Orvinio

Orvinio
Country	Italy
region	Lazio
province	Rieti  (RI)
Coordinates	42 ° 8 '  N , 12 ° 56'  E Coordinates: 42 ° 7 '54 "  N , 12 ° 56' 16"  E
height	840  m slm
surface	24.55 km²
Residents	398 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	16 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	02035
prefix	0765
ISTAT number	057047
Popular name	Orviniesi
Patron saint	San Nicola

Orvinio is an Italian commune with 398 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Rieti in the Lazio region . Until 1863 the municipality was called Canemorto .

geography

Orvinio is 67 km northeast of Rome , 42 km south of Rieti and 35 km northeast of Tivoli . It is located in the Monti Lucretili , a promontory of the Sabine Mountains . The municipality extends over an altitude difference of 603 to 1,116 m slm

Orvinio is a member of the Comunità Montana dei Monti Sabini and has been part of the I borghi più belli d'Italia (The Most Beautiful Places in Italy) association since 2001 .

The western part of the municipality belongs to the Parco Naturale dei Monti Lucretili.

The community is located in earthquake zone 2 (medium risk).

The neighboring municipalities are Percile ( RM ), Pozzaglia Sabina , Scandriglia , Vallinfreda (RM), Vivaro Romano (RM).

traffic

Orvinio is located on Strada Stadale SS 314 Licinese which connects Via Salaria SS 4 with Via Tiburtina Valeria SS 5 . The nearest motorway exit is Vicovaro on the A24 Strada dei Parchi , 21 km away.

The nearest train station is in Arsoli on the Rome - Avezzano line, 16 km away.

history

The place is probably the successor of the Sabine city ​​Orvinium, which was mentioned by Dionysius of Halicarnassus and which was probably destroyed before the turn of the millennium. The medieval Canemorto , which was probably founded in the 12th century, was renamed after this town in 1863.

Canemorto belonged to the Benedictines of the nearby Santa Maria del Piano monastery for a long time before it came into the possession of the Orsini in the 15th century . With the marriage of Maria Orsini and Vincenzo Estouteville , it came to his family. As early as 1573, however, they sold it to the Muti family, who expanded the castle in the Renaissance style . Marcantonio Borghese bought it in 1632 .

Population development

year	1861	1881	1901	1921	1936	1951	1971	1991	2001
Residents	1,585	1,607	1,687	1,750	1.405	1,194	633	456	427

Source: ISTAT

politics

Alfredo Simeoni (list of citizens) was elected mayor in June 2009. He replaced Rino Fusi, who was no longer running.

coat of arms

On a blue shield a silver castle with a tree in natural colors; above it an upright, silver dog with a red collar. The coat of arms alludes to the old name of the place Canemorto , which means dead dog in German .

Attractions

• The Castello Malvezzi was built on the foundations of an ancient Minerva temple in the 12th century and rebuilt in the 16th century. Today it is the private residence of the Counts Malvezzi.
• The church of San Giacomo was built in 1612 by Gian Lorenzo Bernini and has frescoes by Vincenzo Manenti
• The Santuario di Vallebona, west of the village, was built in the 17th century

Sons and daughters of the church

• Vincenzo Manenti (around 1600, † 1674), Baroque painter

Individual evidence

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 31, 2017 (Italian). 
3. ↑ Parco Lucretili ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2010 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. 
4. ^ Italian civil defense
5. ↑ ProLoco Orvinio ( Memento of the original from January 22, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
6. ↑ Elezioni amministrative 6-7 giugno 2009 - Comunali La Repubblica on 8 June 2009
7. ↑ ProLoco Orvinio ( Memento of the original from May 27, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

Web links

• Orvinio on www.sabina.it (Italian)
• Orvinio on www.comuni-italiani.it (Italian)