Fumone

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Fumone
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Fumone (Italy)
Fumone
Country Italy
region Lazio
province Frosinone  (FR)
Coordinates 41 ° 44 '  N , 13 ° 17'  E Coordinates: 41 ° 43 '40 "  N , 13 ° 17' 24"  E
height 783  m slm
surface 15 km²
Residents 2,048 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 137 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 03010
prefix 0775
ISTAT number 060039
Popular name Fumonesi
Patron saint San Sebastiano
Website Fumone

Fumone is a municipality in the province of Frosinone in the Italian region of Lazio with 2048 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). It is located 82 km east of Rome and 17 km northwest of Frosinone .

Fumone

geography

Fumone is located in the Monti Ernici on the top of a characteristic, conical mountain. It is a member of the Comunità Montana Monti Ernici .

history

According to legend, Fumone was created in the time of the last Roman king Tarquinius Superbus , who after his fall in 509 BC. Should have fled here.

Both in ancient times and in the Middle Ages, the fortified site was an important outpost of Rome.

From 1295 until his death in 1296, Pope Celestine V was imprisoned in Fumone by his successor Boniface VIII . The antipope Gregory VIII had previously been imprisoned here in 1125.

In the 17th century the castle came to the family of the Marchesi Longhi, who own it to this day; it can be visited.

Population development

year 1881 1901 1921 1936 1951 1971 1991 2001
Residents 1,615 1,978 2,307 2,297 2,257 1,892 2,093 2.153

Source: ISTAT

politics

Franco Potenziani was elected mayor in May 2006. He was re-elected on May 15, 2011.

Attractions

The steep village grouped around the castle still retains its medieval structure.

A museum with archaeological finds is housed in the castle. You can also see the cell in which Celestine V was trapped. A baroque garden was laid out around the building in the 17th century.

The parish church of S. Maria Annunziata and the church of S. Michele can also be visited.

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

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