Nettuno

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Nettuno
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Nettuno (Italy)
Nettuno
Country Italy
region Lazio
Metropolitan city Rome  (RM)
Coordinates 41 ° 27 '  N , 12 ° 40'  E Coordinates: 41 ° 27 '27 "  N , 12 ° 39' 40"  E
height 11  m slm
surface 71.46 km²
Residents 50,153 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 702 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 00048
prefix 06
ISTAT number 058072
Popular name Nettunesi
Patron saint Madonna delle Grazie, Maria Goretti , Rochus de Montpellier
Website http://www.comune.nettuno.roma.it/

Nettuno is a municipality belonging to the metropolitan city of Rome in the Italian region of Lazio with 50,153 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). The once unimportant fishing village is located on the Tyrrhenian Sea and is now a seaside resort.

history

Medieval old town

The name of the place goes back to the god Neptune , to whom a temple is said to have been dedicated on the site of today's church of San Giovanni . Saracens are said to have lived here in the 9th century . The Torre Astura was built in the 12th century on the ancient port that is still recognizable today . The city walls still partly preserved today were from 1501 to 1503 in which the Papal States belonging seaport by a bastioniertes Fort , designed by Giuliano da Sangallo added. In 1594 the place passed from the property of the monks of Grottaferrata to the papal Camera Apostolica. In 1832 the Borghese family acquired a considerable amount of land and in 1833 received the title of Prince of Nettuno; she still owns the Villa Costaguti-Borghese today.

In 1902 St. Maria Goretti was buried in Nettuno and in 1929 transferred to the Marian Shrine, where she rests in the crypt today .

During the Second World War, the city was fiercely contested and suffered severe damage. On January 22, 1944, the area around Nettuno was the scene of Operation Shingle , the Allied amphibious landing operation . The VI was mainly involved in the operation. American Corps under Major General John P. Lucas involved. The aim of the Americans was to bypass the German main line of defense in central Italy in order to accelerate the advance on Rome. The operation and the following skirmishes are also known as the Battle of Anzio-Nettuno, in which the 29th SS-Waffen-Grenadier-Division inflicted heavy losses on the Allies. In Nettuno rest on the Sicily – Rome American Cemetery and Memorial 7,860 US soldiers who were killed in the landings in Sicily , Salerno , Anzio and Nettuno.

politics

Alessandro Coppola (center-right) was elected mayor on May 26, 2019 and confirmed in office on June 11.

religion

The majority of the inhabitants of Nettuno belong to the Roman Catholic religious community. The city belongs to the diocese of Albano and has ten parishes.

Personalities

Sports

The football player Bruno Conti was born in 1955 in Nettuno, which is also called the city ​​of football . The Americans are said to have brought baseball to Nettuno during World War II ; the team of the Danesi Nettuno club is now considered one of the best in Italy.

economy

Agriculture and food processing play an important role.

Viticulture

White , rosé and red wines are produced here and in the neighboring municipality of Anzio under the name Nettuno DOC , which since 2003 have had a "controlled designation of origin " (Denominazione di origine controllata - DOC ), which was last updated on March 7, 2014. The well-known white wine Nettuno Bellone or Nettuno Cacchione is mainly made from the Bellone grape variety , which is also known locally as Cacchione . Merlot and Sangiovese grape varieties are predominantly used in the production of red and rosé wines .

Twin cities

Nettuno maintains partnership relationships with the following cities.

Trivia

Nettuno is the setting for the novel “The Lord of Unrest” by Ralf Isau .

Web links

Commons : Nettuno  - album with pictures, 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. ↑ Representation on the website of the American Battle Monuments Commission
  3. ↑ Sindaco = mayor
  4. ^ Diocese of Albano (Italian), accessed December 20, 2015
  5. ↑ a b Disciplinare di Produzione della Denominazione di Origine Controllata (production regulations and description). (PDF) In: ismeamercati.it. November 27, 2017, accessed August 6, 2018 (Italian).
  6. ↑ Associazione per i gemellaggi di Nettuno in Il Litorale - Anno XVI - N. 8 - 16/30 Aprile 2016, page 26, accessed on February 25, 2018