Petrella Salto

Petrella Salto is a municipality in the province of Rieti in the Italian region Latium, located about 1192 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012). The village is located about 70 km northeast of Rome.

Geography

The place is located above the Salto reservoir surrounded by the mountains of Abruzzo Reatinischen in the valley of the Salto. He is a member of the Comunità Montana Salto Cicolano.

The municipality comprises the villages of Borgo San Pietro, Capradosso, Castel Mareri, Cerreta, Colle della Sponga, Collerosso, Diga Salto, Fiumata, Offeio, Oiano, Pagliara, Petrella Salto, Piagge, San Martino, Staffoli and Teglieto.

History

The territory has been inhabited since ancient times. However, these were to scattered farmsteads. Only with the threat posed by the Saracens in the 9th century, the population was concentrated in villages easier to defend. Here in today's first district Capradosso, and later in Petrella and Staffoli. From the 12th century, the area was ruled by the Mareri family from which the well-known abbess Philippa Mareri emerged, San Pietro founded a Klarissinenkloster in the district of Borgo. The Mareri that stood on the side of the Staufer, lost with the capture of Conradin in 1268 their possessions in Saltotal to Charles of Anjou. Your castle in Mareri was destroyed. 1305 was Francesco II Mareri recover a large portion of the family property. However, the territory remained part of the Kingdom of Naples. The residence was moved to the Mareri Petrella. The last princess Mareri, the widowed Maria Costanza, eventually sold the property in 1532 to Charles V, who gave the territory to turn Pompeo Colonna. From 1595 lived Francesco Cenci, as a guest of Marzio Colonna, with his family at the castle, where he was killed in 1598 by his daughter Beatrice and her brothers. A fact that has been processed in many operas and literary works.

After the community Petrella had come for a long time the sidelines, they experienced for some years by tourism another boom.

Demographics

Source: ISTAT

Policy

Gaetano Micaloni (civic list Insieme per progredire ) was elected in June 2009 for the mayor. His predecessor Marcello Tonino Bellizzi (2004-2009) did not occur at the election.

Festivals

• On the third Sunday in February, a procession is held in honor of the holy Philippa Mareri in Borgo San Pietro.
• On the last weekend of July takes place the truffle fair in San Martino.
• Early August the Cinema sotto le Stelle ( cinema under the stars ) instead.

Attractions

• The Rocca di Petrella castle was first mentioned in 1170. From the ruins today you have a wide view of the Saltotal.
• The town has the Renaissance palaces Palazzo Mareri and Palazzo Baronale from the 14th century, which were refurbished in the 16th century by the Colonna.