Velletri
Velletri is an Italian medium-sized town in the Alban Hills, about 40 kilometers south-east of Rome, with 52,770 inhabitants (as of 31 December 2012). It is the seat of a bishopric suburbicarian.
Location
The city is located on a spur of Mount Artemision. It is one of the municipalities of the Castelli Romani.
Borders the following municipalities: Aprilia ( LT), Artena, Cisterna di Latina ( LT), Genzano di Roma, Lanuvio, Larian, Nemi and Rocca di Papa.
History
It was probably founded by the Italic tribe of the Volscians and came in 338 BC under Roman rule. Your ancient name was Velitrae. According to some historical sources, the future emperor Augustus came on September 23, 63 BC in Velitrae to the world.
After a long bloom during the imperial era, Velletri was first sacked in the 5th century by the Visigoths under Alaric, destroyed in the 6th century by the Ostrogoths under King Totila and finally reconquered by Byzantine troops. Later it became part of the patrimony of Peter, from which developed the Papal States. For this it belonged until the unification of Italy in the 19th century.
Policy
Fausto Servadio (PD ) was elected in April 2008 to the mayor. His center-left alliance is with 18 of 30 seats and a majority in the council.
Economy
Today Velletri lives mainly from tourism, smaller industrial areas as well as the marketing of agricultural products of the area such as wine, olives, fruit, vegetables and cereals.
Attractions
Other attractions in and around Velletri Palazzo Comunale belong to the 16th century (today seat of the municipal administration and museum), which goes back to the 4th century cathedral, which included a panel painting Madonna with child of the painter Gentile da Fabriano from the 15. century contains. Furthermore, are worth seeing the church of Santa Maria della Neve in which the remains of a Roman temple located, the Gothic Torre del Trivio from the 14th century as well as numerous remains of Roman villas.
On the square in front of the cathedral was in the presence of Pope Benedict XVI on 23 September 2007. Benedict pillar of Eggenfeldener sculptor Joseph Michael Neustift inaugurated, whose counterpart was a year earlier, built in Marktl, the birthplace of the Pope. The column was a gift of the Bavarian Association of Cities for the 80th birthday of the Pope and was at his request in Velletri set up, mindful of his old ties to the city as a Cardinal Bishop of Velletri - Segni in 1993 until his election in 2005. The 4.20 meter high Bronze column has the shape of a slightly open scroll, and is both the German Pope and St. Benedict of Nursia dedicated.
Dialect
The spoken dialect in Velletri called Velletrano and has some differences from the Italian, for example, the ' s' as the German ' sch ' pronounced, also exist some special vocabulary. The masculine article reads '' o ' ( instead of' il ' or ' lo ' ), the female ' ' a' ( instead of ' la ').
Viticulture in Velletri
Velletri is the eponymous DOC Italian red and white wine its name. In addition to the communities Larian Velletri and Cisterna di Latina may grow this wine.
Twinning
Velletri has twinning closed with
- Luxembourg Esch- sur -Alzette in Luxembourg
- Kőszeg Hungary in Hungary
- Germany Offenbach am Main in Hesse
- Austria Mödling in Lower Austria
Sons and daughters of the town
- Marta Bastianelli (* 1987), Italian professional cyclist
- Alessio Cerci (* 1987), Italian footballer
- Marco Ferrante ( b. 1971 ), Italian footballer
- Xavier Leroux (1863-1919), French opera composer