Arce, Italy
Arce is a town in Lazio, Frosinone in central Italy with 5747 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012). It is located 23 km east of Frosinone and 105 km south-east of Rome.
Geography
Arce is on a hill above the valley of the Liri. It is a member of the Comunità Montana Valle del Liri.
It is divided into the districts Arce, Campanile, Campo Stefano, Colle Alto, Collemezzo, Collenoci, Colleolivo, Colleone, Fontanelle, Frassi, Isoletta, Marzi, Murata, Portone, Puzzaca, Tramonti and Valle.
The Nature Reserve Lago di San Giovanni Incarico / Isoletta covers the area of the ancient cities Fregellae and Fabrateria Nova and the water region at the confluence of Sacco and Liri. It mainly offers numerous waterfowl habitat.
The neighboring municipalities are Ceprano, Colfelice, Falvaterra, Fontana Liri, Monte San Giovanni Campano, Rocca d' Arce, San Giovanni Incarico and Strangolagalli.
Traffic
Arce is located on the ancient Via Casilina, today as part of the SS 6 trunk road network that leads from Rome to Campania. In addition, the city lies on the Autostrada del Sole A1 (connection Ceprano ), which connects Milan with Naples. A railway connection across the railway line Avezzano - Sora - Roccasecca.
History
Arce was in ancient times the territory of the city Fregellae, which was destroyed 125 BC by the Romans. The remains of the city to be excavated since 1978 under the direction of Filippo Coarelli the district Isoletta. In the first century Quintus Tullius Cicero had an estate named Arcanum in the area of today Arce.
It was not until around the year 650 AD resurfaced a place to Arcis documentary. 702 Arce is passed by the Byzantine emperor the Lombard Duke of Benevento Gisulf I..
1191 captured Henry VI. the castle of Arce. They remained in the possession of the Hohenstaufen in 1265 until it was occupied by Charles I of Anjou. He forgave then the rule Arce of followers. Last time was the niece of the King of Naples, Ferrante d' Aragona Caterina, Baroness of Arce. Through her marriage to Leonardo della Rovere in 1472 it came to his family. The Della Rovere sold Arce and Sora 1580 for 120,000 scudi to the Boncompagni.
1799 Arce was sacked by French troops. On May 27, 1849 Arce was occupied by soldiers of Garibaldi for a single day for the short-lived Roman Republic, but until 1861 it was finally incorporated into the Kingdom of Italy.
In 1927, Arce of Terra del Lavoro province of the newly founded province of Frosinone and left with it, geographically by over 1000 years of southern Italy.
Demographics
Source: ISTAT
Policy
Giuseppe Corsetti was elected in June 2004 to the mayor.
Attractions
- The Baroque parish church of Santi Apostoli Pietro e Paolo in 1702 - built in 1744, but the second bell tower completed until 1954.
- The pre-Romanesque, simple church of Sant'Agostino probably dates from the 11th century.
- In the church Sant'Eleuterio the relics of the patron saint Eleutherius are kept.
- In the Archaeological Park at the suburb Isoletta the excavated remains of the ancient city Fregellae are seen.