Paliano

Paliano
Country	Italy
region	Lazio
province	Frosinone  (FR)
Coordinates	41 ° 48 '  N , 13 ° 3'  E Coordinates: 41 ° 48 '22 "  N , 13 ° 3' 15"  E
height	471  m slm
surface	70 km²
Residents	8,146 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	116 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	03018
prefix	0775
ISTAT number	060046
Popular name	Palianesi
Patron saint	Sant'Andrea Apostolo
Website	Paliano

Paliano is a town in the province of Frosinone in the Italian region of Lazio with 8,146 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). It is 59 km east of Rome and 36 km northwest of Frosinone .

geography

Paliano is located on a hill in the Ciociaria countryside .

The neighboring towns are: Anagni , Colleferro ( RM ), Gavignano (RM), Genazzano (RM), Olevano Romano (RM), Piglio , Segni (RM), Serrone .

history

In the Middle Ages, Castrum Palliani was a strategically important place. Pope Martin V (civil Oddo di Colonna) gave the castle and place to his family, the Colonna . Pope Paul IV made his nephew Giovanni Carafa , a brutal adventurer, Duke of Paliano. Ten days after the death of Paul IV, on August 28, 1559, Giovanni Carafa had his pregnant wife murdered with the approval of his brother, Cardinal Secretary of State Carlo Carafa. Thereupon both brothers were tried under the new Pope Pius IV . The cardinal state secretary was strangled in Castel Sant'Angelo and the duke beheaded. Her accomplices were also executed.

Population development

year	1881	1901	1921	1936	1951	1971	1991	2001
Residents	4,915	5,855	6.319	6,894	7,406	6,546	7,372	7,663

Source: ISTAT

politics

Domenico Alfieri ( center-left alliance ) was elected mayor in May 2014. His center-left alliance has the majority in the municipal council with 10 out of 13 seats.

Attractions

• In the Palazzo Ducale in the Sala del Capitano, Marcantonio Colonna is glorified on 25 frescoes as the victor in the naval battle of Lepanto .
• The Collegiata di Sant'Andrea adjoins the Palazzo Ducale and houses the Colonna family chapel .
• The Passionist Monastery of Santa Maria Pugliano is 4 km south of Paliano. It has a valuable library.
• The former monastery of San Pietro di Paliano is on the western outskirts.

Culture

The Austrian state of Upper Austria maintains a guest studio in Paliano, which is available to scholars from the states of Vorarlberg, Tyrol, Upper Austria, Lower Austria and Burgenland. It is located in a building that was the workplace of the Tyrolean landscape painter Joseph Anton Koch in the 19th century .

Born in Paliano

• Giuseppe Andrea Bizzarri (1802–1877), Cardinal to the Curia
• Giovanni Simeoni (1816–1892), cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
• Augusto Béguinot (1875–1940), botanist

Web links

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

• ProLoco Paliano (Italian)
• Paliano on www.comuni-italiani.it (Italian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ^ Città die Paliano - Consiglio , accessed on June 13, 2018
3. ↑ The Art Collection of the Province of Upper Austria - Upper Austria Guest Studio , accessed on June 13, 2018