Montecastrilli

Montecastrilli
Country	Italy
region	Umbria
province	Terni  (TR)
Coordinates	42 ° 39 ′  N , 12 ° 29 ′  E Coordinates: 42 ° 39 ′ 0 ″  N , 12 ° 29 ′ 0 ″  E
height	391  m slm
surface	62.43 km²
Residents	4,936 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	79 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	05026
prefix	0744
ISTAT number	055017
Popular name	Montecastrillesi
Patron saint	San Nicola di Mira (December 6th)
Website	Montecastrilli municipality
Panorama of Montecastrilli

Montecastrilli is an Italian commune with 4936 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Terni in the Umbria region .

geography

The community extends over around 62 km². It is located about 50 km south of Perugia and about 15 km northwest of Terni .

The districts include Casteltodino, Farnetta , Collesecco, Castel dell'Aquila and Quadrelli.

The neighboring municipalities are Acquasparta , Amelia , Avigliano Umbro , Guardea , Narni , San Gemini and Terni .

history

According to legend, the place name comes from the Latin word Castra ( army camp ) and was created at the time when Hannibal moved to Rome in the second Punic War . After the fall of the Roman Empire , the Lombards first ruled the place , then the Byzantines , who expanded the place into a fortress to protect their routes to Ravenna and Rome. In the Middle Ages was the site of the Terre Arnolfe the Signoria degli Arnolfi (about today's province of Terni) to 1093, when the Papal States took control of Montecastrilli.

Attractions

• Chiesa di San Bartolomeo , church from the 11th or 12th century.
• Chiesa di San Lorenzo in Niflis , approx. 1 km from the town center, church from the 11th century.
• Chiesa di San Martino de Coccomellis , cemetery church created by Arnolfi around the year 1000.
• Chiesa di Santa Chiara , church built in 1649
• Chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta , church from the 13th century in the hamlet of Quadrelli.
• Chiesa parrocchiale di San Niccolò parish church , contains the work Sant'Antonio e Santa Lucia by Bartolomeo Poliziano (1629).

Web links

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

• Official website of the municipality of Montecastrilli

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ↑ Official website of the Umbria region on the history of Montecastrilli  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed March 28, 2011  
3. ↑ Official website of the Umbria region for the Church of San Lorenzo in Niflis  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed March 28, 2011  
4. ^ Website of Medioevo in Umbria , accessed on October 19, 2014