Polino

Polino
Country	Italy
region	Umbria
province	Terni (TR)
Coordinates	42 ° 34 ' N , 12 ° 51' E Coordinates: 42 ° 34 '0 " N , 12 ° 51' 0" E
height	836 m slm
surface	19.46 km²
Residents	223 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	11 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	05030
prefix	0744
ISTAT number	055027
Popular name	Polinesi
Patron saint	San Michele Arcangelo (September 29th)
Website	Polino municipality
	; Panorama of Polino

Polino is an Italian commune with 223 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Terni in the Umbria region .

geography

Location of Polino in the province of Terni

The community extends over around 19 km² . It is located about 70 km southeast of Perugia and about 15 km east of Terni at the foot of Monte Petano in the Nera Valley (Valnerina). It lies in the climatic classification of Italian communities in Zone E, 2 886 GR / G.

Polino is the place with the fewest inhabitants in the province of Terni and has no other districts.

The neighboring municipalities are Arrone , Ferentillo , Leonessa ( RI ), Morro Reatino (RI) and Rivodutri (RI).

history

The place was founded in the 12th century by the Polini family under the name Pulino . The Polini feudal lords gave the place their name, but a short time later they had to hand over rule over the community to the Arroni family. Pope Innocent IV placed Polino under the rule of Spoleto in 1248 . In 1333 Robert von Anjou occupied the place for the Papal States . In 1416 the rulers of Foligno (Nicolò VIII, Bartolomeo IV and Corrado XV Trinci ) bought the place, after their death Polino remained in the Trinci family until 1527, when the place fell back to Spoleto. Later in the same century, the Castelli family from Terni took over the government of the municipality and expanded the fortress. The Margrave Giambattista I Castelli built the Fontana di Polino , also called Fontana monumentale , which still exists today . Since the last heir of the Castelli, Francesco Maria Baldassini Castelli, left no descendants, the Albergotti family from Arezzo came to the Polino government around 1762. After the end of Napoleon's coalition wars, the Margrave Filippo Stefanoni Simonetti ruled, followed by Antonio Albergotti. After the Risorgimento , the place became part of the province of Terni.

Attractions

Chiesa di San Michele Arcangelo , parish church in the town center, belonging to the Archdiocese of Spoleto-Norcia .
Rocca di Polino , fortress in the center from the 12th century.
Fontana monumentale , also called Fontana di Polino , fountain commissioned by Giambattista I. Castelli in 1625, built in the Baroque style.
Museo Laboratorio dell'Appennino Umbro e la cava dell'Oro , a museum located in the fortress on the geology of the Umbrian Apennines and the gold excavations.