Sora, Lazio
Sora is a municipality in the province of Frosinone in the Italian region Latium, located about 26 222 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012). It is located 110 km east of Rome and 28 km north-east of Frosinone and is the seat of a Roman Catholic diocese.
Geography
Sora is in the upper Lirital on the edge of Abruzzo. It is a member of the Comunità Montana Valle di Liri.
The neighboring municipalities are Arpino, Balsorano (AQ ), Broccostella, Campoli Apennines, Castelliri, Isola del Liri, Monte San Giovanni Campano, Pescosolido and Veroli.
Traffic
Sora is connected to the Strada Statale 82 della Valle del Liri, which runs from Itri to Avezzano to the road network. A railway connection across the railway line Avezzano - Roccasecca.
History
The former cathedral was consecrated by Pope Adrian IV in 1155, was destroyed in an earthquake in 1634. On the steep cliff above the town, which dominates the Liri valley and the entrance to the Abruzzo ], the remains of a polygonal wall find; here may have been the citadel of the original Volscian city. Remains of medieval fortifications are still present. In the town itself, however, find no ancient remains or buildings of historical significance. The area around Sora is known for its peasant costumes.
Sora, an ancient Volscian city was conquered three times by the Romans: 345 BC, 314 BC and 305 BC before them 303 BC with the help of a 4000 -strong colony succeeded in the annexation. 209 BC Sora was one of the colonies that refused further contributions to the war against Hannibal. Due to the additional gear Iuliae Sora municipium was, but colonized again under Augustus by soldiers of the Legio IIII Sorana. Administratively belonged to Sora Lazio Adjectum.
The Sorella castle on a rocky hill above the town was an important fortress in the Middle Ages. Charles of Anjou made Sora into a duchy for Cantelmi; it was later confiscated by Pope Pius II, but returned by Pope Sixtus IV to Cantelmi. Finally, she went from Urbino in the hands of the Della Rovere. Against Cesare Borgia, the city was defended by Giovanni di Montefeltro. Pope Gregory XIII. acquired it for 11,000 ducats and gave them to the Buoncampagni, the ancestors of the Buoncompagni - Ludovisi.
Demographics
Source: ISTAT
Policy
Cesidio Casinelli (PD ) was elected in June 2006 for the mayor. His center-left alliance is the council 10 of 20 seats.
Sons and daughters of the town
Sora was the birthplace of Decii, Marcus Atilius Regulus and Lucius Mummius Achaicus; among his later celebrities Cardinal Baronius and Vittorio De Sica.