Monterotondo (Lazio)

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Monterotondo
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Monterotondo (Italy)
Monterotondo
Country Italy
region Lazio
Metropolitan city Rome  (RM)
Coordinates 42 ° 3 '  N , 12 ° 37'  E Coordinates: 42 ° 3 '3 "  N , 12 ° 36' 52"  E
height 165  m slm
surface 40 km²
Residents 41,958 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 1,049 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 00015
prefix 06
ISTAT number 058065
Popular name Monterotondesi or Eretini
Patron saint San Filippo and San Giacomo
Website Monterotondo

Monterotondo is an Italian commune in the metropolitan city of Rome in the Lazio region with 41,958 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). It is located 28 km north of Rome .

geography

The old town of Monterotondo lies on a ridge east of the Tiber . However, most of the residents now live in the modern suburbs east of the old town and in the Tiber Valley.

The neighboring municipalities are Capena , Castelnuovo di Porto , Fonte Nuova , Mentana , Montelibretti , Palombara Sabina , Riano and Rome .

traffic

The A1 Autostrada del Sole motorway runs through the municipality from Milan to Naples , but the next motorway exit is Rome-Nord , 10 km north of the city. Monterotondo has been on the Via Salaria since ancient times , today as SS 4 part of the trunk road network that connects Rome with the Adriatic Sea at San Benedetto del Tronto .

Monterotondo has a train station in the district of Scalo on the regional line FR1 from Rome-Fiumicino airport via Rome-Tiburtina to Orte .

history

panorama

The predecessor town of Monterotondo was the ancient Eretum , a border town between the Latins and the Sabines . It was made by Gaius Nautius Rutilus in 458 BC. Conquered for Rome.

In the Middle Ages, the place was moved to the easier to defend hill of the Monti Cornicolani, which was named Monte Rotondo (= round mountain) after its shape. From the 13th century it was owned by the noble Orsini family and from 1626 by the Barberini .

Population development

year 1881 1901 1921 1936 1951 1971 1991 2001
Residents 3,910 4,552 5,632 7,354 10.165 21,752 30,124 34,376

Source: ISTAT

politics

Riccardo Varone (PD) was elected as the new mayor in the elections on June 5, 2019.

Attractions

  • The Palazzo Orsini Barberini was first mentioned in 1286 and expanded by the Barberini family in the 17th century .
  • The Cathedral of Santa Maria Maddalena was built in the 17th century by the Barberini.
  • The Madonna delle Grazie church dates from the Romanesque period
  • In the Archaeological Museum (Museo Archeologico territoriale di Monterotondo) finds from Eretum and other ancient places in the area can be seen.

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

Commons : Monterotondo  - collection of images, 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.