Roccagorga
Roccagorga is a comune (municipality) in the Province o Latina in the Italian region Lazio, locatit aboot 70 kilometre (43 mi) sootheast o Roum an aboot 20 kilometre (12 mi) northeast o Latina. As o 31 Dizember 2004, it haed a population o 4,471 an a aurie o 24.0 square kilometre (9.3 sq mi).[1]
Roccagorga | |
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| Comune di Roccagorga | |
  Roccagorga Location o Roccagorga in Italy | |
| Coordinates: 41°32′N 13°9′E / 41.533°N 13.150°ECoordinates: 41°32′N 13°9′E / 41.533°N 13.150°E | |
| Kintra | Italy |
| Region | Lazio |
| Province | Province o Latina (LT) |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Loreto Bevilacqua (syne June 2004) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 24.0 km2 (9.3 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 287 m (942 ft) |
| Population (Dec. 2004) | |
| • Total | 4,471 |
| • Density | 190/km2 (480/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Rocchigiani (archaic: Roccagorgàni) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 04010 |
| Diallin code | 0773 |
Roccagorga borders the follaein municipalities: Carpineto Romano, Maenza, Priverno, Sezze.
Pheesical geografie eedit
The terrain is primarily hilly an mountainous wi a sile rich in calcium. This helps provide a year-roond supply o watter tae the aurie. The climate is mediterranean, wi het, dry summers an mild, wet winters. Agriculture in the aurie focuses on the growin o olives, as favoured bi the mediterranean climate, the calcareous sile an the soothren exposure o the hillsides.
History eedit
Roccagorga is situatit at on Monte Nero, a hill in the soothren Lepini mountains. Its origins date back tae the aftermath o the destruction o Privernum in 796 A.D. awtho it wisna until the Middle Ages that it began tae develop on the seicont peak o Gorga, aroond the auld Castle. It is named efter the matron Gorga who, accordin tae legend, settled on Monte Nero alang wi the Privernati refugees.
Main sichts eedit
- Hermitage o St. Erasmus.
- Ethnical Museum o the Lepini Mountains.
- Kirk o St. Leonard an St. Erasmus.
- Baronal Palace.
Demographic evolution eedit
