Nerola

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Nerola
Comune
Comune di Nerola
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Historical center of Nerola.
Location of Nerola
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Nerola
Location of Nerola in Italy
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Nerola
Nerola (Lazio)
Coordinates: 42°09′39″N12°47′13″E / 42.16083°N 12.78694°E / 42.16083; 12.78694 Coordinates: 42°09′39″N12°47′13″E / 42.16083°N 12.78694°E / 42.16083; 12.78694
Country Italy
Region Lazio
Metropolitan city Rome (RM)
Government
 • MayorSabina Granieri
Area
[1]
 • Total18 km2 (7 sq mi)
Elevation
453 m (1,486 ft)
Population
 (31 December 2014) [2]
 • Total1,941 [3]
Demonym(s) Nerolesi
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
00017
Dialing code 0774
Patron saint St. George
Saint day23 April
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The fountain in the town hall square.

Nerola is a town and comune of the Metropolitan City of Rome, Latium, Italy.

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Name

The name Nerola is probably derived from the Sabine word nero or nerio, which meant "strong" and "brave". The inscription on the fountain in the piazza of the town hall A Nerone tuum Nerola nomen habet traces the origin of the name back to the Roman emperor Nero, who belonged to the gens Claudia, which had distant Sabine origins. Traces of a Roman era villa have been found on that site, which legend attributes as belonging to Nero himself.

History

Acquaviva

Within the comune is the frazione of Acquaviva, on the ancient Via Salaria. This may have been the seat of the bishopric called Aquaviva in Latin, whose bishops took part in synods held in Rome in the second half of the 5th century and the beginning of the 6th: Paulus or Paulinus in 465, Benignus in 487, 497, and 502, and Bonifacius in 503. [4] No longer a residential bishopric, Aquaviva is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see. [5]

Castello Orsini di Nerola

Castello Orsini at Nerola. NerolaRMcastelloOrsini1.jpg
Castello Orsini at Nerola.

In the second half of the 10th century, the castle Castrum Nerulae was founded by the "Sabine chancellor" Benedetto Crescenzi, and the Crescenzi family held it until 1235, when it came under the direct control of the pope. At the end of the 12th century, the fiefdom was granted to the Orsini family, who built the present Castello Orsini. At the end of the 15th century, the castle was subsequently reinforced with strong towers and other defensive fortifications around the village. Near the castle, the chiesa vecchia (Old Church) was built in 1483. [6]

In 1644, the castle and the territory of Nerola were yielded to the Barberini family along with the Montelibretti family and, in 1728, entered into possession of the Sciarra clan, and thence to the Lante della Rovere family, who founded the charitable institution of the Ospedale dei Pellegrini to assist travellers on the Via Salaria.

In 1867, the castle was occupied by a contingent of partisans of Giuseppe Garibaldi who were fighting against papal troops.

Since passing to Marquis Ferrari-Frey in 1939, the castle has been restored and now houses a hotel.

COVID-19

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Nerola suffered a particularly high infection rate, and was entirely quarantined by authorities around the end of March 2020. Public health officials then attempted to test every one of its more than 1800 inhabitants to better understand the spread of the virus. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. ↑ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  3. ↑ Istat
  4. ↑ Gaetano Moroni, Dizionario di erudizione storico-ecclesiastica, vol. 1, p. 73
  5. ↑ Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ISBN   978-88-209-9070-1), p. 823
  6. ↑ Nerola and Monteflavio
  7. ↑ "Quarantined village turned into human laboratory" (video (4:27)). BBC News. 6 April 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2020.



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