Monteleone d'Orvieto
Monteleone d' Orvieto is a municipality with 1535 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) in the Province of Terni in the Umbria region of Italy.
Geography
The municipality covers about 24 km ². It is located about 35 km southwest of Perugia and about 60 km northwest of Terni. It is part of the joint management Comunità montana Monte Selva di Meana and Peglia e lies on the rivers Chiani, Ripignolo and Fossalta and in the climatic classification of Italian communities in Zone E, 2275 GG.
The districts include Colle, San Lorenzo, Santa Maria and Spiazzolino.
The neighboring municipalities are Città della Pieve (PG), Fabro, Montegabbione and Piegaro (PG).
History
The first human settlements in the place probably date back to the Etruscans. The history of the present village begins in the 11th century with the construction of the castle, which was destroyed by Florence in 1643. The origin of the place name Montis Leonis is the Pope Leo IX. attributed to the additional name came from the direct influence of Orvieto, under which the city stood until 1373, when Charles IV, the castle assumed the Count Turrena. After briefly ruled the Count Ugolino di Monte Marte because Corbara and the Counts of Marsciano over the place. 1398 imputed Pope Boniface IX. Monteleone the Count Francesco di Corbara, the Bartolomeo Della Rovere, the nephew of Pope Sixtus IV, succeeded as ruler before the place in 1481 again came under the control of Orvieto. Through the marriage of a Bandini from Città della Pieve Countess Manfilia dei Conti di Monte Marte was because Corbara hereditary claims to the Castello mark, which gives a conflict with Orvieto was built, which could be resolved only on July 11, 1497 by the Peace of Monteleone Orvieto upper hand kept over the place and began with the reinforcement of the walls. At this time, there was also the Porta Nord. In the first war over the Duchy of Castro the place in 1643 by troops from Florence was besieged as allies of the Farnese against Urban VIII first and taken a short time later. After the peace agreement of Castel Giorgio Monteleone fell to the Papal States. The town was annexed on 9 September 1860 by the Kingdom of Italy and voted on November 9, 1860 in favor of Victor Emmanuel II, who declared Monteleone on 22 November by a decree in part of Umbria.
Attractions
- Chiesa dei SS Apostoli Pietro e Paolo, a parish church. Contains works from the school of Perugino and the crypt of San Teodoro thereof with relics.
- Chiesa del SS Crucifix, Church from 1637 just outside the city walls.
- Chiesa della SS Annunziata church facade from 1770.
- Chiesa di San Cristoforo, about 1706 created on July 4, 1758 and consecrated church in the Colle Alto ( district Colle ).
- Chiesa di Santa Maria Maddalena church from the early 16th century in the village of Santa Maria.
- Emerged Porta Nord, the main gate of the city wall ring in the Middle Ages and was renovated in 1848. Is the Torra Mozza Above the gate.
- Teatro dei Rustici, 1732 arisen theater, which is one of 96 places among the smallest in the world.
- Clocktower, clock tower in Piazza Bilancini dating from 1888, was originally planned as a town hall.
Sons and daughters of the town
- Pietro Bilancini ( born September 21, 1864 in Monteleone d' Orvieto, † March 22, 1895 in Sassari), poet and literary critic
- Attilio Parelli ( born Attilio Enrico Paparella on 31 May 1874 in Monteleone d' Orvieto, † December 26, 1944 ibid ), composer and conductor
Events
- Giostra del Giglio, also called Palio del Giglio ( Lilienpalio ), has been held since 1997 in each case on August 16 as Palio. He is the successor to the Palio del Carro ( Wagenpalio ), which stood facing the districts 1981-1996. Since 1997, only the two main historical fractions of the historic town center are facing. This tradition dates back to the years between the 13th and 14th century, when the Guelphs of Conti di Montemarte the Conti di Parrano, also called Conti di Marsciano or Bulgarelli faced. At that time the event Corteo storico di Monteleone d' Orvieto was called.