Sant'Elia Fiumerapido

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Sant'Elia Fiumerapido
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Sant'Elia Fiumerapido (Italy)
Sant'Elia Fiumerapido
Country Italy
region Lazio
province Frosinone  (FR)
Coordinates 41 ° 32 '  N , 13 ° 52'  E Coordinates: 41 ° 32 '23 "  N , 13 ° 51' 57"  E
height 120  m slm
surface 41 km²
Residents 5,921 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 144 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 03049
prefix 0776
ISTAT number 060068
Popular name Santeliani
Patron saint Sant'Elia
Website Sant'Elia Fiumerapido

Sant'Elia Fiumerapido is an Italian commune in the province of Frosinone in the Lazio region with 5921 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). It is 138 km southeast of Rome and 59 km southeast of Frosinone .

geography

Sant'Elia Fiumerapido is located in the north of the Cassino plain above the Rapido river . The highest point of the municipality is the Monte Bianco (1168 m) in the center of a still completely untouched nature reserve. Sant'Elia is a member of the Comunità Montana Valle del Liri .

The districts are Portella, Olivella and Valleluce.

The neighboring towns are Belmonte Castello , Cassino , Cervaro , Picinisco , San Biagio Saracinisco , Terelle , Vallerotonda and Villa Latina .

traffic

Sant'Elia is connected to the road network by the state road 509 di Forca d'Acero , from Cassino to Abruzzo. Via it you can also reach the Cassino junction on the A1 Autostrada in 12 km .

history

Numerous archaeological finds prove the settlement of the place since ancient times. The early medieval village of unknown name was destroyed by the Saracens in 866 . In 990 Abbot Mansone had the Montecassino Sant'Elia monastery rebuilt as a fortified place. It got its name from a chapel of the same name in the valley of the Rapido. Sant'Elia remained in the monastery for the next 800 years. Since the 15th century, Sant'Elia has been an important papermaking center, mainly for the needs of Monte Cassino. Paper remained the municipality's most important product until the last paper mill closed in 1960.

Most of the inhabitants fled to the mountains during the Battle of Monte Cassino . Sant'Elia was badly damaged and around 400 dead were left behind. The destruction of the infrastructure led to emigration and emigration .

Population development

year 1861 1881 1901 1921 1936 1951 1971 1991 2001
Residents 4,883 4,694 4,637 5,316 5,881 6,481 4,850 6.152 6.326

Source: ISTAT

politics

Fernando Cuozzo has been mayor since May 26, 2014.

Attractions

  • The church of Santa Maria la Nova dates from the 13th century and was expanded in the 17th and 18th centuries. In 1908 it was painted by the local painter Enrico Risi.
  • The church of Santa Maria Maggiore was founded in the 13th century by Benedictines from Valleluce. It contains frescoes from the 14th and 15th centuries.
  • In the district of Valleluce, a largely underground Roman aqueduct has been preserved to supply Cassino.

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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.