Guardea

Guardea
Country	Italy
region	Umbria
province	Terni (TR)
Coordinates	42 ° 37 ' N , 12 ° 18' E Coordinates: 42 ° 37 '0 " N , 12 ° 18' 0" E
height	387 m slm
surface	39.30 km²
Residents	1,774 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	45 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	05025
prefix	0744
ISTAT number	055015
Popular name	Guardeesi
Patron saint	Beato Pascuccio (third Sunday in June)
Website	Guardea parish
	; Panorama of Guardea

Guardea is an Italian commune with 1774 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Terni in the Umbria region .

geography

Location of the municipality of Guardea in the province of Terni

Palazzo Marsciano , today's town hall

Chiesa dei Santi Pietro e Cesareo

The community extends over around 39 km² . It is located about 60 km south of Perugia and about 30 km west of Terni on the Tiber . The place is in the climatic classification of Italian municipalities in zone D, 2069 GR / G.

The districts include Frattuccia, Cocciano, Le Case, Madonna del Porto and Poggio Nuovo-Casaline.

The neighboring municipalities are Alviano , Amelia , Avigliano Umbro , Civitella d'Agliano ( VT ), Montecastrilli and Montecchio .

history

The name comes from the Italian Guardia ( Wacht / Wache ), which refers to the location in the lower Tiber Valley ( Teverina ). Around 1035 refugees from nearby Marruto built the castle Castello del Poggio ( Podium Guadejae ). Guardea is mentioned for the first time in writing in 1154. In the 12th century, the ruling family of the Baschi from Baschi built the guard that is still visible today (formerly Guardege , now also called Guardea Vecchia or Castello Vecchio ). In the 13th century the place passed to the rulers from Alviano, who lasted until 1581. In 1600 the Monaldeschi family gained control of the place, but after the death of Paolo Monaldeschi the rule was divided. Poggio came to the Raimondi family , while Guardege, after the marriage of Caterina Monaldeschi Della Cervara with Ludovico di Marsciano, came to the Marsciano family from Marsciano . The place was then under the control of the Papal States and was in 1860 with the Risorgimento part of the state of Italy. Guardea Vecchia moved the main town to the valley floor at the beginning of the 17th century .

Attractions

Castello del Poggio , castle in the Poggio district, which was built as a castle in the 11th century ( known as Podium Guadejae around 1035 ) and held this function until the 15th century.
Chiesa dei Santi Pietro e Cesareo , church from the 18th century. Contains the artworks Educazione della Vergine by Benedetto Luti (located in the Casa del Parroco ), L'Ultima Cena by Liotardo Piccioli (canvas painting from the 16th century) and Madonna del Rosario by Pietro Paolo Sensini (canvas painting from the 17th century) .
Chiesa di Santa Lucia , church from the 19th century contains, by Domenico Bruschi the fresco Cristo glorificato tra la Madonna e S. Giuseppe ed i Santi Agnese, Lucia, Francesco d'Assisi, Sebastiano e D. Salvatore Luzi in Adorazione from the year 1890.
Chiesa di Sant'Egidio , 13th century church that was enlarged in 1500 and 1690. Contains the canvas paintings San Vito Sebastiano Ceccarini (made in the 18th century) and Sant'Egidio by Tommaso Nasini (made in the 17th century) as well as a fresco from 1574 ( Madonna e Santi ).
Eremo di Sant'Illuminata , ruins of a hermitage from 1007, here is also the Grotta di San Francesco
Guardea Vecchia , castle ruins at 572 m from the 9th century. Originated in the 12th century under the name Guardege
Palazzo dei Marsciano , today's town hall , was built in the 16th century
Parco fluviale del Tevere , nature reserve of the WWF since 1995, in which the place participates alongside four other municipalities of the province of Terni (Alviano, Baschi, Montecchio and Orvieto) as well as those of Monte Castello di Vibio and Todi (PG).