Vallepietra

Vallepietra
Country	Italy
region	Lazio
Metropolitan city	Rome  (RM)
Coordinates	41 ° 56 '  N , 13 ° 14'  E Coordinates: 41 ° 55 '36 "  N , 13 ° 13' 51"  E
height	825  m slm
surface	51 km²
Residents	258 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	5 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	00020
prefix	0774
ISTAT number	058108
Popular name	Vallepietrani
Patron saint	San Cristoforo
Website	Vallepietra

Vallepietra is a municipality in the metropolitan city of Rome in the Italian region of Lazio with 258 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). It is located 89 km east of Rome .

geography

Vallepietra is the easternmost municipality of the metropolitan city of Rome and borders the provinces of Frosinone and L'Aquila . It is located in the Monti Siumbrini Regional Park, a promontory of Abruzzo in the Simbrivio Valley, a tributary of the Aniene . Vallepietra is a member of the Comunità Montana Valle dell'Aniene .

Population development

year	1871	1901	1921	1936	1951	1971	1991	2001
Residents	664	940	1,178	1,114	1,122	657	398	376

Source: ISTAT

politics

Pierluigi Pietrangeli was elected Mayor on May 25, 2014.

Sanctuary of the Santissima Trinità

Vallepietra is best known for the annual pilgrimage to the sanctuary of Santissima Trinità, which takes place in June. The sanctuary is a rock church from the 5th century at an altitude of 1337 m. A fresco from the 12th century is venerated in it, which shows the Trinity as three identical people. Although this type of representation was banned at the Council of Trent , it was retained in this remote church.

literature

• Christoph Henning: Lazio. The land around Rome. With walks in the Eternal City (= DuMont art travel guide ). 3rd, updated edition. DuMont, Cologne 2006, ISBN 3-7701-6031-2 .

Web links

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

• Vallepietra on www.comuni-italiani.it (Italian)
• Monti Simbruini (Italian and English)
• Comunità Montana Valle dell'Aniene (Italian)
• Pictures from the pilgrimage

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.