Guidonia Montecelio

Guidonia Montecelio
Country	Italy
region	Lazio
Metropolitan city	Rome  (RM)
Coordinates	42 ° 0 ′  N , 12 ° 44 ′  E Coordinates: 42 ° 0 ′ 1 ″  N , 12 ° 43 ′ 31 ″  E
height	105  m slm
surface	79 km²
Residents	90,457 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	1,145 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	00012
prefix	0774
ISTAT number	058047
Popular name	Guidoniani and Moncellesi
Patron saint	San Michele Arcangelo
Website	Guidonia Montecelio
Impressions from Guidonia Montecelio

Guidonia Montecelio is an Italian city that belongs to the metropolitan city of Rome in the Italian region of Lazio , with 90,457 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019).

geography

Location of Guidonia Montecelio in the province of Rome

Districts of Guidonia Montecelio

Guidonia Montecelio is located 26 km northeast of Rome and 12 km northwest of Tivoli . It is a suburban settlement in the northern outskirts of Rome at the foot of the Monti Cornicolani, a southern foothill of the Sabine Mountains . The medieval town center of Montecelio is located on a hill, which is the highest point in the municipality. The municipality extends over a height of 28  m slm to 389  m slm

The largest district is Guidonia, which extends in the plain between Via Nomentana and Via Tiburtina . In addition, after the Second World War, the districts of Albuccione-Castell'Arcione-Bivio, Colle Fiorito, Colleverde, Marco Simone-Setteville Nord, Pichini, Setteville, Villalba and Villanova , which have the character of satellite settlements .

The area shares with Tivoli a historic travertine loft , a limestone that was used for architectural works as early as the Roman Empire and that is still being mined today. South of Guidonia is the Archaeological Nature Park dell'Inviolata with an area of ​​535 hectares, the protection of which, however, is difficult to enforce. In addition, one of the largest landfills in central Italy is located in the middle of this area .

The Guidonia military airfield is located in the municipality .

The community is located in earthquake zone 2 (medium risk).

The neighboring municipalities, clockwise, are Rome , Fonte Nuova , Sant'Angelo Romano , Palombara Sabina , San Polo dei Cavalieri , Marcellina and Tivoli .

climate

The center of Guidonia is 105 meters above sea level and has an average annual temperature similar to that of Rome. The climate is Mediterranean with a moderate rain tendency all year round and reduced in the summer months. The mountains that surround the municipality of Guidonia Montecelio prevent cold winds from the northwest and thus allow a mild climate even in winter.

traffic

• Since November 2011, Guidonia Montecelio has had its own driveway with a toll station on the A1 Autostrada del Sole motorway from Milan to Naples .
• The main road is the Strada Stadale SS 5 Via Tiburtina , which leads from Rome to Pescara and forms the southern city limits.
• The Strada Stadale SS 636 Via di Palombara crosses the urban area and connects the Via Tiburtina with the SS 4 Via Salaria near Fara in Sabina .
• Guidonia has a train station on the FL 2 regional line from Rome-Tiburtina to Tivoli.
• The nearest international airport, Rome Fiumicino, is 58 km away.

history

View of Monticelli early 19th century

Piazza Matteotti and City Hall

There were numerous villas and country estates in the area of ​​Guidonia in antiquity. Montecelio probably goes back to the ancient city of Corniculum , the birthplace of Servius Tullius , which also gave the Monti Cornicolani its name. A Castrum Monticellorum (castle on the Himmelsberg) was first mentioned in 998.

With the name Monticelli the place belonged to different noble families. From 1550 to 1678 it belonged to the Cesi . Above all, Federico Cesi was responsible for the expansion of Monticelli with his Palazzo del Principe in the center. In 1871 the place came with the Papal States to the Kingdom of Italy .

In 1915 the Campo di Aviazione di Montecelio airfield was founded. It became a center for the development of aviation technology under the direction of Alessandro Guidoni, among others . In 1937 Benito Mussolini founded the so-called Città dell'Aria next to the airfield , which was named Guidonia in honor of the designer , who had a fatal accident here while testing a new parachute in 1928. In 1943 the airfield and the city were destroyed in bomb attacks.

The original municipality of Monticelli was renamed Montecelio in 1937 and merged with the city of Guidonia. In the post-war period, the city experienced enormous demographic growth, due to the growth of the greater Roman area on the undeveloped area around the city of Rome. This development has brought about a great economic boom in industrial areas and commuter traffic ; however, environmental and social problems also increased as the city was built with little care for town planning . Currently, Guidonia has the third largest population in Lazio, after the cities of Rome and Latina .

Population development

year	1881	1901	1921	1936	1951	1971	1991	2001	2011
Residents	3,208	4,094	4,943	6,597	12,811	33,251	57,473	67,516	84,759

Source ISTAT

politics

Michel Barbet (Movimento Cinque Stelle) was elected as the new mayor on June 22, 2017.

Twin cities

• Cape Canaveral (Florida) since 1988

economy

Travertine quarry in Guidonia

The most important branch of the economy is the mining and processing of travertine .

Attractions

Montecelio has a well-preserved medieval townscape with a large ruined castle in the center and the baroque Palazzo del Principe.

sons and daughters of the town

• David Di Michele (born 1976), football player

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ^ Italian civil defense
3. ↑ Guidonia Montecelio diventa un'uscita della A1: inaugurato il casello autostradale. (No longer available online.) Roma Est magazine, November 17, 2011, archived from the original on February 2, 2014 ; accessed on February 1, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ^ Edward Herbert Bunbury:  Corniculum . In: William Smith : Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London 1854.
5. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT . Population statistics from the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica, as of December 31, 2011.

Web links

Commons : Guidonia Montecelio  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Montecelio / Guidonia Montecelio.htm Information on Guidonia Montecelio (Italian)
• Montecelio / comune_Guidonia Montecelio.asp Information on Guidonia Montecelio (Italian)
• Guidonia Montecelio on www.comuni-italiani.it (Italian)