Vicovaro

Vicovaro
Country	Italy
region	Lazio
Metropolitan city	Rome  (RM)
Coordinates	42 ° 1 '  N , 12 ° 54'  E Coordinates: 42 ° 0 '56 "  N , 12 ° 53' 34"  E
height	300  m slm
surface	36 km²
Residents	3,802 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	106 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	00029
prefix	0774
ISTAT number	058112
Popular name	Vicovaresi
Patron saint	Sant'Antonio abate
Website	Vicovaro

Vicovaro is an Italian commune in the metropolitan city of Rome in the Lazio region with 3802 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). The place is 46 km northeast of Rome .

Vicovaro, San Pietro

geography

Vicovaro lies on the edge of the Monti Lucretili in the valley of the Aniene . It is a member of the Comunità Montana Valle dell'Aniene .

history

The place was an outpost of the Aequer , which came early under the rule of the Romans. It was on the Via Varia, from which it takes its name, Vicus Variae (village on the Varia). Around 500 the monastery of SS. Cosma e Damiano (today San Cosimato) was founded, in which St. Benedict was abbot for a time before he founded his own monastery in Subiaco . In the 12th century Vicovaro came to the Orsini family . They sold it to the Bolognetti in 1672. A century later it came to the Cenci .

Population development

year	1881	1901	1921	1936	1951	1971	1991	2001
Residents	1,583	1,986	2,490	3,084	3,464	3,607	3,819	3.714

Source: ISTAT

politics

Fiorenzo De Simone (Lista Civica: Per Vicovaro) has been mayor since May 26, 2014.

Attractions

Vicovaro, San Giacomo

• Two kilometers from the village is the San Cosimato Monastery, which dates back to the 5th century.
• From 1693, Sebastiano Cipriano converted the Orsini's medieval castle into the Palazzo Cenci-Bolognetti.
• The parish church of San Pietro was built from 1743 by Girolamo Theodoli on behalf of Cardinal Mario Bolognetti.
• The octagonal chapel of San Giacomo Maggiore, built between 1454 and 1465 by Domenico di Capodistria and Giovanni Dalmata , shows a peculiar mixture of Gothic and Renaissance style elements. The portal with its rich figural decorations is particularly remarkable. It depicts saints, but also members of the Orsini family.
• A medieval quarter around the former church of San Sabino is particularly well preserved.

Culinary specialties

In September the Sagra della Pagnotta Vicovarese, festival of bread, takes place.

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 .
• Anton Henze, Kunibert Bering, Gerhard Wiedmann: Art guide Rome. 5th, revised edition. Philipp Reclam GmbH, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-15-010402-5 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ↑ Filippo Coarelli : Lazio (= Guide archeologiche Laterza. Vol. 5). Laterza & Figli Spa, Rome et al. 1984, ISBN 88-420-2033-8 .

Web links

Commons : Vicovaro  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

• History and sights (Italian)
• San Cosimato (Italian)
• San Giacomo Maggiore (German)