San Venanzo

San Venanzo
Country	Italy
region	Umbria
province	Terni (TR)
Coordinates	42 ° 52 ' N , 12 ° 16' E Coordinates: 42 ° 52 '0 " N , 12 ° 16' 0" E
height	465 m slm
surface	168.86 km²
Residents	2,197 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	13 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	05010
prefix	075
ISTAT number	055030
Popular name	Sanvenanzesi
Patron saint	San Venanzio; (May 18)
Website	San Venanzo
	; Panorama of San Venanzo

San Venanzo is an Italian commune with 2197 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 169 km² . It is located about 30 km southwest of Perugia and about 45 km northwest of Terni . It is part of the Comunità montana Monte Peglia e Selva di Meana and is located at the foot of the Monte Peglia mountain in the climatic classification of Italian communities in Zone E, 2211 GG.

The districts include Civitella dei Conti, Collelungo, Ospedaletto, Poggio Aquilone, Pornello, Ripalvella, Rotecastello, San Marino and San Vito in Monte.

The neighboring municipalities are Ficulle , Fratta Todina ( PG ), Marsciano (PG), Monte Castello di Vibio (PG), Montegabbione , Orvieto , Parrano , Piegaro (PG) and Todi (PG).

history

The area was first settled in the Paleolithic . The only artifacts cannot be dated in any more detail. These are finds on Monte Peglia , namely two choppers and four flint artifacts, but no longer in a stratigraphic position. This means that they can only be roughly dated to the Middle Pleistocene .

Later there were early farmers in the region known as the Neolithic, later the Etruscans . then the Romans . The place was founded in the Byzantine era in the 8th century. In 1290 the place fell under the rule of Orvieto, which was represented by the Monaldeschi family . Later, San Venanzo passed to the Faina family , who built the Villa Faina , today's town hall , in the 16th century . In 1929 the place became an independent municipality in the newly established province of Terni. From 1861 to 1951 the place experienced a population increase from around 3400 inhabitants to around 5200 inhabitants, twenty years later the population had then almost halved.

Attractions

Castel del Poggio de l'Aquilone , a castle built around the 13th century by the Counts of Marsciano in the Poggio Aquilone district.
Castello di Civitella dei Conti , castle of the Fodivoli in the district of Civitella dei Conti from the 14th century.
Castello di Collelungo , the castle built by the Monaldeschi in 1294 in the Collelungo district.
Chiesa della Madonna Liberatrice , a church with works from the school of Perugino .
Chiesa di San Venanzio , the main church in the main town.
Fortezza or Castello in the Rotecastello district, a castle built in the 12th century.
San Vito in Monte , the castle ruins of the bishops of Orvieto. It fell victim to the local wars in 1240 and 1505.