Castel Rigone

Castel Rigone
Panorama of Castel Rigone
Country	Italy
region	Umbria
province	Perugia  (PG)
local community	Passignano sul Trasimeno
Coordinates	43 ° 12 '  N , 12 ° 13'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 11 '57 "  N , 12 ° 13' 24"  E
height	653  m slm
Residents	415 (2011)
Telephone code	075	CAP	06065

Castel Rigone is a district ( fraction , Italian frazione ) of the Italian municipality Passignano sul Trasimeno in the province of Perugia in Umbria .

geography

The place is located about seven kilometers west of the capital Passignano sul Trasimeno and about 15 km northwest of the provincial and regional capital Perugia . The place is at 653  m slm and had 400 inhabitants in 2001. In 2011 there were 415 inhabitants. The place had two city gates, Porta Ponente and Porta Monterone, the latter of which still exists. The local churches belong to the Archdiocese of Perugia-Città della Pieve .

history

The place was first mentioned in the 11th century as Poggio della Corte di Rigone . The place was fortified in 1297, in 1451 and in 1479 the city walls were reinforced.

The Santissimo Sacramento Church

Attractions

• Santissimo Sacramento , church in the center from the 16th century. Contains the canvas painting L'Ultima Cena by Silla Piccinino, dated 1598. The lunette of the facade was closed when the organ was installed. This was created in 1768.
• Madonna dei Miracoli , sanctuary just outside the town center, built on December 15, 1494 by Pope Alexander VI. was allowed. Contains among others the works Madonna del Rosario (1558) by Bernardo di Girolamo Rosselli, frescoes by Tommaso Bernabei (called Il Papacello, Cortona , 1505–1559). The fresco Incoronazione di Maria Giovan Battista Caporali is also attributed.
• San Bartolomeo , church just outside the town center at the beginning of Via della Vigna.

• Pictures of Castel Rigone
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  Madonna dei Miracoli

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  San Bartolomeo

Sports

The football club Castel Rigone Calcio , founded in 1998, played in the fourth-class Lega Pro Seconda Divisione in the 2013/2014 season . In 2014 the association was dissolved.

Sons and daughters of Castel Rigone

• Brunello Cucinelli (* 1953), fashion designer

literature

• Touring Club Italiano : Umbria. Milan 1999, ISBN 88-365-2542-3 , pp. 187 f.

Web links

Commons : Castel Rigone  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• italia.indettaglio.it to Castel Rigone
• I Luoghi del Silenzo: Castel Rigone - Passignano sul Trasimeno (PG)

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b c d} Touring Club Italiano: Umbria.
2. ^ Official website of ISTAT ( Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ) on 2001 population figures in the province of Perugia, accessed on January 4, 2020 (Italian)
3. ↑ Italia in dettaglio
4. ↑ ^{a b c d e} I Luoghi del Silenzio: Castel Rigone - Passignano sul Trasimeno (PG).
5. ↑ ^{a b} Chiesa del Santissimo Sacramento <Castel Rigone, Passignano sul Trasimeno> , website Chiese Italiane, Ufficio Nazionale per i beni culturali ecclesiastici e l'edilizia di culto e Servizio Informatico della Conferenza Episcopale Italiana, accessed on January 2, 2020 (Italian)
6. ↑ I Luoghi del Silenzo Santuario Maria SS.ma Miracles - Castel Rigone di Magione (PG) , called (Italian) on 25 December 2019
7. ↑ Castel Rigone San Bartolomeo , accessed January 4, 2020 (Italian)