Sora, Lazio
Sora | |
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| Comune di Sora | |
 Panoramic view | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Sora within the Province of Frosinone | |
Location of Sora  | |
  Sora Location of Sora in Italy  Sora Sora (Lazio) | |
| Coordinates:41°43′N13°37′E/ 41.717°N 13.617°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Lazio |
| Province | Frosinone(FR) |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Luca Di Stefano |
| Area | |
| • Total | 72.13 km2(27.85 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 300 m (1,000 ft) |
| Population (30 November 2019)[3] | |
| • Total | 25,799[1] |
| Demonym | Sorano |
| Time zone | UTC+1(CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2(CEST) |
| Postal code | 03039 |
| Dialing code | 0776 |
| Patron saint | Santa Restituta |
| Saint day | May 27 |
| Website | Official website |
Sora(Italian pronunciation:[ˈsɔːra]) is a town andcomuneofLazio,Italy, in theprovince of Frosinone.It is built in aplainon thebanksof theLiri.This part of thevalleyis the seat of some important manufacturing, especially of paper mills. The area around Sora is famous for the costumes of its peasants.
History
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Sora, an ancientVolsciantown, was thrice captured by theRomans,in 345, 314, and 305 BCE, before they managed, in 303, by means of a colony 4,000 strong, to confirm its annexation as aLatin colony.In 209, it was one of the colonies that refused further contributions to the war againstHannibal.By thelex Julia,it became amunicipium,but underAugustus,it was colonized by soldiers of thelegio IV Sorana,which had been mainly enrolled there. It belonged technically toLatium adiectum.
Located in theDucatus Romanusunder the authority of the pope during the earlyDark Ages,it was captured by theLombardsofGisulf I of Beneventoin 705.
The castle ofSorella,built on the rocky height above the town, was in theMiddle Agesa stronghold of some note. In 1229, during theWar of the Keys,it submitted to thePapacyand was then sacked by theEmperor Frederick II,its inhabitants hanged. In 1443, KingAlfonso of Naplesmade Sora the seat of an independentDuchy;it was afterwards seized byPope Pius II,but being restored to the Cantelmi byPope Sixtus IV,it ultimately passed to the dukeGiovanni Della Rovere.AgainstCesare Borgia,the city was heroically defended byFrancesco Maria I Della Rovere.It was purchased byPope Gregory XIIIfor 11,000 ducats and bestowed under the suzerainty of Gregory's son,Giacomo Boncompagni(who was the firstduke of Soraof the family).
Geography
[edit]The distance from Sora to centre ofRomeis 115 km; heading in the opposite direction, the downtown area ofNaplesis 138 km from Sora.
The municipality, located next toAbruzzo,borders withArpino,Balsorano(AQ),Broccostella,Campoli Appennino,Castelliri,Isola del Liri,Monte San Giovanni Campano,Pescosolido,andVeroli.[4]
Main sights
[edit]The originalcathedral,consecrated byPope Adrian IVin 1155, was destroyed by the earthquake of 1634.
Above the town on a precipitous rock, elevation 540 metres (1,770 ft), that guards the Liri's valley and the entrance to theAbruzziare remains of polygonal walls; here, possibly, was the citadel of the originalVolsciantown. Also, remains of medieval fortifications are there.
Among the churches in town are theSanctuary of the Madonna della FiguraandSan Silvestro Papa.
Notable people
[edit]- Suranus
- Caesar Baronius
- Luca Brandolini
- Ludovico Camangi
- Vittorio Cristini
- Alfredo De Gasperis
- Vittorio De Sica
- Enzo Di Pede
- Tony Evangelista
- Alessio Giustini
- Filippo Iannone
- Lucius Mummius
- Stefano Pescosolido
- Giulio Polerio
- Quintus Valerius Soranus
- Anna Tatangelo
- Zappacosta
- Davide Zappacosta
- Mario Ferri
Twin towns
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Vaughan,Canada[5]
Athis-Mons,France
References
[edit]- ^"Statistiche demografiche ISTAT".
- ^"Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011".Italian National Institute of Statistics.Retrieved16 March2019.
- ^"Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018".Italian National Institute of Statistics.Retrieved16 March2019.
- ^41487Sora onOpenStreetMap
- ^"International Friendship and Twin City Relationships"(PDF).City of Vaughan Economic Development Strategy.Millier Dickinson Blais Inc. 2010. p. 58.
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain:Chisholm, Hugh,ed. (1911). "Sora".Encyclopædia Britannica.Vol. 25 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 429–430.
External links
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- Official website(in Italian)
- Purcell, N., R. Talbert, T. Elliott, S. Gillies (29 November 2020)."Places: 433126 (Sora)".Pleiades.Retrieved8 March2012.
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