Civita Castellana

Civita Castellana
Country	Italy
region	Lazio
province	Viterbo  (VT)
Coordinates	42 ° 17 '  N , 12 ° 25'  E Coordinates: 42 ° 17 '20 "  N , 12 ° 24' 42"  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

View of Civita Castellana, Camille Saglio , 1842; Rolin Museum , Autun

Civita Castellana (drawing by Edward Lear , 1844)

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
Residents	4.172	5,216	6.004	8,622	11,276	14,548	15,454	15,219

Source: ISTAT

Town hall of Civita Castellana

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

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

Web links

Commons : Civita Castellana  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Civita Castellana on www.comuni-italiani.it (Italian)