Colleferro
Colleferro
Comune di Colleferro | ||
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Comune of Colleferro | ||
ISTAT code 058034 | | |
Patron saint | St. Barbara | |
Saint day | 4 December | |
Website | Official website |
Colleferro (IPA: /kɔllefɛrro/) is a small town with 20 698 inhabitants of the
Physical geography
Territory
Colleferro is located near the
History
At Colleferro Italian patriot Enrico Toti, on 27 March 1908, had his left leg crushed. The train was stopped at the station to be joined by the Colleferro train. Toti was lubricating the engine of the locomotive and, when the locomotive moved, he slipped causing his left leg to be trapped and crushed by the gears.
The development of the town began as early as 1912 with the conversion of a long-disused sugar factory (the Valsacco factory) to an explosive factory. Initially, the town developed away from where the center is today; the first few buildings (including the Church of St. Joachim) were built within the territory of the nearby town of Valmontone, near the train station that was then called "Segni-Paliano", and was renamed "Segni-Station Colleferro" after the birth of the town.
The engineer Leopoldo Parodi Delfino (former senator and son of the founder of the National Bank, then
Colleferro continued growing throughout the 1920s and 1930s with still within the municipality of Valmontone. In 1935 Colleferro was incorporated as a new city. Later, Colleferro incorporated portions of the neighboring municipalities of Segni and Paliano.
On 1 February 1938 there was the worst ever explosion at the Bombrini Parodi Delfino (BPD). The number of dead and wounded and the damage was so severe that the news was reported even in the British
During World War II, the Allies repeatedly bombarded Colleferro to destroy the explosives factory. During the attacks, citizens found shelter in a series of caves and tunnels built under the "BPD Village".
In the early 1950s, BPD manufactured Lauryl, the first soap powder in Italy.
On 9 October 2007 one person was killed and eight were injured in an explosion at a weapons factory belonging to Italian company Simmel Difesa.
Twinning
Colleferro is twinned with:
- Colmenar Viejo, Spain
Main sights
Colleferro is home to the following churches:
- Santa Barbara
- Church of the Immaculate
- Church of San Bruno
- Church of St. Joachim
- Temple of Santa Barbara
- Church of St. Benedict
- Temple of Saint Anne
The air-raid shelters, residues of World War II, where some 1,500 civilians found shelter during the bombing, most of the "refuge" is still open on the feast of St. Barbara (4 December), patron of the country.
Economy
Agriculture
The territory has always been an agricultural vocation. From 2006 is in the "Rural District and the Valley of the agro-energy Latin.
As part of the redevelopment of the Valle del Sacco was initiated an experiment in "non-food crops (crops not for food). The crops will be
.As for the 'livestock, the environmental crisis had forced the slaughter of livestock and destruction of health protection for milk in all farms in the area. The farm has since rebounded with numerous protections for consumers.
Industry
The development of Colleferro is linked from the beginning to its industrial, with the opening of explosives Bombrini Parodi Delfino (BDP), to which were added numerous chemical plants and textile. The industrial area of Colleferro spread over 1000 hectares of land, mostly owned by Se.co.svim.
Some of the companies in the territory and have been: SNIA S.p.A. for working with pozzolan's Italcementi in the chemical Caffaro Ketones, Caffaro Benzoin the Se.co . Svim; for the construction and repair of the railway car body Alstom and RFI. Among the companies working with advanced teconology, Avio operates in the aerospace sector. Simmel business is in the war industry.
Sport
Colleferro includes the following sport venues:
- Municipal Stadium Maurizio Natali: About 2000 seats, covered. Hosts Colleferro Rugby and athletics. Grass pitch.
- Municipal Stadium Andrea Caslini. 960 seats, covered. Hosts SS Colleferro calcio, town main football club. AstroTurf.
- Campo Di Giulio Bruno. Football. 500 Seats uncovered. Astroturf
- Indoor arena Alfredo Romboli. 5 a side football, basketball and volleyball. Holds about 2000 seats.
- Municipal Swimming Pool.
- Field Archery
- Bowls Hall
External links
- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.