Serrapetrona

Serrapetrona
Country	Italy
region	Brands
province	Macerata  (MC)
Coordinates	43 ° 11 '  N , 13 ° 11'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 10 '36 "  N , 13 ° 11' 26"  E
height	474  m slm
surface	37.56 km²
Residents	916 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	24 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	62020
prefix	0733
ISTAT number	043051
Popular name	Serrapetronesi
Patron saint	Clement of Rome (November 23)
Website	Serrapetrona
Panorama of Serrapetrona

Serrapetrona is an Italian municipality ( comune ) with 916 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Macerata in the Marche .

geography

The municipality is located about 25 kilometers southwest of Macerata and belongs to the Comunità montana dei Monti Azzurri . The Chienti River forms the southern edge of the municipality .

The districts include Borgiano, Caccamo sul Lago, Castel San Venanzo and Villa d'Aria.

The neighboring municipalities are Belforte del Chienti , Caldarola , Camerino , Castelraimondo , San Severino Marche and Tolentino .

Attractions

• Santa Maria di Piazza , the church consecrated to Santa Maria Assunta in the center of the village on the Piazza Santa Maria. The church was built from 1770 to 1775 and replaced the older church of Santa Maria de Serra, which stood a few meters further south near the well and was destroyed by a landslide in 1770.
• San Francesco , just above the Piazza Santa Maria from the early 14th century.
• San Paolo , church in the hamlet of Borgiano. First documented in 1299.
• San Giacomo , church in the Caccamo district, 15th century.
• Lago di Caccamo , reservoir in the southern municipality after the districts of Borgiano and Caccamo.

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  The church of Santa Maria di Piazza

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  The Church of San Francesco

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  The reservoir Lago di Caccamo

traffic

The former Strada Statale 502 di Cingoli (now a provincial road) leads through the municipality from Jesi to San Ginesio . Strada Statale 77 della Val di Chienti also runs along the Chienti .

DOC wine

In Serrapetrona (and in parts of the neighboring municipalities of Belforte del Chienti and San Severino Marche ) a red wine is produced that has had a "controlled designation of origin " (Denominazione di origine controllata - DOC ) since 2004 , which was last updated on March 7, 2014. At least 85% of the wine must be made from Vernaccia Nera grapes . A maximum of 15% other red, non-aromatic grape varieties that are approved for cultivation in the Marche region may be added - individually or together.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ↑ Chiesa di Santa Maria di Piazza <Serrapetrona> , website Chiese Italiane, Ufficio Nazionale per i beni culturali ecclesiastici e l'edilizia di culto e Servizio Informatico della Conferenza Episcopale Italiana, accessed on June 25, 2019 (Italian)
3. ↑ Chiesa di San Francesco <Serrapetrona> , website Chiese Italiane, Ufficio Nazionale per i beni culturali ecclesiastici e l'edilizia di culto e Servizio Informatico della Conferenza Episcopale Italiana, accessed on June 25, 2019 (Italian)
4. ↑ Chiesa di San Paolo <Borgiano, Serrapetrona> , website Chiese Italiane, Ufficio Nazionale per i beni culturali ecclesiastici e l'edilizia di culto e Servizio Informatico della Conferenza Episcopale Italiana, accessed on June 25, 2019 (Italian)
5. ↑ Chiesa di San Giacomo <Caccamo, Serrapetrona> , website Chiese Italiane, Ufficio Nazionale per i beni culturali ecclesiastici e l'edilizia di culto e Servizio Informatico della Conferenza Episcopale Italiana, accessed on June 25, 2019 (Italian)
6. ↑ Disciplinare di Produzione (production regulations and description). (PDF) wineacts.it, accessed on July 19, 2020 (Italian, I vini italiani a Dop ea Igp ).