Rivotorto

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Rivotorto
Rivotorto church.JPG
Santuario di Santa Maria (15th century)
Country Italy
region Umbria
province Perugia  (PG)
local community Assisi
Coordinates 43 ° 3 '  N , 12 ° 37'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 2 '41 "  N , 12 ° 37' 16"  E
height 211  m slm
Residents 1,284 (2001)
Telephone code 075 CAP 06081

Rivotorto is a fraction of the Italian municipality of Assisi and is located at the foot of Monte Subasio at an altitude of 211 meters. The place is only 3 km away from the city of Assisi and is one of the most densely populated places in the region with 1284 inhabitants. In the local tradition and in the nearby communities, the place is also known under the name Rigobello .

history

Tugurio Rivotorto

The name of the place derives from Rivo , a place named in the local Umbrian dialect for a stream that flows through the place near the sanctuary of the same name.

At the beginning of the 13th century, several episodes from the life of St. Francis occurred in Rivotorto . His father, Pietro di Bernardone, owned several estates in the area, and when he decided to give up the affluent life, he lived for a long time in a hut, a low, stone building covered with branches, ( Italian Tugurio ; German  poor accommodation ) alleged remains are now kept in the great church of Rivotorto.

When the postal connection between Florence and Rome was opened in the 19th century, the village housed a rest stop called Osteriola : around it and on State Road 75 , today's town center developed.

Economy and events

In the past, was agriculture at the center of commercial activities, especially in connection with the gardening and nursery gardening . At the industrial level there are a number of companies active in the wood , cement and knitwear sectors.

In August, the Rassegna degli antichi sapori (German: Festival of Ancient Flavors ) takes place here.

Monuments and landmarks

  • Sanctuary of St. Mary of Rivotorto (Italian Santuario di Santa Maria in Rivotorto ) from the 15th century, in the 17th and 19th centuries, expanded in neo-Gothic style after the earthquake of 1854, in which it was almost completely destroyed . The large church is preserved inside the Sacro Tugurio , which is said to have been one of the first “homes” of St. Francis. Inside there are also paintings by the painter Cesare Sermei (1581–1668) from Orvieto from the 17th century. Next to the church is a monastery with a large cloister.
World War II War Cemetery of Assisi in Rivotorto
  • Military Cemetery of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth ( war cemetery of Assisi ), the largest British military cemetery in Umbria, at the end of the Second World War was created
  • Holy Trinity Church (11th century) on top of a Roman building with a frescoed apse.
  • Oratory of St. John the Baptist (San Giovannuccio) with three frescoes by an unknown author.
  • Former church of San Pietro della Spina (11th century), which was later incorporated into a farmhouse and used until the beginning of the year 900 and is now used by the Rivotorto family as a warehouse for agricultural equipment.
  • Church of Santa Maria Maddalena, Romanesque from the 12th century, on the border with Rivotorto, on the road to Santa Maria degli Angeli, former leper colony of San Lazzaro dell'Arce, which was also visited by St. Francis, of which only today the chapel with the stone facade and the bell tower is still preserved. Apse with a fresco from the 17th century.
  • Church of San Rufino in Arce, not far from Maddalena in the direction of Castelnuovo , integrated in a farmhouse, with frescoes from the 15th to 16th centuries, discovered during the restoration in the 1990s.

Sports

Sports associations
  • Rivoc5 ( Futsal ) plays in the regional championship series C2 Group A
  • ASD Rivo ( soccer ) plays in the regional championship of the second category Group B 2019/2020
  • SSD Assisi Subasio (football), participated in the Championship of Excellence of the 2019/2020 season; the highlight in its history was the championship of the Umbrian top class in the mid-1990s.
  • Women's volleyball Rivotorto
  • UC Rivotortese

Web links

Commons : Rivotorto  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Popolazione residente per sesso - Perugia (dettaglio loc. Abitate) - Censimento 2001. In: dawinci.istat.it. Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , October 21, 2001, accessed July 1, 2020 (Italian).
  2. ↑ a b Rivotorto - Assisi. In: rivotorto.it. Retrieved July 1, 2020 (Italian).
  3. ↑ Santuario Francescano di Rivotorto. In: visit-assisi.it. Retrieved July 1, 2020 (Italian).