Colonna, Lazio
Colonna | |
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Comune di Colonna | |
UTC+2 (CEST) | |
Postal code | 00030 |
Dialing code | 06 |
Patron saint | St. Nicholas of Bari |
Website | Official website |
Colonna is a
History
Ancient era
The territory of Colonna is believed to have included the ancient community of
Middle Ages
Labicum Quintanas became an episcopal see in the 4th century. The inhabited area began to decay and disappeared with the Gothic War (535–554).
Colonna is mentioned for the first time in 1047, in a deed of Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor, a guest at the castle, which had taken its name from a column of the ancient Labicum Quintanense, when he stopped there during his march that with his army to Naples along the Via Casilina.
In 1101 Peter, child of Gregory III, Count of Tusculum, received as inheritance the territory and the Castle of Columna, with Monte Porzio Catone, Monte Compatri and other surrounding possessions. Peter was the founder of Colonna family, which took the name from this property.
In 1298 Pope Boniface VIII ordered the destruction of Colonna and its castle as punishment against the Colonna family. With the advent of Pope Clement V (1305) the Colonna family resumed the fief with all of its territories.
Modern age
In 1662, the Colonna family sold the Castrum Columnae to Cardinal Ludovico Ludovisi. In 1710 the Ludovisi family sold it to the Rospigliosi-Pallavicini family.
The Rospigliosi-Pallavicini maintained the feudal dominion on Colonna up to 5 June 1848. In 1849 the Comune and the Municipality of Colonna was constituted.
Main sights
The Baronial Palace (Italian: Palazzo Baronale) was built by the Colonna family in the 16th century on the site of the Roman castrum on the highest part on the hill. The main façade has an ashlar portal, while the opposite front has a double order of five arcades. The southwest side was modified when the church dedicated to Saint Nicholas was erected in the 18th century by the Pallavicini family.
Culture
In the first Sunday of July, the Donkeys' Palio (Italian: Palio degli Asini) is held. The seven quarters of the town compete riding donkeys in medieval dress.
There's a museum at the former train station with vintage railway cars, a collection of photographs of the station's history, and a reconstruction of the stationmaster's office.[5]
Transportation
The commune is connected to Rome and southern Italy through the
Twin towns
- La Planche, France
References
- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- Istat
- ISBN 0-691-03169-X), Map 43 & text.
- ^ Hazlitt's Classical Gazetteer Archived 2012-10-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "La ferrovia museo della stazione di Colonna (Colonna Station Railway Museum)". Retrieved 21 January 2021.