Ferentino

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Ferentino
coat of arms
Ferentino (Italy)
Ferentino
Country Italy
region Lazio
province Frosinone  (FR)
Coordinates 41 ° 42 '  N , 13 ° 15'  E Coordinates: 41 ° 41 '35 "  N , 13 ° 15' 16"  E
height 393  m slm
surface 80 km²
Residents 20,864 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 261 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 03013
prefix 0775
ISTAT number 060033
Popular name Ferentinesi
Patron saint Sant'Ambrogio
Website Ferentino

Ferentino is a municipality in the province of Frosinone in the Italian region of Lazio with 20,864 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). It is 74 km east of Rome and 12 km northwest of Frosinone .

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geography

Ferentino is located on a hill above the Sacco valley , between the Monti Ernici in the north and the Monti Lepini in the south in the traditional landscape of the Ciociaria . It is a member of the Comunità Montana Monti Ernici .

Ferentino includes the districts of Cercete, Pareti, Porciano, San Rocco, Sant'Antonio, Stazione, Terme Pompeo, Terravalle, Tofe and Torre Noverana.

The neighboring municipalities are Acuto , Alatri , Anagni , Fiuggi , Frosinone , Fumone , Morolo , Sgurgola , Supino and Trivigliano .

traffic

With the Ferentino – Supino station, Ferentino is on the Rome – Naples line. The nearest motorway exit is Frosinone on the A1 Autostrada del Sole . In the district of Monticchio there is a small airfield ( Aviosuperficie Alicocco ) for general aviation .

history

In antiquity, the city was established in the 8th century BC Settled by the hernians . 413 BC BC it came into the Roman sphere of influence, was after a revolt in 361 BC. Besieged and conquered by the Romans and finally came under the name Ferentinum to the Roman Empire. 211 BC The city was destroyed by Hannibal . Later it became a Municipium ; its inhabitants belonged to the Publilia tribe .

Ferentino has been the seat of a bishopric since the 4th century AD (today the diocese of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino ) and was at times the papal residence. In 1223 Pope Honorius III met. here Emperor Friedrich II. and wrested from him the promise of a crusade .

After a brief period as a free city in the 11th century belonged to Ferentino to 1870 to the Papal States . During the Second World War the place was a center of partisans . After the war there was an upswing through industrialization.

acropolis

Population development

year 1881 1901 1921 1936 1951 1971 1991 2001
Residents 10,006 12,279 16,321 15,516 16,328 16,021 19,149 20,103

Source: ISTAT

politics

Piergianni Fiorletta ( PD ) was elected mayor in May 2003 and confirmed in office in April 2008. His center-left alliance also has the majority in the municipal council with 12 out of 20 seats. Antonio Pompeo was elected as the new mayor on May 26, 2013.

Twin cities

Santa Maria Maggiore

Attractions

  • Large parts of the city wall, a so-called Cyclops wall with two gates from the 4th century BC, are still from the time of the hernians . Chr. And other gates from Roman times received.
  • The substructure of the Acropolis also dates from the 2nd century BC. Chr.
  • On it stands the Cathedral of SS. Giovanni e Paolo, built around 1100. Despite a Baroque transformation in the 17th century, numerous individual works of art from the Middle Ages have been preserved.
  • The church of Santa Maria Maggiore is the oldest Cistercian building in Italy (around 1150).

swell

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

literature

Web links

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