Alvito, Lazio
Alvito is a toun an comune in central Italy, in the province o Frosinone, sooth o Roum in the Lazio region. Its hame tae ane o the auldest Italian castles.
Alvito | |
|---|---|
| Comune di Alvito | |
 Remains o the Alvito Castle. | |
  Alvito Location o Alvito in Italy | |
| Coordinates: 41°41′N 13°44′E / 41.683°N 13.733°E | |
| Kintra | Italy |
| Region | Lazio |
| Province | Frosinone (FR) |
| Frazioni | Sant'Onofrio |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Duilio Martini (syne Mey 2006) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 52 km2 (20 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 475 m (1,558 ft) |
| Population (1 December 2009) | |
| • Total | 2,897 |
| • Density | 56/km2 (140/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Alvitani |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 03041 |
| Diallin code | 0776 |
| Patron saunt | St. Valerius Martyr |
| Saunt day | First Tuesday efter Pentecost |
| Website | Offeecial wabsteid |
History eedit
Alvito wis cried in antiquity "Albitum", an wis later a possession o the Abbey o Montecassino, an then o the Coonts o Aquino an the Cantelmo faimily.
Alvito wis the seat of a Duchy, creatit in 1454, on the boondar o the Kinrick o Naples (later, Kinrick o the Twa Sicilies). Alvito, thegither wi Sora, remained faithful tae the Angevine line durin the conquest o Alfonso V o Aragon, bein conquered bi the Aragonese anerly in 1496. Later it wis a possession o the Gallio faimily.
Main sichts eedit
The veelage is airticulatit in three destrict urban nuclei that include: la Rocca (fortress), il Peschio, il Borgo Basso, contained in lang toun-waws still well preservit here an thare. The Palazzo Ducale (or Palazzo Gallio, Ducal Palace), built in Renaissance style bi Tolomeo Gallio in the late 16t-early 17t hunderyears, is locatit on the main road o the Basso Suburb, constitutin the true nucleus o the present veelage. A little bit forrit, on the left haund, a short smaw road goes uphill tae the Kirk o S. Teresa. The Kirk is o baroque style, wi a heich portal.
The Pairish o S. Simeone (16t hunderyear) haes a Romanesque bell touer an an 18t-hunderyear interior. Frae the kirk, passin throu a Gothic gate, is a stairwey leadin tae the ex-monastery o S. Nicholas, destroyed bi the yirdquauk in 1915, restored in 1934: it haes maintained the chorus an the inlaid cupboards o the 18t hunderyear, ordered bi Pape Clement XIV.
Historical population eedit
| Year | 1861 | 1881 | 1901 | 1921 | 1936 | 1951 | 1971 | 1991 | 2001 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 3.822 | 5.041 | 6.290 | 6.809 | 5.391 | 4.934 | 3.289 | 3.151 | 3.031 |
Source: ISTAT
Twin touns eedit
Alvito, Portugal
