Nettuno
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Country | Italy | |
region | Lazio | |
Metropolitan city | Rome (RM) | |
Coordinates | 41 ° 27 ' N , 12 ° 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
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
- Maria Angela Cassol (* 1956 in Nettuno), Italian medalist.
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.
- Traunreut (Germany), sisterhood since 1973
- Bandol department Var (France), kinship since 1992
- Wehr (Germany), friendship treaty since 2007
- Corinaldo Marche region (Italy), birthplace of Maria Goretti , friendship treaty since 2004
- Ipswich county Suffolk (England), friendship treaty
- Ardee County Louth (Republic of Ireland), friendship treaty since 2010
- Onex political municipality in the canton of Geneva (Switzerland), friendship treaty
Trivia
Nettuno is the setting for the novel “The Lord of Unrest” by Ralf Isau .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
- ↑ Representation on the website of the American Battle Monuments Commission
- ↑ Sindaco = mayor
- ^ Diocese of Albano (Italian), accessed December 20, 2015
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ Associazione per i gemellaggi di Nettuno in Il Litorale - Anno XVI - N. 8 - 16/30 Aprile 2016, page 26, accessed on February 25, 2018