Grottaferrata
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Country | Italy | |
region | Lazio | |
Metropolitan city | Rome (RM) | |
Coordinates | 41 ° 47 ' N , 12 ° 40' E | |
height | 329 m slm | |
surface | 18 km² | |
Residents | 20,676 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
Population density | 1,149 inhabitants / km² | |
Post Code | 00046 | |
prefix | 06 | |
ISTAT number | 058046 | |
Popular name | Grottaferratesi | |
Patron saint | San Nilo | |
Website | Grottaferrata |
Grottaferrata is an Italian city in the metropolitan city of Rome in the Lazio region with 20,676 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). It is located 20 km southeast of the center of Rome .
geography
Grottaferrata is located in the Alban Mountains and belongs to the communities of the Castelli Romani . It is a member of the Comunità Montana dei Castelli Romani e Prenestini .
The neighboring communities, clockwise from the north, are Frascati , Monte Porzio Catone , Monte Compatri , Rocca di Papa , Castel Gandolfo , Marino , Ciampino , and Rome .
traffic
Grottaferrata can be reached from Rome on the SS 511 Via Anagnina , which branches off from Via Tuscolana .
From 1904 to 1965, Grottaferrata was served by the Castelli Romani tram, which ceased operations completely in 1980. The municipal area is crossed by the Rome-Marino regional train, but without its own stop.
history
In 1004 Nilus von Rossano , a Greek monk, was given a former Roman villa in his domain by Theophylact II of Tusculum . A Christian oratory , the so-called Crypta Ferrata (iron-studded grotto), from which the name Grottaferrata is derived , has been located in the villa since the 5th century . Nilus and his successor Bartholomäus built the monastery of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata in the ruins . After the separation of the eastern and western churches, this remained (until today) with the Byzantine rite, but was still subordinate to the Roman Pope.
1487–1491 had the abbot Giuliano della Rovere expand the monastery complex of Giuliano da Sangallo and Baccio Pontelli like a fortress.
population
1871 | 1901 | 1921 | 1951 | 1971 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 |
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1,241 | 2.233 | 3,514 | 6,701 | 11,361 | 16,234 | 17,663 | 19,156 |
Source: ISTAT
politics
Luciano Andreotti was elected Mayor on June 11, 2017 and appointed to office on June 27.
Town twinning
Attractions
The monastery of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata, founded in 1004 . In the municipality, but accessible via Frascati, are the excavations of the ancient city of Tusculum .
literature
- Christoph Henning: Lazio. The land around Rome. With walks in the Eternal City (= DuMont art travel guide ). 3rd, updated edition. DuMont, Cologne 2006, ISBN 3-7701-6031-2 .
- Anton Henze, Kunibert Bering, Gerhard Wiedmann: Art guide Rome. 5th, revised edition. Philipp Reclam GmbH, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-15-010402-5 .
Web links
- Municipality (Italian)
- Grottaferrata on www.comuni-italiani.it (Italian)
- Santa Maria di Grottaferrata Monastery (German, Italian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.