Stroncone

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Stroncone
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Stroncone (Italy)
Stroncone
Country Italy
region Umbria
province Terni  (TR)
Coordinates 42 ° 30 ′  N , 12 ° 40 ′  E Coordinates: 42 ° 30 ′ 0 ″  N , 12 ° 40 ′ 0 ″  E
height 450  m slm
surface 71.38 km²
Residents 4,766 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density 67 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 05039
prefix 0744
ISTAT number 055031
Popular name Stroncolini and Stronconesi
Patron saint Beato Antonio Vici da Stroncone
(February 7th)
Website Stroncone
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Stroncone is a municipality with 4766 inhabitants (December 31, 2019) in the Province of Terni in the Region of Umbria in Italy . She is a member of the association I borghi più belli d'Italia (The Most Beautiful Places in Italy).

geography

Location of the municipality of Stroncone in the province of Terni

The community extends over around 71 km². It is located about 70 km southeast of the regional capital Perugia and about 8 km south of the provincial capital Terni on the border with Lazio and the Sabine Mountains . Stroncone is in the climatic classification of Italian communities in Zone E, 2186 GR / G. The town still has the three medieval city gates through which the town is entered: the Porta Principale (main gate) near the church of San Giovanni Decollato, the Porta Capraia (also called di Sopra , upper gate) and the lower gate Porta di Sotto (also called Porta Nova , new gate), which leads to Terni.

The districts include Aguzzo (376 m, approx. 130 inhabitants), Colle (321 m, approx. 370 inhabitants), Coppe (411 m, approx. 50 inhabitants), Finocchieto (459 m, approx. 230 inhabitants), Vasciano ( 440 m, approx. 30 inhabitants) and Vascigliano (201 m, approx. 100 inhabitants).

The neighboring municipalities are Calvi dell'Umbria , Configni ( RI ), Cottanello (RI), Greccio (RI), Narni , Otricoli , Rieti (RI) and Terni .

history

Although probably of older origin, the place is first documented in 1012 in the Regesto Farfense by Giovanni di Pietro. The name comes from the Count of Spoleto , Ugone († around 1036-1048), from which first Castrum Hugoni , then Castrugone , Strungone and finally Stroncone became. Further documents from the same century attest the place already owned a castle (Castello), a city wall and a political proximity to Narni at this time. Pope Innocent III granted the place communal autonomy in 1215, which led to close ties to the Guelfs . At the end of the 14th century, the community came together with Narni in the direct area of influence of the Papal States . Stroncone continued to develop economically with the establishment of the Monte di Pietà (1466) and the Monte Frumentario (wheat consortium, 1489). Except for the occupation by Napoleon's troops , the place remained with the Papal States until 1860, when Umbria became part of Italy in the course of the Risorgimento . In 1929 the place was divided into the newly founded province of Terni.

Attractions

The Church of San Michele Arcangelo
Depiction of Jerome by Tiberio d'Assisi in the Convento di San Francesco
  • Abbazia di San Benedetto in Fundis , abbey built around 1203 .
  • Chiesa di San Michele Arcangelo , already mentioned in 1012 church in the town center. The church contains several works by the brothers Cristoforo and Gregorio Grimani (around 1602 to 1616). In the Cappella della Madonna del Rosario there is the work Madonna del Rosario by Bartolomeo Barbiani da Montepulciano from 1628.
  • Chiesa di San Nicolò , a church in the town center mentioned in 1181, contains works by Rinaldo di Calvi.
  • Convento di San Francesco , monastery , which is mentioned for the first time on June 5, 1291 in the documents of Pope Nicholas IV . Contains works and frescoes by Tiberio d'Assisi (Tiberio Ranieri di Diotallevi, approx. 1470–1524) from 1509.
  • Fontana delle Tre Tazze , fountain in the Piazza della Libertà , built in 1559.
  • Monastero di San Simeone , monastery mentioned around 1012 .
  • Oratorio di San Giovanni Decollato , oratory and church at the entrance of the ancient Castello di Stroncone , contains works by the brothers Cristoforo and Gregorio Grimani.
  • Oratorio di San Lorenzo , oratory from the 11th century.
  • Palazzo Comunale , also Palazzo dei Priori , town hall from the 13th century.
  • Pozzo or Cisterna di Piazza , first mentioned fountain or cistern in 1395 .
  • Museo di storia naturale , museum.
  • Santa Lucia Stroncone Observatory , astronomical observatory.
  • Chiesa di San Pietro Apostolo , church from the 12th century in the district of Aguzzo. Contains the Madonna del Rosario work from 1587.
  • Chiesa della Madonna della Neve , also called Cripta di Coppe , church in the district of Coppe, contains the fresco Madonna in trono col Bambino ei Santi Giovanni Battista e Biagio .
  • Chiesa di San Vincenzo martire , church from the 13th century in the district of Finocchieto.
  • Chiesa della Madonna del Carmine , church just outside the center of Finocchieto. Made in 1649.
  • Oratorio della Vergine , oratory just outside the center of Finocchieto. Made in 1530.
  • Chiesa di San Biagio , church in the district of Vasciano from the 12th century.

  • Panorama of Stroncone

  • In the old City

  • Porta Principale

  • In the old City

  • The bell tower of San Nicolò

  • The Church of San Nicola (San Nicolò)

traffic

  • The place used to be on the Terni- Sulmona railway line .
  • Today the place is connected to Terni by a bus line.

Sons and daughters of the church

literature

Web links

Commons : Stroncone  - 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. ^ I borghi più belli d'Italia (official website), accessed on September 25, 2016 (Italian)
  3. ↑ Website of the Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l'energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile (ENEA) (PDF; 330 kB; Italian) accessed on November 27, 2012
  4. ^ Official website of the ISTAT ( Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ) on the 2001 population figures in the province of Terni, accessed on July 23, 2015 (Italian)
  5. ↑ comune.stroncone.tr.it/canale.php?idc=43&pos=dx official website of the parish for the church of San Michele Arcangelo, accessed on February 25, 2011 (no longer available)
  6. ↑ Tiberio dAssisi. In: Enciclopedie on line. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome. Retrieved April 21, 2016.
  7. ↑ comune.stroncone.tr.it/canale.php?idc=49&pos=dx Official website of the municipality for the monastery of San Francesco, accessed on February 25, 2011, (no longer available)