Cisterna di Latina

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Cisterna di Latina
coat of arms
Cisterna di Latina (Italy)
Cisterna di Latina
Country Italy
region Lazio
province Latina  (LT)
Coordinates 41 ° 35 '  N , 12 ° 50'  E Coordinates: 41 ° 35 '29 "  N , 12 ° 49' 44"  E
height 77  m slm
surface 143 km²
Residents 37,133 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 260 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 04012
prefix 06
ISTAT number 059005
Popular name Cisternesi
Patron saint San Rocco
Website Cisterna di Latina

Cisterna di Latina is an Italian city in the province of Latina in the Lazio region with 37,133 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019).

geography

Cisterna di Latina is 49 km southeast of Rome and 17 km northwest of Latina in the foothills of the Alban Mountains on the edge of the Pontine plain . Its districts are Borgo Flora, Le Castella, Doganella di Ninfa, Isola Bella and Olmobello.

The neighboring towns are Aprilia , Artena ( RM ), Cori , Latina , Norma , Sermoneta and Velletri (RM).

traffic

Cisterna is located on State Road 7 Via Appia , the main access road to the Pontine Plain.

It also has a train station on the Roma-Formia-Napoli railway line , which is located in the center of the village. The station is also served by the FR7 Rome-Formia regional train.

history

In ancient times, a little southeast of today's city on the Via Appia was the Tres Tabernae road station , which developed into a city and became the bishopric. In 868 Tres Tabernae was destroyed by the Saracens and then abandoned. The bishopric was moved to Velletri . The fact that Tres Tabernae was not rebuilt was certainly also due to the increasing swamping of the Pontine plain since late antiquity.

Residents of Tres Tabernae founded a new settlement on a hill called Terra di Cisterna , named after a cistern from the time of Emperor Nero . Since the Via Appia was rarely used, the place remained insignificant.

On September 18, 1159, the cardinal priest and chancellor Rolando Bandinelli (?) Was here by his supporters as Pope Alexander III. approved; on September 20, it was consecrated in Ninfa by Cardinal Bishop Hubald von Ostia .

The drainage of the Pontine Marshes from 1929 onwards was coordinated from Cisterna. This started the upswing of the town, which had belonged to the province of Littoria as Cisterna di Littoria since 1934 .

After the Allies landed near Anzio on January 22, 1944 , the battle for Cisterna began on January 29, and the German Wehrmacht was able to repel the advance of the Americans. Cisterna could be held by the Germans until April, but was then almost completely destroyed.

Reconstruction began in the 1950s with the creation of new residential areas. The settlement of international companies such as Goodyear and Unilever led to a rapid upswing.

Population development

year 1881 1901 1921 1936 1951 1971 1991 2001
Residents 1.928 3,569 4,243 12,471 14,182 22,685 31,463 32,584

Source: ISTAT

politics

Antonello Merolla ( PdL ) was elected mayor in June 2009. His center-right alliance also has the majority in the municipal council with 19 out of 30 seats. He replaced Mauro Carturan (since 2004), who had left his party, the UDC , in 2007 and was not re-run as a candidate.

Twin cities

Attractions

  • The Palazzo Caetani was built from 1560 to 1574. After heavy destruction in 1944, it was reconstructed. The cistern from the 1st century, which gave the city its name, is preserved under the palace.
  • The 18th century Palazzo Calabresi is one of the few buildings that survived the Second World War unscathed.
  • The medieval ruined city of Ninfa is located in the Doganella district . Ninfa was abandoned because of malaria in the 16th century. Today Ninfa lies in a water-rich, atmospheric park that is looked after by the WWF .
  • In November 2009, the municipality of Cisterna acquired part of the site of the ancient city of Tres Tabernae in order to continue the excavations. A documentation center is to be set up on the Via Appia.

  • Castello Caetani in Cisterna di Latina (Ninfa)

  • Garden of Ninfa

  • Palazzo Caetani in Cisterna di Latina, built from 1560

Regular events

Every May and October the Merca dei Butteri takes place, a kind of rodeo of the mounted cattle herders of the Pontine plain.

swell

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
  2. ^ Press release by the Cisterna community on November 25, 2009, accessed on February 23, 2010

Web links

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