Civita Castellana
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Country | Italy | |
region | Lazio | |
province | Viterbo (VT) | |
Coordinates | 42 ° 17 ' N , 12 ° 25' E | |
height | 145 m slm | |
surface | 83 km² | |
Residents | 15,991 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
Population density | 193 inhabitants / km² | |
Post Code | 01033 | |
prefix | 0761 | |
ISTAT number | 056021 | |
Popular name | Civitonici | |
Patron saint | Santi Giovanni e Marciano | |
Website | Civita Castellana |
Civita Castellana is an Italian city with 15,991 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Viterbo in the Lazio region . It is the seat of a Roman Catholic diocese .
geography
Civita Castellana is located 56 km north of Rome and 36 km southeast of Viterbo . The municipal area extends from the Tiber to the volcanic hill country of the foothills of the Monti Cimini . The old town is located on a rocky plateau that lies above the deeply carved valleys of the Rio Maggiore and the Rio Filetto, just before they flow into the Treja .
The districts Quartiere Catalano, Paolelli, Sassacci and Borghetto belong to the municipality.
The neighboring towns are Castel Sant'Elia , Collevecchio ( RI ), Corchiano , Fabrica di Roma , Faleria , Gallese , Magliano Sabina (RI), Ponzano Romano ( RM ), Sant'Oreste (RM).
traffic
Civita Castellana is 11 km from the Magliano Sabina exit of the A1 Autostrada del Sole motorway. The Strada statale 3 Via Flaminia leads east of the center by the districts Sassacci and Borghetto.
It has a train station in the Borghetto district on the Florence – Rome railway line . The stations Catalano, Civita Castellana and Pian Paradiso are on the Roma Flaminio – Viterbo railway line .
history
Civita Castellana was built on the site of the old Falerii Veteres , the capital of the Falisker , a tribe that belonged to the Etrurian League against Rome.
Population development
year | 1881 | 1901 | 1921 | 1936 | 1951 | 1971 | 1991 | 2001 |
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Residents | 4.172 | 5,216 | 6.004 | 8,622 | 11,276 | 14,548 | 15,454 | 15,219 |
Source: ISTAT
Attractions
- The Forte Sangallo was built by Antonio da Sangallo on behalf of Pope Alexander VI. built. It has housed the Museo dell'Agro Falisco with finds from the Faliskers since 1977 .
- The Cathedral of Santa Maria Maggiore is famous for its cosmatic work .
politics
Gianluca Angelelli ( PD ) was elected Mayor in June 2009. His center-left alliance also has the majority in the municipal council with 13 out of 20 seats. He replaced Massimo Giampieri ( PdL ) (since 1999), who was no longer running.
Personalities
sons and daughters of the town
- Giuseppe Colasanti (1846–1903), physiologist and pharmacologist
- Sergio Caprari (1932-2015), boxer, winner of the silver medal at the Olympic Games in Helsinki
literature
- Christoph Henning: Lazio. The land around Rome. With walks in the Eternal City (= DuMont art travel guide ). 3rd updated edition. DuMont-Reiseverlag, Ostfildern 2006, ISBN 3-7701-6031-2 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.