Sermoneta

The title of this article is ambiguous. For the Italian noble family see Caetani di Sermoneta .

Sermoneta
Country	Italy
region	Lazio
province	Latina  (LT)
Coordinates	41 ° 33 ′  N , 12 ° 59 ′  E Coordinates: 41 ° 33 ′ 0 ″  N , 12 ° 59 ′ 0 ″  E
height	257  m slm
surface	45 km²
Residents	10,052 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density	223 inhabitants / km²
Factions	Carrara, Doganella, Monticchio, Pontenuovo, Sermoneta Scalo, Tufette
Post Code	04013
prefix	0773
ISTAT number	059027
Popular name	Sermonetani
Patron saint	San Giuseppe
Website	Sermoneta
Sermoneta with the Castello Caetani

Sermoneta is an Italian commune in the province of Latina, part of the Lazio region, with 10,052 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019).

geography

Aerial view of Sermoneta

Location of Sermoneta in the province of Latina

Sermoneta is 70 km southeast of Rome and 17 km northeast of Latina . The historic center is located on a foothill of the steep southern slope of the Monti Lepini . The municipality extends to the Via Appia in the Pontine plain . Most of the inhabitants live in the districts of Carrara, Doganella, Monticchio, Pontenuovo, Sermoneta Scalo and Tufette, which are on the plain. There is a large industrial park near the Tufette district. The municipality extends over a height of 5 to 802  m slm

Sermoneta is a member of the Comunità Montana Monti Lepini e Ausoni .

The community is located in earthquake zone 3 (little risk).

The neighboring parishes, clockwise, are Cisterna di Latina , Norma , Bassiano Sezze and Latina .

traffic

• The nearest motorway exit is in Valmontone , 38 km from the Autostrada del Sole A1 .
• The main access from Norma is via the SP 17 Via Ninfana, which branches off from the SS 7 Via Appia .
• The nearest train station is Latina-Scalo on the Rome-Formia-Naples line . It is located directly on the municipal boundary in the Carrara district, 8 km from the main town.
• The station is also served by the regional trains FR7 Rome-Formia .
• Buses operated by Cotral and Gioia connect Sermoneta with the train station and with Latina.
• The nearest airport is Rome Fiumicino Airport , 86 km away.

history

The predecessor town of Sermoneta was probably ancient Sulmo , which was mentioned by Virgil and Pliny among others . Archaeological studies locate it north of the Valvisciolo Abbey on Monte Carbolino, a little below the present-day location. However, there is also the opinion to identify this site with the ancient Pometia.

The medieval Sermoneta, the name of which is said to be derived from Sulmonetta (little Sulmo), was first mentioned in the 11th century. In the 13th century the Roman family of Annibaldi is documented as the owner of the place. In 1297 Boniface VIII bought the property from Annibaldi for 140,000 gold ducats. His family, the Caetani , established the center of their rule in the lower Lazio and expanded the castle into their residence. In 1499, Alexander VI confiscated Sermoneta and handed over the property to his daughter Lucrezia . After Sermoneta was returned to the Caetani after the fall of the Borgia , they stayed in Rome and kept the castle as a barely inhabited fortress. On October 23, 1583 Onorato IV. Caetani by Pope Gregory XIII. appointed Duke of Sermoneta. The main line of the family died in 1977 in female succession with Lelia Caetani, 18th Duchess of Sermoneta, 9th Princess of Teano, 2nd Princess of Bassiano and 14th Marchesa of Cisterna. After a long decline, the drainage of the Pontine Marshes in 1929 led to a renewed upswing in Sermoneta.

Population development

year	1871	1881	1901	1921	1936	1951	1971	1991	2001	2011
Residents	993	857	1,078	1,510	3.123	4,374	5,146	6,587	6,620	9,156

Source: ISTAT

politics

Claudio Damiano was elected mayor on May 25th and 26th, 2014. His list of citizens, Per continuare a crescere insieme , also has the majority in the municipal council with 8 out of 12 seats. He replaced Giuseppina Giovannoli, who was elected mayor in June 2004 and was confirmed in office in June 2009. Giovannoli, who no longer ran and supported Damiano in the election, was appointed vice mayor. Damiano held the post of building officer in the previous municipal government. In the election on May 26, 2019, Giovannoli (Lista Civica: Ripartiamo) was re-elected and confirmed on June 10.

coat of arms

A silver eagle on a shield divided into blue and yellow. The colors blue and yellow, as well as the eagle, are derived from the family coat of arms of the Caetani, who have long ruled the place .

Twin cities

• Arborea in Sardinia
• Atalandi in central Greece
• Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region

economy

The well-preserved old town of Sermoneta is a tourist destination especially for day-trippers from the surrounding cities to Rome. The municipality bears the Bandiera Arancione , a quality label in the field of tourism and the environment from the TCI .

