Pontecorvo

This article deals with the Italian city of Pontecorvo for more meanings see Pontecorvo (disambiguation) .

Pontecorvo
Country	Italy
region	Lazio
province	Frosinone  (FR)
Coordinates	41 ° 27 '  N , 13 ° 40'  E Coordinates: 41 ° 27 '25 "  N , 13 ° 40' 0"  E
height	97  m slm
surface	88 km²
Residents	12,754 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	145 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	03037
prefix	0776
ISTAT number	060056
Popular name	Pontecorvesi
Patron saint	San Giovanni Battista
Website	Pontecorvo
View of the bridge and old town of Pontecorvo

Pontecorvo , also called Ponte Corvo, is an Italian commune in the province of Frosinone in the Lazio region with 12,754 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019).

geography

Location of Pontecorvo in the province of Frosinone

Pontecorvo

Pontecorvo is located 119 km southeast of Rome , 111 km north of Naples and 41 km southeast of Frosinone . The old town is located on a hill above the Liri River . The municipality extends from the Monti Aurunci to the wide valley of the Liri. The districts of San Cosma, Sant'Oliva and Vetrine belong to the municipality. The municipality extends from 236 to 612  m slm

Pontecorvo is a member of the Comunità Montana Monti Ausoni .

The community is located in earthquake zone 2 (medium risk).

The neighboring municipalities, clockwise, are Roccasecca , Castrocielo , Aquino , Pignataro Interamna , Esperia , Campodimele ( LT ), Pico and San Giovanni Incarico .

traffic

Pontecorvo is located at a river crossing that has been important since the Middle Ages on the way from the Ciociaria towards the sea . Today, however, this is only of local importance.

• Pontecorvo is 5 km from the A1 Autostrada del Sole motorway , Pontecorvo exit.
• From the motorway entrance, the SS 628 Via Leuciana leads through the town center towards the Monti Ausoni.
• Since the Aquino-Castrocielo-Pontecorvo train station closed in 2000, Piedimonte-Villa Santa Lucia is the closest train station 10 km away. The station is also the stop of the FR6 regional train from Roma Termini to Cassino .
• The nearest international airport is Naples , 105 km away.

history

Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte's coat of arms

In ancient times, the municipality was part of the territory of Aquinum . Numerous remains of Roman country estates have been found. Including a magnificent villa of the Caecina -Suetria family, which was found in 1983 in the district of Sant'Oliva.

In 860, the Lombard Gastalde Rodoald moved his seat from Aquino to the Liri. He is building a castle next to an existing settlement. He also built the bridge that gave the place its name because of its unusual shape. However, Magenolfus took control of Pontecorvo.

999 gave Otto III. Pontecorvo Castle to Duke John of Gaeta (Giovanni Caetani ).

In the 11th century, Pontecorvo was conquered by the Normans before falling to the Montecassino monastery in 1105 . 1464 it finally came to the Papal States and formed henceforth a papal enclave in the Kingdom of Naples . This was conquered by the French under Napoléon in 1799 . When he named his brother Joseph King of Naples in 1806, he created the Principality of Pontecorvo (Italian: Principato di Pontecorvo) for his brother-in-law Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte , with the title of Principe de Pontecorvo . The principality had about 12,300 inhabitants at that time, the city itself 5,600.

When Marshal Bernadotte became Crown Prince of Sweden in 1810 , he gave the title back. From 1812 to 1815 Napoléon Lucien Murat , the son of Joachim Murat , the new King of Naples, received the title of Prince of Pontecorvo . In 1815 the city became a papal enclave again. In 1860 it was incorporated into the new Kingdom of Italy with Benevento , the other southern papal enclave .

During the Second World War, the city was conquered by Western Allied troops in May 1944 and then rebuilt in a modern style.

Population development

year	1861	1881	1901	1921	1936	1951	1971	1991	2001	2011
Residents	9,170	10,309	12,492	15,015	14,437	13,369	11,358	13,064	13,280	13,233

Source: ISTAT

politics

Michele Notaro Sirianni (Citizen List "Pontecorvo rinasce") was elected Mayor on March 27th and 28th, 2010 with 43.12% of the vote. His list represented 13 of the 20 local councils. Riccardo Roscia ( UDC ) had previously been elected mayor in 2001 and was confirmed in office in May 2006. Roscia was arrested and remanded in July 2007 for abuse of office. Even if an appellate court overturned the judgment in the meantime, the final decision in the court proceedings is still pending. Anselmo Rotondo has been mayor since June 1, 2015.

Name and coat of arms

Coat of arms of Pontecorvo

The name Pontecorvo is derived from the Latin pons curvus ( Latin curvy bridge ). In fact, the medieval bridge has a noticeably curvy shape. However, the term Corvo also means raven in Italian . Therefore, the city's coat of arms shows a raven on a winding bridge.

Attractions

• The Church of San Giovanello is the only medieval church that survived the bombing of World War II.
• The Torre Rodoaldo was built around 860 as a keep of the Longobards. Since the cathedral was built over the ruins of the castle in the 11th century, it has served as its campanile .
• Part of the Lombard city wall with two city gates has also been preserved.
• The Ponte Curvo is probably the oldest building in the city, some of which goes back to antiquity.

Culinary specialties

Pontecorvo is the center of the cultivation of its own variety of peppers , the so-called Corni di Bue (= ox horns), or Piparoglie , which are known for their sweet taste and are mainly used in the peperonata .

sons and daughters of the town

• Benedetto Cardinal Aloisi Masella (1879–1970), Cardinal of the Curia
• Gaetano Cardinal Aloisi Masella (1826–1902), Cardinal of the Curia
• Giuliano Giannichedda (* 1974), football player
• Samuele Cerro (* 1995), athlete

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
3. ↑ www.laciociaria.it
4. ↑ in: Regesta Imperii Online (accessed July 20, 2013)
5. ↑ in: Regesta Imperii Online (accessed July 20, 2013)
6. ↑ The Napoleonic title Principe becomes i. d. R. misleadingly translated as " Prince ". In some Bernadotte biographies you can also find "Prince and Duke". According to German nobility law, the "prince" comes after a "duke" (see prince , title of nobility or prince ) , unless a generally higher dignitary was meant (secular prince), but in Italian the "principe" comes before that. In English, Prince of Ponte Corvo is also used.
7. ^ Army News May 26, 1944: Terracina and Pontecorvo captured
8. ^ Election page of the Ministry of the Interior
9. ↑ Vincenzo Caramadre: Riccardo Roscia torna libero. (No longer available online.) Il Tempo , August 19, 2009, archived from the original January 8, 2014 ; Retrieved July 23, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
10. ↑ Pontecorvo, Annullata la sentenza di condanna. (No longer available online.) Interno28.it, December 3, 2012, archived from the original on January 8, 2014 ; Retrieved July 23, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
11. ↑ www.laciociaria.it
12. ^ Latium region

Web links

Commons : Pontecorvo  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

• La Ciociaria (Italian)
• Pontecorvo on www.comuni-italiani.it (Italian)