Castelnuovo Parano

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Castelnuovo Parano
coat of arms
Castelnuovo Parano (Italy)
Castelnuovo Parano
Country Italy
region Lazio
province Frosinone  (FR)
Coordinates 41 ° 22 '  N , 13 ° 45'  E Coordinates: 41 ° 22 '22 "  N , 13 ° 44' 53"  E
height 310  m slm
surface 9 km²
Residents 870 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 97 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 03040
prefix 0776
ISTAT number 060021
Popular name Castelnovesi
Patron saint San Mauro

Castelnuovo Parano is a municipality in the province of Frosinone in the Italian region of Lazio with 870 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019).

geography

Castelnuovo is located in the Monti Aurunci , 135 kilometers southeast of Rome and 57 kilometers southeast of Frosinone . It is a member of the Comunità Montana L'Arco degli Aurunci .

Castelnuovo consists of three districts. The historic village center Terra and Casali are located on Monte Perano. The modern district of Valli-Sant'Antonio stretches along Strada Statale 630 from Cassino to Formia in the Valle dell'Ausente.

Neighboring communities are Ausonia , Coreno Ausonio , Esperia , San Giorgio a Liri and Vallemaio .

history

The name Castelnuovo is derived from the castle that Desiderius, Abbot of Montecassino , had built in 1059 on Monte Perano to protect the abbey's land to the south. Until 1806 Castelnuovo belonged to the Terra di San Benedetto and was then incorporated directly into the Kingdom of Naples . After its integration into the Italian national state, the place name of Castelnuovo di Traetto (= Minturno) was changed in 1862 to the new one that has been in effect since then. During the Second World War, Castelnuovo was on the Gustav Line and was badly damaged in the fighting for it. This was followed by a wave of emigration that has only slightly reversed in recent times.

Population development

year 1861 1881 1901 1921 1936 1951 1971 1991 2001 2017
Residents 912 950 1,143 1,024 1,070 1,056 885 845 876 884

Source: ISTAT

politics

Oreste de Bellis (Lista Civica: Impegno Per Castelnuovo) has been mayor since June 12, 2017.

Attractions

  • The little church of Sant'Antonio Abate is located in the district of the same name on the Cassino - Gaeta superstrade. It was built by the Benedictines of Montecassino Abbey around the same time as the castle and settlement were founded. In the three-aisled interior there are valuable but largely bygone Gothic frescoes, which belong to the 13th and 14th centuries. They show influences from Montecassino and Constantinople . In addition to a representation of Christ as the ruler of the world in the mandorla, the apostles are represented with Mary and several saints, such as bishops and monks.
  • In the district of Terra stands the church of S. Maria della Minerva with a facade that contains a Renaissance portal. The single-nave interior has a triptych of the Madonna and Child and two bishops, a Sacra Conversazione , on the rear wall of the apse .
  • In the same district the fortified walls of the former Castle of are as radicals keep some towers and three gates preserved. In addition, buildings with a palatial but rustic character are integrated into the wall.
  • In the two hamlets of Cisterna and Pimpinelli, the two small country churches S. Maria di Costantinopoli and S. Maria delle Grazie have simple exterior and interior designs, but at the same time the decoration with tiles made of majolica, which is common in the local churches .
  • At the beginning of the Casali district, the parish church of S. Maria Annunziata not only has a Renaissance portal of the same type as the church in Terra, but also ends with an octagonal apse with dome frescoes, in which the large Baroque main altar of a total of seven altars is located.
  • At the northern end of Via Cassino with a few houses distinguished by loggias stands the Villa Cicchelli with a built-in tower, which is designed as a dovecote at the top. Giuseppe Garibaldi is said to have stayed in the building in 1860 .

literature

  • Aurelio Carlino: Castelnuovo Parano - Madonna delle Grazie. Una cappella da salvare , in: Studi cassinati 11, 2011, p. 64 f.
  • Ders .: La cappella di S. Maria di Costantinopoli a Castelnuovo Parano e il santuario della Civita , in: Studi cassinati 12, 2012, pp. 212-214.
  • Luigi Di Cosmo: Castelnuovo Parano. Gli impianti maiolicati di S. Maria della Minerva e di S. Maria di Costantinopoli , in: Civiltà Aurunca 21, 2005, pp. 39-45.
  • Ders .: I pavimenti e rivestimenti maiolicati delle chiese di Castelnuovo Parano (FR) , Sant'Angelo d'Alife 2005.
  • Diego Mammone: La chiesa di S. Antonio Abate in Castelnuovo Parano ei suoi affreschi , in: Terra dei Volsci 2, 1999, pp. 173-194.
  • Carlo Molle: Graffiti di epoca rinascimentale nella chiesa di S. Antonio Abate a Castelnuovo Parano , in: Quaderni coldragonesi 4, 2013, pp. 53–57.
  • Valentino Pace: Un contributo alla "maniera greca". Gli affreschi di Sant'Antonio Abate a Castelnuovo Parano , in: Scritti e immagini in onore di Corrado Maltese , Rome 1997, ISBN 88-7140-105-0 , pp. 396-404.
  • Orazio Fabio Tartaglia - Lia Migale - Franco Martinelli: Il rinnovamento dei piccoli centri storici. Una nuova opportunità di sviluppo imprenditoriale: Il caso di Castelnuovo Parano (FR) , Rome 2005.

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  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.

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