Orvinio

Orvinio is a municipality with 436 inhabitants (as at 31 December 2012) in the province of Rieti in the Italian region of Lazio. Until 1863 the town was called Canemorto.

• 4.1 Coat of Arms

Geography

Orvinio is located 67 km northeast of Rome, 42 km south of Rieti, and 35 km northeast of Tivoli. It is located in the Lucretili, a promontory of the Sabine Mountains. The municipality covers an altitude difference 603-1116 m slm

Orvinio is a member of the Comunità Montana dei Monti Sabini. It was included in the list of the most beautiful villages in Italy in 2001.

The western part of the municipality is part of the Parco Naturale dei Monti Lucretili.

The municipality is located in the seismic zone 2 (medium endangered).

The neighboring municipalities are Percile (RM ), Pozzaglia Sabina, Scandriglia, Vallinfreda (RM ), Vivaro Romano (RM ).

Traffic

Orvinio Located on the Strada Stadale SS 314 Licinese connecting the Via Salaria SS 4 with the Via Tiburtina Valeria SS 5. The nearest motorway exit is Vicovaro on the A24 Autostrada dei Parchi is 21 km away.

The nearest train station is in Arsoli on the railway line Rome - Avezzano, 16 km away.

History

Probably the place is the successor to the Sabine city Orvinium, mentioned by Dionysius of Halicarnassus and was probably destroyed before the turn of the millennium. After this the medieval city Canemorto was renamed in 1863 that was probably founded in the 12th century.

Canemorto long time belonged to the Benedictines of the nearby monastery of Santa Maria del Piano before it came into the possession of the Orsini in the 15th century. Through the marriage of Maria Orsini and Vincenzo Estouteville it came to his family. Already in 1573 they sold it to the family, however, Muti, extensions to the castle in Renaissance style. In 1632 it was bought by Marcantonio Borghese.

Demographics

Source: ISTAT

Policy

Alfredo Simeoni ( civil list) was elected in June 2009 for the mayor. He replaced Rino Fusi, who did not run.

Coat of arms

On a blue shield a silver castle with a tree in natural colors; about an upright, silver dog with a red collar. The crest alludes to the old name of the place Canemorto which in German means' dead dog.

Attractions

• The Castello Malvezzi was built on the foundations of an ancient temple of Minerva in the 12th century and rebuilt in the 16th century. It is now the private residence of the counts Malvezzi.
• The San Giacomo church was built in 1612 by Gian Lorenzo Bernini and conserves frescoes by Vincenzo Manenti
• The Santuario di Vallebona, west of the town, was built in the 17th century

Sons and daughters of the town

• Vincenzo Manenti (* 1600, † 1674), painter of the Baroque