Monte San Biagio
Monte San Biagio is a municipality with 6170 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) in the province of Latina in the Italian region of Lazio.
- 3.1 Duke of Portella
- 6.1 Twin towns
Name
Since the Middle Ages the place was called Monticelli. After the unification of Italy in 1861, was called to the church in order to avoid duplication with the same places. The council decided in September 1862 for the name of Monte San Vito, which was however not accepted for further duplication. As of December of the same year, the place in honor of the local patron was now called Monte San Biagio.
Geography
Monte San Biagio is located 124 km southeast of Rome, 52 km south-west of Latina and 130 km north- west of Naples. The place is situated on the southern slope of the Ausoni, above the level of Fondi. The commune includes the hamlet of Campo Marinello, Vetica and Villa San Vito, in the mountains., As well as the districts Macchioni, Portella and Valle Marina, which lie in the plane along the Via Appia The community is a member of the Comunità Montana dei Monti Ausoni ed Aurunci. The municipality extends over a height of 1 m slm by the Lago di Fondi to 1,090 m slm, the Monte delle Fate.
The municipality is located in the seismic zone 2 (medium endangered).
The neighboring municipalities are Amaseno (FR), Fondi, Sonnino, Terracina and Valle Corsa (FR).
Traffic
Monte San Biagio is located on the strada stadale SS 7 Appia, which leads from Rome since antiquity to Brindisi. It is also about the '' SS 82 della strada stadale Valle del Liri with the A1 Autostrada del Sole, driveway Ceprano connected. The town has a station on the railway line Roma - Formia -Naples.
History
As evidenced by archaeological findings, the municipality has been inhabited since ancient times. The Medieval town by the name Monticelli was born in the territory of the Duchy of Gaeta, since 934 Duchy of Fondi.
The first mention of a castellum Monticelli goes back to the year 1099. In the document of the monastery of Montecassino Crescenzo Duke of Fondi is referred as inhabitants of the castle. In 1145 it fell to the dell 'Aquila family, and as these became extinct in 1299 to their heirs the Caetani. More reigned over the town and castle, the Colonna ( 1494), Gonzaga ( 1570), Carafa ( 1591 ), Mansfield ( 1690) and di Sangro (1721 ). Despite the change of rulers remained under suzerainty of the Kingdom of Naples with importance as a border fortress of the Papal States above the Via Appia. In the district Epitaffio an inscription dating from the 16th century has been preserved on a watchtower. The customs post for the control of passengers and their cargo was located in the district but Portella where the watchtower and the gate are still visible under which the Via Appia ran. Last Prince of Monticelli was Giovanni di Sangro, as in 1860 the place was incorporated into the new Kingdom of Italy.
Because of this favorable position Monte San Biagio was plagued in its history again and again by brigands, especially in the years between 1861 to 1870 when Lazio and Rome were incorporated in Italy.
Between the 16th and 17th centuries suffered Monte San Biagio large population losses due to malaria because the malaria mosquitoes in the valley of Fondi, which consisted mostly of marshland, more and more spread out. In 1637, Monte San Biagio was almost uninhabited. Thanks to a strong immigration from the back mountain country and the draining of the marshes by the Fondation niche Princess Anna Carafa in 1639, the population grew again until in 1697 the population was 1429 again.
Duke of Portella
Klemens Wenzel Lothar von Metternich (1773 - 1859), Austrian statesman, foreign minister since 1809, since 1813 2nd Fürst von Metternich - Winneburg, afterwards Chancellor of Austria ( since 1821 ), was born on August 1, 1818 I of Ferdinand, King of the Two Sicilies appointed hereditary Duke of Portella ( Duca di Portella ). This was intended to commemorate the place ( Portella, the hamlet of Monte San Biagio on the Via Appia ), where in 1813 the Austrian army first entered the kingdom of Naples. The bloodline of the Dukes of Portella is the death of the great-grandson, Paul Alfons 6th Fürst von Metternich - Winneburg, 5th Duke of Portella, Count of Königswart (1917 - 1992), expired on 21 September 1992 in Geneva. His widow Tatiana died on July 26, 2006, as the last Princess of Metternich - Winneburg and last Duchess of Portella, on the old (since 1816) family home, the winery Schloss Johannisberg in the Rheingau.
Demographics
Religion
Monte San Biagio belonged until 1818 to the Diocese of Fondi, then to that of Gaeta, which was founded in 1848 to the archdiocese.
Policy
Gesualdo Mirabella ( PdL ) was elected in June 2004 to the mayor and re-elected in 2009. His center-right list also with 11 of 16 seats, the majority in the City Council.
Twin Cities
- France Saint -Romain- le -Puy, Region Rhone- Alpes
- Germany Overseas im Chiemgau, Upper Bavaria since 2008