Patrica

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Patrica
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Patrica (Italy)
Patrica
Country Italy
region Lazio
province Frosinone  (FR)
Coordinates 41 ° 36 '  N , 13 ° 15'  E Coordinates: 41 ° 35 '30 "  N , 13 ° 14' 36"  E
height 450  m slm
surface 27 km²
Residents 3,125 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 116 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 03010
prefix 0775
ISTAT number 060048
Popular name Patricani
Patron saint San Rocco
Website Patrica
Patrica

Patrica is an Italian commune in the province of Frosinone in the Lazio region with 3125 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). It is located 88 km southeast of Rome and 16 km southwest of Frosinone .

geography

Patrica is located on the steep slope of the North Monte Caccume (1,095 m) above the Saccotals in the Lepini . It is a member of the Comunità Montana Monti Lepini, Ausoni e Valliva .

The districts of Cardigna, Colle San Giovanni, Tufo and Valiana are located below the center of the village on the foothills of the Monti Lepini, Celletta, Fontana dei Conti, Quattrostrade and Tomacella, on the other hand already in the valley level near the Strada Statale 156 dei Monti Lepini , that from Frosinone to Latina leads.

The neighboring towns are Ceccano , Frosinone , Giuliano di Roma and Supino .

traffic

Patrica is 11 km from the A2 Autostrada del Sole motorway , Frosinone exit.

history

Like the other small towns in the area, Patrica is an early medieval settlement when the people who lived on the plain in Roman times withdrew to the hills to protect themselves from attacks by the Lombards , Saracens and Hungarians . The Counts of Ceccano , the Conti until 1599, the Santacroce until 1625 and the Colonna until the lifting of feudal rights by Pope Pius VII . In the 19th century the area around Patrica was a center of brigands . After May 31, 1943, Moroccan units within the Allied French troops carried out attacks against the civilian population. On November 9, 1978, communist terrorists carried out an attack on a public prosecutor, in which four people were killed.

Population development

year 1871 1881 1901 1921 1936 1951 1971 1991 2001
Residents 2,696 2,293 3,182 3,140 3,286 3,208 2,240 2,738 2,915

Source: ISTAT

politics

Lucio Fiordalisio has been mayor since May 31, 2015. He replaced Stefano Belli (citizen list), who had been elected mayor in July 2006.

Attractions

The medieval castle on a hill in the north of the town center was abandoned in the 17th century and a palace was built in its place below, which today is the residence of the Counts Spezza as Palazzo Spezza; he has a baroque garden with statues. Significant sacred buildings are the two churches of S. Pietro and S. Giovanni Battista, which dominate the west and east of the town center. About halfway between them is the Palazzo Comunale with three arcades on the ground floor; in the small square in front of him there is a modern fountain. In the eastern district of Tomacella rises directly above the Sacco river, the Palazzo Colonna or Villa Tomacella , built after 1625 by Filippo Colonna , the first marquis of Patrica from his family, after he had acquired the place together with the title; he named the building after his wife Lucrezia Tomacelli, who died in 1622 .

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Individual evidence

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