Oriolo Romano

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Oriolo Romano
coat of arms
Oriolo Romano (Italy)
Oriolo Romano
Country Italy
region Lazio
province Viterbo  (VT)
Coordinates 42 ° 10 '  N , 12 ° 8'  E Coordinates: 42 ° 9 '33 "  N , 12 ° 8' 18"  E
height 420  m slm
surface 19.23 km²
Residents 3,834 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 199 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 01010
prefix 06
ISTAT number 056041
Popular name Oriolesi
Patron saint San Giorgio
Website Oriolo Romano
Oriolo Romano from above

Oriolo Romano is an Italian commune with 3834 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the south of the province of Viterbo which belongs to the Lazio region.

geography

Location of Oriolo in the province of Viterbo

Oriolo Romano is located 50 km northwest of Rome and 37 km south of Viterbo , on the border of the provinces of these two cities. The community is located in the Sabatine Mountains northwest of Lake Bracciano .

The municipality includes the districts of Castellina, Chiusa, Fornetto, la Mola, Poggio Palombino and Terrafredda.

Neighboring communities

The municipality borders in the north on Vejano and Bassano Romano , in the south on Bracciano and Manziana and Canale Monterano .

history

From 1560 Giorgio Santa Croce had the forest of Manziana cut down and farmers from Umbria and Tuscany settled along the Via Clodia and the castle (today Palazzo Altieri) and the church of San Giorgio built. In 1606 the town fell to the Orsini , who in 1671 sold it to the Altieri , who owned Oriolo until 1922.

Liberato Tosti , Archbishop and Diplomat of the Holy See, was born here in 1883.

Population development

year 1871 1881 1901 1921 1936 1951 1971 1991 2001 2011
Residents 1,222 1,208 1,546 1,777 1,635 1.996 1.914 2,338 2,920 3,649

Source ISTAT

politics

mayor

As the successor to Graziella Lombi ( PD ), Emanuele Rallo (Lista Civica: Insieme Per Oriolo) was elected as the new mayor on June 5, 2016.

Town twinning

Culture and sights

Museums

Piazza Umberto I with the Palazzo Altieri and the Fontana delle Picche

Palazzo and Galleria Altieri

The Palazzo Altieri (formerly Santacroce ) was built between 1578 and 1585. It houses the Galleria Altieri, one of the most important collections of papal paintings, arranged chronologically and including Benedict XVI. also completely. There are also several rooms with wall frescoes and paintings that not only depict members of the Altieri family, but also show vedute of their possessions. In the chapel, a stained glass window commemorates the marriage of Paolo Altieri with Mathilde Fürstin von Urach and Countess von Württemberg from a sideline of the former royal house in 1874.

Parks

An avenue of the "Olmate"

Le Olmate

As Le Olmate is a park-like part of the place designated in the southwest, which essentially consists of two intersecting, unpaved alleys, some of which are closed to motor traffic. The name Olmate comes from the trees there, the elms (ital. Olmi). Due to the relatively quiet and beautiful location, walkers and cyclists can often be found here.

Parco della Mola

The Parco della Mola is located about 4.5 kilometers outside the town center in a westerly direction. It is freely accessible, but there are some special regulations, especially with regard to leisure activities such as barbecues etc. You can get there by car via the only unpaved road that goes there, which is especially difficult to drive after rain showers. This ends at a parking lot on the edge of the park area, which can accommodate around 20 to 30 cars. From the parking lot it is only about 100 meters to walk to a natural sulfur water source. The water flows from here through two adjoining stone bathing pools and is then fed into the Mignone River. Only a few meters from here are the ruins of the old mill (ital. Mulino), which gave the park its name. There is also a very small lake into which a waterfall several meters high flows.

Sports

Oriolo Romano has a lively sports club. The sports offered include soccer, volleyball, boccia, climbing, tennis, table tennis and rugby. A collection of sports facilities (soccer fields, tennis field, table tennis tables, gym with climbing wall, bocce lanes, roller skating area) is located in the southwestern Olmate near the Scuola Media (middle school).

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Via della Stazione closed to traffic during an event

Road traffic

Oriolo is on Via Braccianese Claudia, state road 493, which corresponds to the ancient Via Clodia . It is run within the village to the north as "Via della Stazione" and to the south as "Via Claudia", the course of which completely crosses the village, including the center. Since this is one of the most important connecting roads between Rome and Viterbo along with the Via Cassia and also supplies a large number of places in the area, the volume of traffic is correspondingly high. All other roads in Oriolo are far less busy and are not suitable for through traffic. In the outskirts of the municipality there is usually no asphalting, but these slopes are generally very accessible with all vehicles.

Train traffic

Oriolos train station

Oriolo Romano has its own train station, which is listed in the official Trenitalia publications under the name "Oriolo" (without "Romano"!). The station is served exclusively by the FR3 Roma-Capranica-Viterbo line, which runs from Roma Ostiense to Viterbo Porta Fiorentina. During the day there is an hourly train in both directions. The journey time to Roma San Pietro is around 1 hour and 10 minutes and to Viterbo PF around 40 minutes.

Ship and air traffic

The nearest large sea port with international shipping traffic is Civitavecchia and is about 45 kilometers away. The closest airports are the Roman airports of Fiumicino - Leonardo da Vinci (56 km) and Ciampino (66 km).

education

Oriolo has both a primary school (scuola elementare) and a middle school (scuola media).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
  2. ↑ http://www.viamichelin.it
  3. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT . Population statistics from the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica, as of December 31, 2011.

Web links

Commons : Oriolo Romano  - album with pictures, videos and audio files