Genazzano

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Genazzano
coat of arms
Genazzano (Italy)
Genazzano
Country Italy
region Lazio
Metropolitan city Rome  (RM)
Coordinates 41 ° 50 ′  N , 12 ° 58 ′  E Coordinates: 41 ° 50 ′ 0 ″  N , 12 ° 58 ′ 0 ″  E
height 375  m slm
surface 32 km²
Residents 5,805 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density 181 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 00030
prefix 06
ISTAT number 058042
Popular name Cenazzanesi
Patron saint San Nicola
Website Genazzano

Genazzano is a municipality in the metropolitan city of Rome in the Italian region of Lazio with 5805 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). It is located 58 kilometers east of Rome .

geography

Genazzano is located on the southern slope of the Monti Prenestini east of Palestrina .

It is a member of the Comunità Montana dei Castelli Romani e Prenestini .

Place of pilgrimage

Genazzano is a well-known place of pilgrimage in Italy , which pilgrims visit to pray in the local pilgrimage church ( Santuario della Madonna del Buon Consiglio ) in front of the late medieval image of the Mother of Good Counsel . The pilgrimage to Genazzano has been documented since 1467.

Community partnerships

A community partnership has existed between Vierkirchen in Upper Bavaria and Genazzano since 2000 .

population

1871 1901 1921 1951 1971 1991 2001
3,500 4,160 4,971 5,392 4,632 5,065 5,324

politics

Alessandro Cefaro (Lista civica: Patto sociale per Genazzano) has been mayor since May 27, 2019.

Sons and daughters of the place

literature

  • Sandro Carocci: La grande conversione: Genazzano 1379. Lo ius serendo del Lazio , in: Laurent Feller (ed.): Calculs et rationalités dans la seigneurie médiévale: les conversions de redevances entre XIe et XVe siècles: actes de la table ronde organisée par le LAMOP à Auxerre les 26 and 27 October 2006 , Publications de la Sorbonne, 2009, pp. 237-252.

Web links

Commons : Genazzano  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Remarks

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
  2. ↑ Veronika Maria Seifert: Pius IX. - the Immaculata Pope. From Giovanni Maria Mastai Ferretti's devotion to Mary to the definition of the Immaculata dogma . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2013, ISBN 978-3-8471-0185-7 , p. 187.
  3. ↑ Joan Carroll Cruz: Miraculous images. 100 famous Catholic portraits and saints . Tan Books and Publishers, Rockford 1993, ISBN 0-89555-484-4 , chap. 46: Our Lady of Good Counsel .
  4. ↑ ISTAT