Loro Piceno

Loro Piceno
Country	Italy
region	Brands
province	Macerata  (MC)
Coordinates	43 ° 10 '  N , 13 ° 25'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 9 '59 "  N , 13 ° 24' 58"  E
height	436  m slm
surface	32.5 km²
Residents	2,263 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density	70 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	62020
prefix	0733
ISTAT number	043022
Popular name	loresi
Patron saint	San Giorgio (April 23)
Website	Loro Piceno
Location of the municipality in the province of Macerata

Loro Piceno is an Italian commune with 2,263 inhabitants in the province of Macerata in the Marche region .

location

The municipality is located on a hill between Macerata and San Ginesio , south of Fiastra Bach. It is 18 km from the provincial capital Macerata and about 38 km from Fermo , to which the parish belongs ecclesiastically. The historic city center is well preserved. The newest parts of the village are to the west (San Paterniano) and east (Vignali Bagnere).

The neighboring communities include Colmurano , Massa Fermana , Mogliano , Montappone , Petriolo , Ripe San Ginesio , Sant'Angelo in Pontano and Urbisaglia .

history

The place name is derived from the Latin "Castrum lauri", the laurel castle . Later it became Castello di Loro and finally from 1863 Loro Piceno. There are indications of settlement as early as pre-Roman times, including a grave stele that was discovered in 1943 and is exhibited in the National Archaeological Museum in Ancona . In the 15th century the free municipality of Loro (the addition "Piceno" was added only after the unification of Italy) belonged to Fermo.

Worth seeing

• A relic from Roman times is the “Fonte per tutti” (public fountain) in Via San Serafino da Montegranaro .
• The Brunforte fortress is located on the highest part of the hill. Together with the laurel it is said to have led to the place name Castrum Lauri.

Churches

• Chiesa del Corpus Domini, this is part of a Dominican - nunnery near the fortress
• Chiesa della Madonna delle Grazie (towards Sant'Angelo in Pontano)
• Chiesa della Madonna del Latte (Varco)
• Chiesa di San Giorgio (city center)
• Chiesa di Santa Lucia (city center)
• Chiesa di Santa Maria di Piazza (Piazza Matteotti, city center)
• Chiesa di San Lorenzo (Borgo San Lorenzo)
• Chiesa e Convento di San Francesco d'Assisi and monastery (convent of the Franciscans , today retirement home)
• Chiesa e Convento di Sant'Antonio di Padova (formerly the convent of the Capuchins , at today's cemetery)

Others

• Museum about the two world wars near the fortress Brunforte with uniforms and weapons from that period
• Palazzo communale by architect Pietro Augustoni
• Porta Pia , built in 1847 and Pope Pius IX. dedicated

Partner municipality

Loro Piceno is a sister of

• Sankt Nikolai im Sausal (Austria), (since June 7, 1987)

Known residents

• Giovanni of Loro, Abbot of Fiastra.
• Liberato Brunforte (Saint of the Catholic Church)
• Serafino da Montegranaro (saint of the Catholic Church, 1540–1604) as a guest in the monastery
• Costantino von Loro (* Loro Piceno 1704–1770), monk, missionary to Tibet
• Giuseppe Mori (* Loro Piceno 1850–1934), cardinal
• Giovanni Cicconi (* Loro Piceno 1864–1949), pastor, historian
• Pietro Santini (* Loro Piceno 1880–1951), pharmacist, historian

Web links

• Official website of the municipality ( Italian )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ↑ Loro Piceno - Il paese ( Memento of the original from June 25, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) 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. 
3. ↑ Loro Piceno website