After the Second World War, intensive fruit and vegetable cultivation began in the Pontine Plain. In the industrial area near the Tufette district, the pharmaceutical industry in particular settled. However, the latest financial crisis has threatened major companies such as Corden Pharma and Bristol-Myers Squibb with closure.

religion

The Catholic Church maintains four parishes in Sermoneta, which belong to the diocese of Latina-Terracina-Sezze-Priverno .

From the 13th to the 16th century there was an important Jewish community in Sermoneta, of which the secularized synagogue still reminds us.

Attractions

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  Caetani Castle

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  Valvisciolo Abbey

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  Porta Annibaldi

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  In the historical center

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  Former synagogue

Sermoneta preserves a medieval town center with steep streets that lead to the castle, the Castello Caetani.

• The parish church of Santa Maria Assunta was built in the 13th century over a Cybele temple . Inside there is a panel of the Madonna and Angels by Benozzo Gozzoli .
• The Castello Caetani was founded by the noble Annibaldi family in the 13th century and expanded by the Caetani. Alexander VI. had Antonio da Sangallo's castle expanded into a fortress; the Casa del Cardinale served as a residence for Cesare Borgia when he was still a cardinal. After the fall of the Borgia, the castle was returned to the Caetani. Today it is owned by the municipality. The most important part is the 42 meter high keep, the Maschio.
• To the north of Sermoneta lies the Valvisciolo Abbey , founded in the 8th century by Greek monks of the order of the Basilians , which for a time belonged to the Knights Templar and was then taken over by the Cistercians. It has been a priory of Casamari Abbey since 1863 .

Sons and daughters of the place

• Girolamo Siciolante (1521–1580), known as Siciolante da Sermoneta, Renaissance painter
• Fabritio Caroso (1525 / 35–1605 / 20), dance master of the Renaissance and author of two dance treatises
• Enrico Caetani (1550–1599), cardinal, titular patriarch of Alexandria
• Antonio Cavallucci (1752–1795), baroque painter
• Ubaldo Righetti (born 1963), football player

literature

• Amendola, Adriano: I Caetani di Sermoneta. Storia artistica di un antico casato tra Roma e l'Europa nel Seicento , Rome 2010, ISBN 978-88-88168-70-8 .
• Bonifacio VIII, i Caetani e la storia del Lazio (Atti del Convegno di studi storici. Fondazioni Roffredo Caetani di Sermoneta e Camillo Caetani), Rome 2004.
• Fiorani, Caterina: Il fondo economico dei Caetani duchi di Sermoneta , Rome 2010, ISBN 978-88-6372-167-6 .
• Fiorani, Luigi: Sermoneta ei Caetani. Dinamiche politiche, sociali e culturali di un territorio tra Medioevo ed età moderna (Atti del Convegno della Fondazione Camillo Caetani, Roma - Sermoneta, 16-19 giugno 1993), Rome 1999, ISBN 88-8265-091-X .
• Hunter, John: Girolamo Siciolante, pittore da Sermoneta (1521-1575) , Rome 1996, ISBN 88-7062-898-1 .
• Pesiri, Giovanni: Il Lazio e Alessandro VI. Civita Castellana, Cori, Nepi, Orte, Sermoneta , Rome 2003, ISBN 88-89190-00-0 .
• Henning, Christoph: Latium. The land around Rome. With Walks in the Eternal City , 3rd edition, Cologne 2006, ISBN 3-7701-6031-2 .

Web links

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

• Information about Sermoneta (Italian)
• Information about Sermoneta (Italian)
• Sermoneta on www.comuni-italiani.it (Italian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ^ Italian civil defense
3. ↑ Pliny: Naturalis Historia, III 69
4. ↑ Phillip: Sulmo 2. In: Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen antiquity science (RE). Volume IV A, 1, Stuttgart 1931, Col. 0729 f.
5. ^ Edward Herbert Bunbury:  Sulmo . In: William Smith : Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London 1854.
6. ↑ treccani.it Enciclopedia dell 'Arte Antica
7. ↑ omunedisermoneta.it/?page_id=127 Homepage of the municipality
8. ^ Information from the Ministry of the Interior
9. ↑ Luigi D'Arcangelis: Elezioni Sermoneta, Damiano sulla scia della Giovannoli: proseguire l'ottimo lavoro svolto. In: Latina Quotidiano. April 30, 2014, accessed January 8, 2016 . 
10. ^ Nobili Napolitani, private homepage
11. ^ Corden Pharma, futuro semper più nero. Latina Today, November 15, 2011; accessed April 1, 2013 . 
12. ↑ La Bristol di Sermoneta cede lo stabilimento. (No longer available online.) Studio 93, March 30, 2010, archived from the original on January 8, 2016 ; Retrieved April 1, 2013 . 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.  
13. ^ Ziehr, Latium - the surroundings of Rome, Gozzoli's Madonna with angels in Sermoneta
14. ↑ Touring Club Italiano: Guida Rossa , pp. 690-693
15. ^ Enzo Valentini: I templari. I luoghi dell'ordine del tempio in Italia Mattioli, Fidenza 2011, ISBN 978-88-6261-176-3 .