Lariano

Lariano
Country	Italy
region	Lazio
Metropolitan city	Rome (RM)
Coordinates	41 ° 44 ′ N , 12 ° 50 ′ E Coordinates: 41 ° 43 ′ 41 ″ N , 12 ° 49 ′ 45 ″ E
height	350 m slm
surface	27 km²
Residents	13,503 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	500 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	00076
prefix	06
ISTAT number	058115
Popular name	Larianesi
Patron saint	Sant'Eurosia
Website	Lariano

Lariano is a small town in the metropolitan city of Rome in the Italian region of Lazio with 13,503 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). It is located 41 km southeast of Rome .

geography

Lariano is located on the southeast slope of the Alban Mountains . It belongs to the municipalities of the Castelli Romani . The neighboring towns are Artena , Cori (LT), Rocca di Papa , Rocca Priora , Velletri .

history

The place is first mentioned in 1179 as part of a barter between Pope Alexander III. and Rainone from Tusculum . Alexander received the Larianum fort including the castle and in return gave up the Forma fort . At that time the Larianum fort and castle must have existed for some time and belonged to the Tusculans . A little later Larianum must have come into the possession of the Lanterio family from Milan by force , who at that time exercised the function of balì in Campania . They handed it over to Giordano, abbot of the Fossanova monastery , who gave it to Pope Clement III. returned. 1234 ordered Pope Gregory IX. to sell Larianum. At the end of the 13th century it was owned by Riccardo's nephew from the house of the Annibaldi, lords of Molara. In the 15th century, the area is of Larianum the bone of contention between the local nobility of Annibaldi , Savelli and Colonna , the cardinals and the pope Martin V. presented. Between 1434 and 1462, forts were alternately destroyed and built here. This back and forth ended with the destruction under Pope Pius II († 1464). Since then, the name "Castel Lariano" refers to the remaining ruins (or to the mountain top).

Population development

year	1871	1901	1921	1951	1971	1991	2001	2016
Residents	1,612	1,519	2,268	3,759	5,374	8,530	10,356	13,509

Source: ISTAT

politics

Maurizio Caliciotti (Lista Civica: Prima Lariano) was elected Mayor on June 11, 2017.

Twin cities

Culinary specialties

Lariano, along with Velletri and Cisterna di Latina, is one of the communities that are allowed to produce the wine with the controlled designation of origin ( DOC ) Velletri .

The place is famous for its porcini mushrooms . Every September there is the “Porcini Mushroom Festival”, the “Sagra del Fungo Porcino”.

swell

↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
^ Paul Fridolin Kehr : Italia Pontificia Volume 2: Latium. (= Regesta Pontificium Romanorum . Division 1, Volume 2). Weidmann, Berlin 1907, p. 105 ( PDF ).
^ Antonio Nibby: Analisi storico-topografico-antiquaria della carta de 'dintorni di Roma. 2nd Edition. Rome 1848, pp. 241–244 ( digitized version ).
^ Ferdinand Gregorovius : History of the city of Rome in the Middle Ages from the 5th to the 16th. Century . JG Gotta, Stuttgart 1873, p. 61 ( limited preview in Google book search [accessed on February 18, 2018]): "At that time, the Colonnian Castell Lariano, which had the municipality of Velletri A. destroyed in 1434, also went under."
^ Ferdinand Gregorovius : History of the city of Rome in the Middle Ages from the 5th to the 16th. Century . JG Gotta, Stuttgart 1873, p. 642 ( limited preview in the Google book search [accessed on February 18, 2018]): “On the other hand, he ordered [ Pius II. ] To tear down one of the oldest Castelle Latium's. This was Arianum or Lariano on the Algidus, long owned by Annibaldi, then Colonna, rebuilt by Cardinal Prospero in 1462, then handed over to Cardinal Piccolomini [Pius II] by his sister Victoria after his death. Pius II had this castle destroyed, and later Alexander VI donated it . the castle area of the city of Velletri . "

Web links

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

official website of the municipality (Italian)
Lariano on www.comuni-italiani.it (data on all municipalities in Italy, Italian)
Boletus Festival (Italian)
History in "Borghi magazine" (medieval towns in Italy, English)

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

[2] Paul Fridolin Kehr : Italia Pontificia Volume 2: Latium. (= Regesta Pontificium Romanorum . Division 1, Volume 2). Weidmann, Berlin 1907, p. 105 ( PDF ).

[3] Antonio Nibby: Analisi storico-topografico-antiquaria della carta de 'dintorni di Roma. 2nd Edition. Rome 1848, pp. 241–244 ( digitized version ).

[4] Ferdinand Gregorovius : History of the city of Rome in the Middle Ages from the 5th to the 16th. Century . JG Gotta, Stuttgart 1873, p. 61 ( limited preview in Google book search [accessed on February 18, 2018]): "At that time, the Colonnian Castell Lariano, which had the municipality of Velletri A. destroyed in 1434, also went under."

[greg-5] Ferdinand Gregorovius : History of the city of Rome in the Middle Ages from the 5th to the 16th. Century . JG Gotta, Stuttgart 1873, p. 642 ( limited preview in the Google book search [accessed on February 18, 2018]): “On the other hand, he ordered [ Pius II. ] To tear down one of the oldest Castelle Latium's. This was Arianum or Lariano on the Algidus, long owned by Annibaldi, then Colonna, rebuilt by Cardinal Prospero in 1462, then handed over to Cardinal Piccolomini [Pius II] by his sister Victoria after his death. Pius II had this castle destroyed, and later Alexander VI donated it . the castle area of the city of Velletri . "