Picinisco

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Picinisco
coat of arms
Picinisco (Italy)
Picinisco
Country Italy
region Lazio
province Frosinone  (FR)
Coordinates 41 ° 39 '  N , 13 ° 52'  E Coordinates: 41 ° 38 '50 "  N , 13 ° 52' 3"  E
height 725  m slm
surface 62 km²
Residents 1,146 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 18 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 03040
prefix 0776
ISTAT number 060050
Popular name Piciniscani
Patron saint San Lorenzo (August 10th)
Website Picinisco

Picinisco is an Italian commune in the province of Frosinone in the Lazio region with 1146 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019).

Panorama of Picinisco

geography

Picinisco is 140 km east of Rome and 58 km east of Frosinone . It extends over a ridge, a spur of the Monti della Meta, between the valleys of the Rava and the Melfa. The municipality includes the districts Fontitune, Liscia and Valleporcina. A large part of the municipality belongs to the Abruzzo, Latium and Molise National Park . It extends over an altitude difference of 300 to 2,242 m slm

Picinisco is a member of the Comunità Montana Valle di Comino .

The community is located in earthquake zone 1 (highly endangered).

The neighboring towns are Alfedena ( AQ ), Atina , Barrea (AQ), Gallinaro , Pizzone ( IS ), San Biagio Saracinisco , Sant'Elia Fiumerapido , Settefrati and Villa Latina .

The place name has not yet been interpreted comprehensibly.

traffic

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Picinisco is connected to the road network by the state road SS 509 di Forca d'Acero , from Cassino to Abruzzo. About them to the connection point reached in 33 km distance Cassino of the A1 Autostrada del Sole .

Cassino, 30 km away, is also the nearest train station on the Rome - Naples line.

history

The hill of Picinisco was probably already populated by Samnites before the area in 293 BC. Was incorporated into the Roman territory. The first mention of a place called Piczinisci was in a deed of donation from March 6, 1017, which the brothers and princes of Capua Pandulf III. and IV. exhibited for the Montecassino Abbey . In 1054 the two counts of the Marserland, Oderisio II. And Rainaldo III., Had a fortification built. King Roger II of Sicily redefined the borders in 1150 and assigned the village to the neighboring town of Atina. From then until 1806 it belonged to the Counts and Dukes of Alvito from the Cantelmo, Cardona and Gallio families. In 1861 the Kingdom of Italy came into being . In 1919 the English writer David Herbert Lawrence , author of novels and short stories, including the well-known Lady Chatterley's lover , visited Picinisco. In the spring of 1944 the place suffered considerable damage in the fighting over the Gustav Line running here , and the emigration reduced the population to a third of the population of 1921. The consequences of the earthquake of May 7th and 11th, 1984 in this area its epicenter has not yet been completely eliminated.

Population development

year 1861 1881 1901 1921 1936 1951 1971 1991 2001
Residents 3,275 3,510 2,563 3,837 2,529 2,884 1,477 1,261 1,206

Source: ISTAT

politics

Giancarlo Ferrera (list of citizens) was elected mayor in 2002 and confirmed in office in May 2007. Marco Scappaticci (Lista Civica: Progetto Picinisco) has been in office since June 11, 2017.

Attractions

  • At the Piazza Ernesto Capocci in front of the entrance to the town center is the Porta di Piazza, a gate with the function of a clock tower.
  • The Church of San Rocco is opposite the porta and was built before 1533 with a different dedication; since 1820 it has been consecrated to St. Lawrence, which is still valid today . After the 1984 earthquake, it was only reopened on June 29, 2006.
  • On Via Rione on the local hill is the wall of the castle with two side towers and a gate, the Porta Rione. Behind it stands a mighty round tower; The stone battlement is largely preserved. The palace of the Counts and Dukes of Alvito from the 16th century joins on the inside on the right. Like the castle as a whole, it has been awaiting thorough renovation since the end of the Second World War.
  • The Collegiata San Lorenzo has been the main church since 1305. It has a baroque facade and a medieval bell tower, which probably previously served as a watchtower. The magnificent three-aisled interior shows the renovation after the earthquake; it contains several altars, a wooden pulpit with inlay work and an organ from 1739.
  • The church of Santa Maria Assunta is at the cemetery. It was the earliest church in the village and served as a people's church (pieve) for the rural population. It was first mentioned in a document from Pope Paschal II from 1110. The facade with a portico of five arcades and the simple interior with round arches and open roof truss testify to the emergence in the Romanesque period .

Culinary specialties

A regional specialty is Pecorino di Picinisco DOP, a sheep's cheese with a protected trademark.

literature

  • Alessandra Acconci: Picinisco (FR), S. Maria extra muros. Le testimonianze medievali , in: Latium 28/29, 2011/2012, pp. 313–333.
  • Marco Germani: Picinisco (FR), S. Maria extra muros. Contributo preliminare per lo studio della storia della collegiata e delle testimonianze archeologiche d'età romana , in: Ibid. Pp. 293-311.
  • Dionigi Antonelli: La chiesa collegiata di S. Lorenzo L. e M., Picinisco (FR), dal 1305 ad oggi , Castelliri 1993 (occasional publication).
  • Ders .: Il castello medioevale di Picinisco. Le origini storiche del paese e la prima cinta muraria , Sora 1997.
  • Ders .: L 'antica chiesa parrocchiale e collegiata di S. Maria Assunta di Picinisco, tempio di stile romanico. Studi dal 1110 al 2000 , Isola del Liri 2013.
  • Ders .: Picinisco nei suoi primordi storici. Analisi ed approfondimento delle fonti narrative in ricorrenza del Primo Millennio di vita (1017-2017) , Isola del Liri 2017.
  • Virginia Arcari: Picinisco. Uncovering 1000 Years of History , Charleston 2017.
  • Floriana Giannetti: Picinisco e il territorio della Valcomino dalla fine del 1500 all'inizio del 1900. Notazioni storiche e paesaggistiche , Cassino 2012.
  • Laura Graziani et al: The 7 and 11 May 1984 Earthquakes in Abruzzo-Latium (Central Italy). Reappraisal of the Existing Macroseismic Datasets According to the EMS98 , in: Journal of Seismology 21, 2017, pp. 1219–1227
  • Andrew Harrison: The Life of DH Lawrence. A Critical Biography , Wiley 2016 ISBN 1-119-07268-9 .
  • Torquato Vizzacardo: Atina e Val di Comino , Cassino 1982.

Web links

Individual evidence

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