Castel Sant'Angelo, Lazio
Castel Sant'Angelo is a municipality in the province of Rieti in the Italian region Latium, located about 1303 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012). The village is located about 80 km northeast of Rome.
Geography
The place is located in the valley of the Velino on the Via Salaria, surrounded by the mountains of Abruzzo Reatinischen. He is a member of the Comunità Montana del Velino.
The municipality consists of the villages Canetra, Castel Sant'Angelo, Cotilia Terme, Mozza, Pagliara, Paterno, Pie di Castello, Piedimozza, Ponte Alto, Ponte Basso, Ponte Santa Margherita, Vasche, Ville and Ville Ornaro.
History
The place dates back to the Middle Ages. Until 1530, he was the property of the Counts Mareri family, focused in the southern landscape of Cicolano. After Emperor Charles V gave the area around Castel Sant'Angelo as a dowry to his illegitimate daughter Margaret, who had married in 1538 the Duke Ottavio Farnese later of Parma and Piacenza. The Madama d'Austria, as it was called here, had cereal and paper mills in the valley build. After her death in 1586, the area came back under the direct rule of the kings of Naples. Since 1923 it belongs to the province of Rieti.
Population
Policy
Paolo Anibaldi (civic list Castel Sant'Angelo il futuro ) was elected Mayor for the second time in June 2009.
Festivals
- On the first Sunday in February, the feast of the local patron saint San Biagio is committed.
- In the first two weeks in July there will be a series of events, exhibitions and conferences under the name of Acqua e Arte ( "Water and Art ").
Attractions
- From the medieval castle is a mighty tower is left, which is the symbol of the village and was also incorporated into the coat of arms. In the castle Beatrice Cenci found on their escape from Petrella Salto for a short time shelter.
- The Romanesque church of San Rocco in the district Vasche was in the time that owned the Valley of Madama d'Austria, remodeled.
- The parish church of San Biagio in the district Canetra has an elegant portal of 1564th
Terme di Cotilia
At Castel Sant'Angelo is one of the westernmost below the hamlet of Paterno on the Via Salaria Terme di Cotilia, which was already known in ancient times as Aquae Cutiliae. The sources Cottorella and Cotilia be used here for drinking cures. Behind the modern spa facilities you can still considerable remains of the ancient thermal baths, especially a wide swimming pool and the villa that belonged to the Roman emperors Titus and Vespasian, who both died here in her birthplace.