Norcia

Norcia
Country	Italy
region	Umbria
province	Perugia (PG)
Coordinates	42 ° 48 ' N , 13 ° 6' E Coordinates: 42 ° 47 '32 " N , 13 ° 5' 34" E
height	604 m slm
surface	274 km²
Residents	4,764 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density	17 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	06046
prefix	0743
ISTAT number	054035
Popular name	Nursini
Patron saint	Saint Benedict (March 21)
Website	Norcia
	; Panorama of Norcia

Norcia (Latin Nursia ) is an Italian municipality with 4764 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Perugia in Umbria and is a member of the association The Most Beautiful Places in Italy .

geography

The "Sibylline Mountains" behind the district of Castelluccio

Norcia is on the border with the Marche , at the foot of the "Sibylline Mountains". The municipality is located 154 km northeast of the capital Rome , 95 km southeast of the provincial and regional capital Perugia and 83 km west of the Adriatic coast near Porto d'Ascoli . The extensive municipal area extends from the valley of the Nera to the Cima Del Redentore (2448 m) in the massif of Monte Vettore , which is the highest peak in Umbria. A large part of Norcia belongs to the Monti Sibillini National Park .

Norcia is a member of the Comunità Montana Valnerina .

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Panorama of the "Sibylline Mountains" - landscape north of Norcia. Karst valley Piani di Castelluccio
with the village of the same name Castellucio di Norcia behind and Monte Vettore on the right in the east of the agricultural plain

history

The origins of the place go back to the time of the Sabines . Norcia was founded in the 3rd century BC. Conquered by the Romans and received in 268 BC. BC Roman citizenship.

In 572 Norcia was destroyed by the Lombards , whose center was in nearby Spoleto . They were followed by the Byzantines and Saracens , so that Norcia was abandoned in 890. It was only slowly that bourgeois life began to develop again until Norcia was constituted as a commune around 1200. It developed into a regional center and trading center. At the same time, the city wall that is still preserved was built.

1484 the city came after fierce resistance under the government of the Papal States , under which it remained until a large majority of Nursini on 18 September in 1860 in a referendum to join the Kingdom of Italy spoke.

Basilica of San Benedetto, collapsed on October 30, 2016 (photo from 2006)

A series of earthquakes began in central Italy on August 24, 2016 . The quake of August 24 had Norcia has a thickness of 6.2 M _W ; There were further quakes on September 3, September 20 and October 26, when a large part of the Church of San Salvatore collapsed. On October 30, 2016, at 7:41 a.m., another tremor with a magnitude of 6.5 M _{W followed} , which caused the Basilica of San Benedetto to collapse and other buildings to be seriously damaged.

Population development

year	1861	1881	1901	1921	1936	1951	1971	1991	2001	2016
Residents	9,204	9,994	9,584	10,754	8,225	7,977	5,458	4,726	4,872	4,981

Source: ISTAT

Attractions

In addition to the city wall from the 14th century with several city gates, the buildings around Piazza San Benedetto are particularly important: the Basilica San Benedetto , built around 1200, the town hall (around 1300) and La Castellina , a fortress-like city palace, built in the 16th century Century after a design by Vignola .

In addition, the churches of Santa Maria Argentea, the church of St. Francis from the 14th century and the Chiesa di Sant'Agostino are among the church buildings in the city that are well worth seeing. The city library is also located here. The 2016 earthquake caused severe damage.

City gate Porta Ascolana seen from the outskirts
Porta Meggiana city gate
Piazza San Benedetto (St. Benedict's Square) (to the left of the basilica, the town hall)
La Castellina , Museo Civico e Diocesano (City and Diocesan Museum)
View of the Porta Romana from the city center
Porta Romana seen from the outskirts

Economy and local products

Sausage specialties from Norcia

Tourism plays an important role in the city's economy.

Norcia is known beyond Italy for its black truffle and pork sausages. The long-life sausages from Norcia used to be sold by hawkers all over central Italy. Therefore, delicatessen shops in Italy are still called Norcineria today.

Another specialty are the lentils from Castelluccio di Norcia, which are listed as IGP (product with a protected designation of origin ).

traffic

Norcia is 685 by the SS delle Tre Valli Umbre developed, of Spoleto coming behind norcia on the Forca Canapine (1541 m) in Tronto the Via Salaria achieved. The nearest train station is that of Spoleto, 41 km away, since 1968 the railway line to Spoleto was closed.

Twin cities

Germany Ottobeuren

Norcia and Ottobeuren are also closely connected through the Benedictine monasteries in the two communities. Life in these communities is oriented towards the life of St. Benedict , whose place of origin is said to have been Nursia (Norcia). Contacts between friars from both monasteries have existed since 1959.

sons and daughters of the town

Saint Benedict , founder of the Benedictine order, and his twin sister Scholastika are said to have been born here around 480 .

Quintus Sertorius (123 BC – 72 BC), politician and general
Vespasia Polla , mother of the Roman emperor Vespasian
Benedetto Reguardati (1398–1469), professor of medicine and personal physician to Francesco I. Sforza

Web links

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

umbriatourism.it: Norcia , pictures and interesting facts (German)
Website about Norcia (Italian)
Norcia on www.comuni-italiani.it (Italian)

Individual evidence

↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
^ I borghi più belli d'Italia. Borghipiubelliditalia.it, accessed August 13, 2017 (Italian).
^ Geo Research Center Potsdam .
↑ ^a ^b Frankfurter Allgemeine : Benedict's Church in Nursia is in ruins , accessed on November 15, 2018.
↑ Il Palazzo Comunale , accessed on November 15, 2018 (Italian).
↑ La Castellina , accessed November 15, 2018 (Italian).
↑ La Concattedrale di Santa Maria Argentea , accessed November 15, 2018 (Italian).
↑ La Chiesa di Sant'Agostino , accessed on November 15, 2018 (Italian).
↑ Il Complesso Monumentale San Francesco , accessed on November 15, 2018 (Italian).
↑ kathisch.de : Earthquake destroys Benedict city Norcia , accessed on November 15, 2018.
↑ Gundolf Keil : Reguardati, Benedetto. In: Werner E. Gerabek , Bernhard D. Haage, Gundolf Keil, Wolfgang Wegner (eds.): Enzyklopädie Medizingeschichte. De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2005, ISBN 3-11-015714-4 , p. 1226 f.

[1] Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.

[2] I borghi più belli d'Italia. Borghipiubelliditalia.it, accessed August 13, 2017 (Italian).

[3] Geo Research Center Potsdam .

[faz3010-4] Frankfurter Allgemeine : Benedict's Church in Nursia is in ruins , accessed on November 15, 2018.

[5] Il Palazzo Comunale , accessed on November 15, 2018 (Italian).

[6] La Castellina , accessed November 15, 2018 (Italian).

[7] La Concattedrale di Santa Maria Argentea , accessed November 15, 2018 (Italian).

[8] La Chiesa di Sant'Agostino , accessed on November 15, 2018 (Italian).

[9] Il Complesso Monumentale San Francesco , accessed on November 15, 2018 (Italian).

[10] thisch.de : Earthquake destroys Benedict city Norcia , accessed on November 15, 2018.

[11] Gundolf Keil : Reguardati, Benedetto. In: Werner E. Gerabek , Bernhard D. Haage, Gundolf Keil, Wolfgang Wegner (eds.): Enzyklopädie Medizingeschichte. De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2005, ISBN 3-11-015714-4 , p. 1226 f.