Comune di Civita Castellana
Municipal coat of arms
Country	Italy
Region	Lazio
Province	Viterbo (VT)
Mayor	Massimo Giampieri
Elevation	145 m (476 ft)
Area	83. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest For the football club see SS Lazio Lazio ( Latium in Latin) is a regione of central In Italy, a Province (in Italian provincia) is an administrative division of intermediate level between Municipality ( Comune The Province of Viterbo (Provincia di Viterbo is a province in the Lazio region of Italy. 28 km² (32 sq mi)
Population (as of 2001)
- Total	15,219
- Density	183/km² (474/sq mi)
Time zone	CET, UTC+1
Coordinates	42°17′N, 12°24′E
Gentilic	Civitonici
Dialing code	0761
Postal code	01033
Frazioni	Borghetto, Sassacci
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- Day	September 16
Website: www.comune.civitacastellana.vt.it

Civita Castellana is a town in the province of Viterbo, 65 km north of Rome. Events 1400 - Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers The Province of Viterbo (Provincia di Viterbo is a province in the Lazio region of Italy. Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2

The façade of the Cathedral of Civita Castellana.

Mount Soracte lies about 10 km to the south-east. The Monte Soratte (ancient Soracte) is a mountain ridge in the Province of Rome, Italy.

History

Civita Castellana was settled during the Iron Age by the Italic people of the Falisci, who called it Falerii. The Falisci were an ancient Italian tribe They spoke an Italic language Faliscan, closely akin to Latin. After the Faliscan defeat against the Romans, a new city was built by the latter, about 5 km away, and called Falerii Novi. Ancient Rome was a Civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC

The abandoned city was repopulated beginning in the early Middle Ages, with the new name of Civita Castellana (roughly translated as "City of the Castle") mentioned first in 994. Events By Place Europe Sweyn Forkbeard marries Sigrid the Haughty In the following centuries the city was a flourishing independent commune, often contended by the Pope and the Holy Roman Empire. Captured by Pope Paschal II at the beginning of the 12th century, the city was given as fief to the Savelli by Gregory XIV. Paschal II, born Ranierius, (died January 21, 1118) was Pope from August 13, 1099 until his death The Savelli ( de Sabellis in documents were a rich and influential Roman family who rose to prominence in the twelfth century and were extinct in the male line in Pope Gregory XIV ( February 11, 1535  &ndash October 16, 1591) born Niccolò Sfondrati, was Pope from December

Sixtus IV assigned the city to Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia, the future Pope Alexander VI, who started the construction of the Rocca ("Castle"), which was completed under Julius II. Pope Sixtus IV ( July 21, 1414 &ndash August 12, 1484) born Francesco Della Rovere, was Pope from 1471 to 1484 Pope Alexander VI ( 1 January 1431 &ndash 18 August 1503) born Roderic Llançol, later Roderic de Borja i Borja ( Pope Julius II (5 December 1443 &ndash 21 February 1513 born Giuliano Della Rovere, was Pope from 1503 to 1513

Civita Castellana became an important road hub with the connection to the Via Flaminia (1606) and the construction of Ponte Clementino after the French victory against a Neapolitan army in 1709. The Via Flaminia was a Roman road leading from Rome to Ariminum ( Rimini) and was the most important route to the north Year 1709 ( MDCCIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year

Main sights

The cathedral of Santa Maria di Pozzano (Santa Maria Maggiore) possesses a fine portico, erected in 1210 by Laurentius Romanus, his son Jacobus and his grandson Cosmas, in the Cosmatesque style, with ancient columns and mosaic decorations. Cosmatesque style is a style of floor-making typical of Medieval era Italy, and especially of Rome and its surroundings Art History Mosaics of the 4th century BC are found in the Macedonian palace-city of Aegae, and they enriched the floors of Hellenistic The right portal has a rare example of Early Middle Ages Germanic figurative art, portraying a boar hunt. The interior was modernized in the 18th century, but has some fragments of cosmatesque ornamentation. The 18th century lasted from 1701 to 1800 in the Gregorian calendar, in accordance with the Anno Domini / Common Era numbering system The high altar is made out of a Paleo-Christian sarcophagus of the 3rd or 4th century. The ancient crpyt and the old sacristy are also interesting.

The church of Santa Chiara was a Renaissance portal from 1529, while the Church of the Carmine has a noteworthy, small belltower from the 12th century, including antique Roman elements.

The Rocca (citadel) was erected by Alexander VI from the designs of Antonio da Sangallo the Elder, over pre-existing fortifications, and enlarged by Julius II and Leo X. Antonio da Sangallo the Elder (c 1453 &ndash December 27 1534) was a Florentine architect active during the Italian Renaissance Pope Leo X, born Giovanni de' Medici (December 11 1475 – December 1 1521 was Pope from 1513 to his death

Ponte Clementino, the bridge by which the town is approached, dates to the 18th century.

The town also contains the ruins of the Castle of Paterno, where, on 23 January 1002, the Emperor Otto III died at the age of 22. Events 393 - Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his nine year old son Honorius co-emperor Otto III (980 &ndash January 23, 1002) was the fourth ruler of the Saxon or Ottonian dynasty of the Holy Roman Empire.

The National Archaeological Museum contains findings from

Sources and references

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