Ceprano

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Ceprano
coat of arms
Ceprano (Italy)
Ceprano
Country Italy
region Lazio
province Frosinone  (FR)
Coordinates 41 ° 33 '  N , 13 ° 31'  E Coordinates: 41 ° 32 '46 "  N , 13 ° 30' 48"  E
height 105  m slm
surface 38 km²
Residents 8,756 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density 230 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 03024
prefix 0775
ISTAT number 060025
Popular name Cepranesi
Patron saint Sant'Arduino
Website Ceprano

Ceprano is a town in the province of Frosinone in the Italian region of Lazio with 8,756 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). It is 101 km southeast of Rome and 21 km southeast of Frosinone .

geography

Ceprano lies in a loop of the Liri .

The neighboring towns are: Arce , Castro dei Volsci , Falvaterra , Pofi , Ripi , San Giovanni Incarico , Strangolagalli .

history

The Fregellanum road station was built in antiquity at the junction of the Via Latina over the Liri . After the destruction of the nearby Fregellae in 125 BC. Numerous displaced residents settled in Fregellanum.

Under the name Ceparanium , the place retained its importance even in the Middle Ages. 1059 belehnte Pope Nicholas II. Here Robert Guiscard with Apulia . In the chapel of Santa Giusta Pope Gregory IX. on the mediation of Hermann von Salza in 1230 the church ban against Friedrich II . From a military strategic point of view, Ceprano was the usual place covered by the kings of Naples in order to obstruct the approaching conquering armies from the north. This was the case, for example, in 1268 when Charles of Anjou Konradin dictated a different route of march. In 1495, Alfonso II massed the defense against Charles VIII of France at Ceprano.

In 1861 Ceprano became part of the Kingdom of Italy . In 1927 the newly founded province of Frosinone came into being

During the Second World War , after the close regional battle for Monte Cassino in 1944, when the Allies advanced, heavy fighting with the Wehrmacht also broke out in Ceprano, which led to the almost complete destruction of the place.

In 1994 the cranium of a representative of the genus Homo was found in Ceprano , which was called Homo cepranensis and is presumably to be assigned to Homo erectus / Homo heidelbergensis .

Population development

year 1881 1901 1921 1936 1951 1971 1991 2001
Residents 4,834 6,201 7,283 7,982 8,812 7,640 8,546 8,246

Source: ISTAT

politics

Renato Russo (Citizen List) was elected Mayor in May 2006. Marco Galli has held this office since May 26, 2014.

Attractions

Finds from the Fregellae excavations are on display in the Archaeological Museum.

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

  • Luigi Conti (1929–2015), clergyman and diplomat of the Holy See

swell

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

Web links

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