Collalto Sabino

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Collalto Sabino
coat of arms
Collalto Sabino (Italy)
Collalto Sabino
Country Italy
region Lazio
province Rieti  (RI)
Coordinates 42 ° 8 '  N , 13 ° 3'  E Coordinates: 42 ° 8 '11 "  N , 13 ° 2' 53"  E
height 980  m slm
surface 22 km²
Residents 398 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 18 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 02022
prefix 0765
ISTAT number 057018
Popular name Collaltesi
Patron saint San Gregorio Magno
Website Collalto Sabino
Panorama from Collalto Sabino
Panorama from Collalto Sabino

Collalto Sabino is an Italian commune in the province of Rieti in the Lazio region with 398 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). It is located 73 km northeast of Rome and 46 km southeast of Rieti .

geography

Collalto Sabino is located above Lake Turano and the Turano Valley . It is located below Monte Navegna in the Sabine Mountains . A large part of the municipality is part of the Monti Navegna e Cervia nature reserve . The districts are Ricetto and San Lorenzo.

The neighboring towns are Carsoli ( AQ ), Collegiove , Marcetelli , Nespolo , Pescorocchiano , Turania .

Collalto Sabino is a member of the Comunità Montana del Turano and the association I borghi più belli d'Italia (The Most Beautiful Places in Italy).

history

In the 10th century the Turano valley was devastated by the Saracens . Presumably surviving residents founded Collalto on a ledge, which first appeared in documents as Collis Altus at this time .

In 1335, Collalto became a principality that successively belonged to the noble families Savelli, Strozzi and Soderini before becoming part of the Barberini in 1641 .

Population development

year 1861 1881 1901 1921 1936 1951 1971 1991 2001 2011
Residents 1,520 1,429 1,601 1,607 1,337 1,222 810 539 497 440

Source ISTAT

politics

Maria Pia Mercuri (list of citizens) was elected mayor in June 2016. Your list of citizens also includes 7 of the 10 local councils. Her predecessor Cesare D'Eliseo was no longer a candidate.

Partner municipality

Attractions

  • The mighty Castello Baronale was founded in the 12th century.
  • In the medieval village there are still houses from the 12th century around the Piazza della Podesteria.
  • Nearby are the ruins of the Castello di Montagliano, which was destroyed in the 15th century.

Daughters and sons of the church

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 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
  2. ^ I borghi più belli d'Italia. Borghipiubelliditalia.it, accessed August 31, 2017 (Italian).
  3. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT . Population statistics from the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica, as of December 31, 2011.
  4. ↑ La Repubblica , June 6, 2016, accessed September 23, 2016