San Gemini

San Gemini
Country	Italy
region	Umbria
province	Terni  (TR)
Coordinates	42 ° 37 '  N , 12 ° 33'  E Coordinates: 42 ° 37 '0 "  N , 12 ° 33' 0"  E
height	337  m slm
surface	27.58 km²
Residents	4,911 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density	178 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	05029
prefix	0744
ISTAT number	055029
Popular name	Sangeminesi
Patron saint	San Gemine (October 9th)
Website	San Gemini
Panorama of San Gemini

San Gemini is an Italian commune with 4911 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Terni in the Umbria region .

geography

Location of the municipality in the province of Terni

The community extends over around 28 km². It is located about 60 km south of Perugia and about 10 km northwest of Terni on the ancient Via Flaminia and the modern Strada Statale 3 Via Flaminia , where it has the San Gemini Nord and San Gemini Sud junctions . The place belongs to the Cittàslow , a movement founded in Italy in 1999 to slow down and improve the quality of life in cities and is a member of the association I borghi più belli d'Italia (The most beautiful places in Italy). The place was entered in the Middle Ages through the city gates Porta San Giovanni (towards Perugia) and the Porta Burgi (towards Rome ). Due to the expansion of the city wall, the Porta Burgi is now centrally located in the local area and has been replaced in the south by the Porta Romana (1723), the northern city gate is now Porta Tuderte . The older city gates are connected by Via Casventino , the extension to Porta Romana is Via Roma. This part south of the Porta Burgi is called the new town.

The districts include Acquavogliera, Colle Pizzuto, Quadrelletto and Sangemini Fonte.

The neighboring municipalities are Montecastrilli , Narni and Terni .

history

Old town of San Gemini

The place was first mentioned in writing in 1036 in a document from the Abbazia di San Nicolò abbey . Since 1119 the place served as a royal estate for Narni. After that, the place was given as a fiefdom by Pope Clement VII to the Orsini with the help of the Papal States, but in 1530 they converted the fiefdom under Pope Urban VII into a county . In 1722 they sold the place to the Santacroce family for 13,500 scudi . 1781 received the community from Pope Pius VI. the city rights.

Carsulae

→ Main article : Carsulae

Area Archeologica of Carsulae

Carsulae is a former Roman settlement from the 3rd century BC. BC, which was created about 4 km north of San Gemini in the course of the construction of the Via Flaminia under the name Carsulis or Carsulae . A forum with several temples , an amphitheater , a theater , a Roman forum basilica , a church (Chiesa di San Damiano), the thermal baths and an archway with a cemetery in front have been preserved. The first archaeological excavations took place in the 16th century, but the most intensive only between 1951 and 1972. The ruins are well preserved as the city was not repopulated after an earthquake.

Attractions

Archway to the old town

• Abbazia di San Nicolò with its church of the same name, abbey from the 11th century just outside the historic city center.
• Chiesa di San Francesco , church built in the 13th century. Contains the works Adorazione dei magi by Livio Agresti (* 1505 in Forlì , † 1579 in Rome ) and the terracotta figure of San Bernardino from the school of Vecchietta .
• Chiesa di San Giovanni , or Giovanni Battista , church from the 12th century
• Chiesa di Santo Stefano , church with mosaics from the first century
• Collegiata di San Gemini , late Gothic church, also called cathedral , from the 14th century, contains the work San Sebastiano curato dagli Angeli by Giovanni Baglione (oil on canvas, 196 cm × 147 cm).
• Oratorio di San Carlo , formerly known as Santa Maria de Incertis , oratory , contains frescoes from the 15th century. In the sacristy is the work of San Carlo Borromeo by Giovanni Baglione.
• Palazzo Vecchio , also called Palazzo del Capitano , Palazzo del Popolo or Palazzo del Pretorio , town hall from the 13th century. Contains partially preserved frescoes from the 14th century. The Torre Esperia tower was integrated in the 18th century.

literature

• Touring Club Italiano : Piccole città, Borghi e Villaggi, Vol. II, Milan 2007, ISBN 978-88-365-4145-4 , p. 260 ff
• Touring Club Italiano: Umbria , Milan 1999, ISBN 88-365-2542-3 , p. 516 ff

Web links

Commons : San Gemini  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the municipality of San Gemini (Italian)
• Website of the municipality of San Gemini portale turistico (Italian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ^ Cittaslow.info, accessed February 28, 2011
3. ^ I borghi più belli d'Italia. Borghipiubelliditalia.it, accessed August 13, 2017 (Italian). 
4. ↑ Carsulae Archaeological Excavations, accessed on April 18, 2012 ( Memento of the original from April 1, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) 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. 
5. ↑ Umbriaonline.com, accessed 28 February 2011
6. ↑ Umbrarte.com, accessed on February 28, 2011 ( Memento of the original from August 27, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) 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.