Poggio Mirteto

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Poggio Mirteto
coat of arms
Poggio Mirteto (Italy)
Poggio Mirteto
Country Italy
region Lazio
province Rieti  (RI)
Coordinates 42 ° 16 '  N , 12 ° 41'  E Coordinates: 42 ° 15 '52 "  N , 12 ° 41' 2"  E
height 246  m slm
surface 26 km²
Residents 6,319 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 243 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 02047
prefix 0765
ISTAT number 057053
Popular name Mirtensi
Patron saint San Gaetano di Thiene
Website Poggio Mirteto
417 Poggio Mirteto (3909830252) .jpg

Poggio Mirteto is a municipality in the province of Rieti in the Italian region of Lazio with 6319 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). It is located 54 km north of Rome and 32 km southwest of Rieti . It is the seat of a suburbicarian diocese .

The name means hill of myrtle .

geography

Poggio Mirteto is located on a hill in the Sabine Mountains . It is a member of the Comunità Montana Sabina . The municipality extends from the Sabine Mountains to the Tiber, which forms the western border.

The districts are Castel San Pietro, Poggio Mirteto Scalo, San Luigi and San Valentino.

The neighboring towns are Filacciano ( RM ), Forano , Montopoli di Sabina , Poggio Catino , Salisano , Torrita Tiberina (RM).

traffic

Poggio Mirteto is 18 km from the Ponzano Romano-Soratte exit of the A1 Autostrada del Sole motorway from Rome to Milan . Its station on the regional line FR1 from Rome-Fiumicino Airport via Rome-Tiburtina to Orte , is 7 km from the center in the Poggio Mirteto Scalo district.

history

Poggio Mirteto is located in the center of the ancient Sabine settlement area . In Roman antiquity, some villas and country estates were built in the municipality, but no large settlements. Only in the 12th century did the rural population come together in fortified places. The Abbey Farfa built on the hill of Poggio Mirteto a castle to protect its sphere of influence. During the Renaissance, the time when Alessandro Farnese was Abbot in Farfa, the place experienced a heyday. The magnificent Porta Farnese still bears witness to this today. In 1841 Poggio Mirteto became a bishopric and is now the seat of the diocese of Sabina-Poggio Mirteto

Population development

year 1861 1881 1901 1921 1936 1951 1971 1991 2001 2011
Residents 2,326 2,704 3,394 3,723 3,847 4,271 4.211 4,942 5,168 6157

Source: ISTAT

politics

Fabio Refrigeri (Citizen List Solidarietà e Progresso ) was elected mayor in May 2006 and confirmed in office in June 2009.

On May 25, 2014, Giancarlo Micarelli (Lista Solidarietà e Progresso ) was elected mayor.

Attractions

  • Poggio Mirteto still has a medieval town center with a planned expansion from the Renaissance.
  • In the district of San Valentino, the Bagni di Lucilla were excavated, a thermal complex that is said to have been restored by the Empress Lucilla .
  • The district Castel San Pietro is a medieval village with the Castello Bonaccorsi , which was first mentioned in 988.

Town twinning

Since 2003, Poggio Mirteto has been a sister of Canéjan in the French department of Gironde.

literature

  • Christoph Henning: Lazio. The land around Rome. With walks in the Eternal City (= DuMont art travel guide ). 3rd updated edition. DuMont-Reiseverlag, Ostfildern 2006, ISBN 3-7701-6031-2 .
  • Anton Henze , Kunibert Bering, Gerhard Wiedmann: Art guide Rome. 5th revised edition. Philipp Reclam GmbH, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-15-010402-5 .

Web links

Commons : Poggio Mirteto  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
  2. ^ Italian Ministry of the Interior
  3. ↑ Comuni Italiani - Amministrazione Poggio Mirteto , accessed on January 19, 2018
  4. ↑ www.afccre.org - Canéjan , accessed January 19, 2018