Monte Porzio Catone
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Country | Italy | |
region | Lazio | |
Metropolitan city | Rome (RM) | |
Coordinates | 41 ° 49 ' N , 12 ° 43' E | |
height | 451 m slm | |
surface | 9 km² | |
Residents | 8,666 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
Population density | 963 inhabitants / km² | |
Post Code | 00078 | |
prefix | 06 | |
ISTAT number | 058064 | |
Popular name | Monteporziani | |
Patron saint | Sant'Antonino Martire | |
Website | Monte Porzio Catone |
Monte Porzio Catone is an Italian commune in the metropolitan city of Rome in the Lazio region with 8666 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). It is located 30 kilometers east of Rome .
geography
Monte Porzio Catone is located on the edge of the Alban Mountains and is a member of the Comunità Montana dei Castelli Romani e Prenestini .
history
The medieval settlement belonged successively to the church of San Paolo fuori le Mura in Rome, then to the Annibaldi , from 1581 to the Altemps and finally from 1613 to the Borghese .
Population development
year | 1881 | 1901 | 1921 | 1936 | 1951 | 1971 | 1991 | 2001 |
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Residents | 1,725 | 1,981 | 2,432 | 2,911 | 3,080 | 4,041 | 7,452 | 8,221 |
Source: ISTAT
politics
Massimo Pulcini (Lista Civica: Viviamo Monte Porzio) was elected Mayor on May 26, 2019.
Attractions
- The former local rule of the Borghese family is represented by the wide but not very deep Palazzo Borghese with a handsome arched portal in which dragons and eagles allude to the Borghese coat of arms.
- The parish church of San Gregorio Magno has a high facade and a magnificent high baroque interior in the form of a Greek cross with a transept, in which two large altar paintings can be seen. A high wooden pulpit rises in front of the apse. A painting with Pope Saint Gregory the Great hangs in a handsome altar front on the rear wall of the apse.
- On the outskirts is the Eremo di Camaldoli, a convent of the Camaldolese monks with outbuildings, a church and thirteen individual monks' houses with gardens.
sons and daughters of the town
- Sandro Donati (* 1947), sports scientist
Web links
Commons : Monte Porzio Catone - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.