, Munich 1961. ISBN 3-7031-0163-6 .
• Christoph Henning: Lazio. The land around Rome. With walks in the Eternal City (= DuMont art travel guide ). 3rd updated edition. DuMont, Cologne 2006, ISBN 3-7701-6031-2 .

Web links

Commons : Caprarola  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Portal to Caprarola (Italian, English)
• Caprarola on www.comuni-italiani.it (Italian)
• Caprarola and the Villa Farnese (German)
• Comunità Montana dei Cimini (Italian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ↑ Homepage of the Vico Lake Nature Reserve (Italian)
3. ↑ Press release of the Lazio region on February 6, 2009 (Italian)
4. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT . Population statistics from the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica, as of December 31, 2011.
5. ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: Official Journal of the European Union Regulation (EC) No. 510/2006 pdf
6. ↑ 7th International Hazelnut Congress