Cori (Lazio)

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Cori
coat of arms
Cori (Italy)
Cori
Country Italy
region Lazio
province Latina  (LT)
Coordinates 41 ° 39 '  N , 12 ° 55'  E Coordinates: 41 ° 38 '36 "  N , 12 ° 54' 47"  E
height 384  m slm
surface 86 km²
Residents 10,740 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 125 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 04010
prefix 06
ISTAT number 059006
Popular name Coresi
Patron saint Madonna del Soccorso
Website Cori

Cori is a town in the province of Latina in the Italian region of Lazio with 10,740 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). It is located 55 km southeast of Rome and 25 km north of Latina.

Cori

geography

Cori lies in the foothills of the Monti Lepini above the Pontine plain . It is a member of the Comunità Montana Monti Lepini e Ausoni .

The district of Cori is the village of Giulianello with a historical center.

The neighboring municipalities are Artena ( RM ), Cisterna di Latina (LT), Lariano (RM), Montelanico (RM), Norma (LT), Rocca Massima (LT) and Segni (RM).

history

Cori is one of the oldest cities in Italy. According to legend, the ancient Cora is said to have existed as early as the 2nd millennium BC. By Dardanos , the progenitor of the Trojans. 642 BC Chr. Led Ancus Publicius to a latinisches army against Rome. Not until 415 BC Cora came under Roman power. In the 3rd century BC BC Cora fought alongside Rome against Hannibal . After that there are hardly any reports about Cora, but the ruins that have been preserved bear witness to a flourishing during the imperial era. It was not until the migration period that the city fell.

Cori was only mentioned in writing again in 1114, when Pope Paschal II protected the settlement of the Benedictines . In the 13th century Cori was a free municipality until 1363 the Papal States came, in which it remained until 1870th

Population development

year 1881 1901 1921 1936 1951 1971 1991 2001
Residents 6,292 7.118 7,503 9,289 9,732 9,408 10,257 10,529

Source: ISTAT

politics

Mauro Primio de Lillis (Lista Civica: Cori e Giulianello Insieme) has been mayor since May 13, 2017.

Twin cities

Temple of Hercules

Attractions

  • The Temple of Hercules from the 1st century BC BC belonged to the ancient Acropolis.
  • The temple for Castor and Pollux stood in the forum. Columns have also been preserved from the forum.
  • Part of the polygonal city wall from the 4th – 3rd centuries. Century BC Chr. Is still preserved.
  • Church of Sant 'Oliva, church in the form of a basilica with five naves (there are only four left today) in Romanesque style, was built in the first half of the 12th century on the ruins of a Roman temple, in the vault frescoes of a beautiful cycle of paintings Stories from the Old and New Testament (1533) told.

Culinary specialties

In Cori, the Cori Rosso and the Cori Bianco are two DOC wines.

Sons and daughters of the place

Web links

Commons : Cori  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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