Montefranco

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Montefranco
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Montefranco (Italy)
Montefranco
Country Italy
region Umbria
province Terni  (TR)
Coordinates 42 ° 36 ′  N , 12 ° 46 ′  E Coordinates: 42 ° 36 ′ 0 ″  N , 12 ° 46 ′ 0 ″  E
height 375  m slm
surface 10.13 km²
Residents 1,298 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 128 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 05030
prefix 0744
ISTAT number 055019
Popular name Montefrancani
Patron saint San Pietro
(April 29)
Website Montefranco
Panorama of Montefranco
Panorama of Montefranco

Montefranco is an Italian commune with 1298 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Terni in the Umbria region .

geography

Location of Montefranco in the province of Terni

The community extends over around 10 km². It is located about 70 km southeast of Perugia and about 10 km northeast of Terni on the Nera River on the Bufone and Monte Moro mountains. The place is in the climatic classification of Italian municipalities in zone D, 2 047 GR / G.

The districts include Capitignano (229 m, approx. 20 inhabitants), Fontechiaruccia (223 m, approx. 470 inhabitants) and Varcone (490 m, approx. 25 inhabitants).

The neighboring municipalities are Arrone , Ferentillo , Spoleto ( PG ) and Terni .

history

The place originated at the time of the Lombards in Umbria. Since that time the place was associated with the Dukes of Spoleto . Around the year 1000 the castle Castello di Bufone was built , which was taken by Otto IV in 1209 . In the middle of the 13th century (1228 or 1258), the place became a free municipality, which was taken over in 1395 by the Abbey of San Pietro in Valle (today the municipality of Ferentillo) into the Confederazione dei dodici castelli (Association of the Twelve Castles). In 1527 the community became a free municipality again, but was largely under the control of Spoleto and the Papal States . The place remained there until 1860, when Umbria became a region of Italy as part of the Risorgimento . In 1927 the place was divided into the newly founded province of Terni.

Attractions

  • Chiesa della Madonna del Carmine, a 16th century church
  • Chiesa di San Bernardino, a church from 1454. The frescoes are attributed to Orlando Merlini, a student of Benozzo Gozzoli .
  • Chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta, a church that was expanded in the 15th century on the instructions of Pope Eugene IV
  • City gates Porta Franca and Porta Spoletina , still existing city gates of the no longer existing Castello di Bufone .

  • Madonna del Carmine Church

  • Parish Church of Santa Maria Assunta

  • Porta Franca

  • Porta Spoletina

Sons and daughters of the place

literature

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
  2. ^ Paesi Online, accessed February 16, 2011
  3. ↑ Website of the Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l'energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile (ENEA) (PDF; 330 kB), accessed on July 21, 2015 (Italian)
  4. ↑ Official website of the ISTAT ( Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ) on 2001 population figures in the province of Terni, accessed on July 21, 2015 (Italian)
  5. ↑ Umbriaturismo, accessed 16 February 2011
  6. ↑ Umbria e Arte website, accessed on February 16, 2011 ( Memento of the original from May 21, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.umbriaearte.it
  7. ↑ Montefranco - History , accessed on October 24, 2018 (German)
  8. ^ Church of San Bernardino - Montefranco , accessed on October 24, 2018 (German)
  9. ↑ Official tourism website of the municipality of Montefranco on the local art and culture , accessed on July 22, 2015 (Italian)