San Giorgio a Liri

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San Giorio a Liri
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San Giorio a Liri (Italy)
San Giorio a Liri
Country Italy
region Lazio
province Frosinone  (FR)
Coordinates 41 ° 24 ′  N , 13 ° 46 ′  E Coordinates: 41 ° 24 ′ 25 ″  N , 13 ° 46 ′ 0 ″  E
height 38  m slm
surface 15 km²
Residents 3,092 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 206 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 03047
prefix 0776
ISTAT number 060063
Popular name Sangiorgesi
Patron saint San Rocco

San Giorgio a Liri is a municipality in the province of Frosinone in the Italian region of Lazio with 3,092 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). It is located 133 km southeast of Rome , 52 km southeast of Frosinone and 92 km north of Naples and is around 25 km from the coast.

geography

San Giorgio a Liri is located in the Lirital south of Cassino .

The districts are Cese, Iumari and Torricelli.

The neighboring towns are Castelnuovo Parano , Esperia , Pignataro Interamna , Sant'Apollinare and Vallemaio .

history

San Giorgio a Liri is a founding of Montecassino Abbey from the late 10th century that was home to a small community of monks. Until 1806 the place belonged to the Terra di San Benedetto, which underlines the naming after a saint. Directly incorporated into the Kingdom of Naples, San Giorgio became part of the Italian nation-state in 1861 and shortly thereafter received the valid additional designation after the Liri River to distinguish it from other places with the same name in Italy. During the Second World War , the place was almost completely destroyed by British and American bombers because it was in the main zone of the Gustav Line , a line of defense of the German Wehrmacht against the Allies . In contrast to other settlements in the area, its population did not decline afterwards, but gradually recovered, as the proximity to the town of Cassino offers job opportunities due to the settlement of industrial companies there. The appearance of San Giorgio today is almost completely modern.

Attractions

  • The parish church of San Giorgio Maggiore in the center on Corso Achille Spatuzzi is a classicist building from the early 19th century. The facade next to the bell tower on the left is in a neighbourhood style and does not have any special decorative elements. The single-nave interior impresses with its colored design, which sets off the architectural elements within the relatively simple overall appearance. The apse area with its five-eighth shape is a specialty. The only ornament here is an elongated crucifix.
  • The Palazzo Morra, which has a two-wing structure and only two storeys with simple window shapes, adjoins the church on the main street. Towards the street, modern shops disturb the impression that the Guelfenzinnen , which cannot be originally documented towards the church, loosen up.

regional customs

Every year on August 16 there is a big festival in favor of the patron saint San Rocco.

Population development

year 1861 1881 1901 1921 1936 1951 1971 1991 2001 2017
Residents 1,296 1,395 1.918 2,394 2,704 2,780 2,471 3,092 3,067 3.121

Source: ISTAT

politics

Modesto Mario della Rosa (Lista Civica: Cambia S. Giorgio) was elected mayor in 2009 and will continue to hold this office after the elections on May 25, 2014.

literature

  • Michele Dau: San Giorgio a Liri , in: Storia della città 2, 1977, p. 71 f.
  • Gaetano De Angelis-Curtis: Gli Spatuzzi di San Giorgio a Liri tra amministrazione e politica in Terra di Lavoro in età liberale , in: Maria Antonietta Migliorelli (ed.): Politica, sanità ed amministrazioni locali in Terra di Lavoro in eta liberale , San Giorgio a Liri 2003, pp. 41-78.
  • Claudio Ercolano - Adriano Mattia: S. Giorgio a Liri dalle origini al XX secolo. Storia - tradizione - folklore , S. Giorgio a Liri 1985.
  • C. Ercolano: San Giorgio a Liri , Gaeta 1992.
  • Samir Younés - Ettore Maria Mazzola: San Giorgio a Liri. Ricompattare la città dispersa , Rome 2005.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.