Parrano

Parrano
Country	Italy
region	Umbria
province	Terni (TR)
Coordinates	42 ° 52 ' N , 12 ° 7' E Coordinates: 42 ° 52 '0 " N , 12 ° 7' 0" E
height	441 m slm
surface	39.89 km²
Residents	489 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	12 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	05010
prefix	0763
ISTAT number	055025
Popular name	Parranesi
Patron saint	San Biagio di Sebaste (February 3rd)
Website	Parrano parish
	; Panorama of Parrano

Parrano is an Italian commune with 489 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Terni in the Umbria region .

geography

Location of the Parrano municipality in the Terni province

The community extends over around 40 km² . It is located about 35 km southwest of the regional capital Perugia and about 50 km northwest of the provincial capital Terni in the climatic classification of Italian communities in Zone E, 2167 GR / G. It is part of the Comunità montana Monte Peglia e Selva di Meana and lies on the Chiani , a tributary of the Tiber .

The districts include Contrada Verciano, Cantone, Frattaguida and Pievelunga.

The neighboring municipalities are Ficulle , Montegabbione and San Venanzo .

history

The twenty or so grottos , which are now called “Tane del diavolo” (Devil's Caves), were created between the late Paleolithic and the Bronze Age . The Etruscans were present around the 6th to 5th centuries , as shown by the Etruscan tombs (Tombe di Soriano) discovered in 1993. After that the Romans had settlements in Parrano. In 1118 the bishop of Orvieto , Guglielmo, gave the feudal rights and the castle to Bernardo Bulgarello. This agreement was renewed in 1172 by the local bishop Rustico through the Carta convenientie et trasactionis que facta est inter Rusticum Urbevetanum Episcopum et Ranerium Comitem filium Bulgarelli de castro Parrani . Later the counts of the Di Marsciano family became feudal lords here. In 1518 the Marsciano married the Baglioni , around 1531 with the Marescotti, who stayed in Parrano until 1740. Except for the exception of the Napoleonic occupation who took over papal state the rule that lasted until 1816, when Orvieto took over the place and already passed it a year later Ficulle. In 1927 the place was divided into the newly founded province of Terni.