Province of Frosinone

Coordinates: 41°38′N 13°21′E / 41.633°N 13.350°E / 41.633; 13.350
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Province of Frosinone
Provincia di Frosinone
Province
Palazzo Gramsci, the provincial seat
Palazzo Gramsci, the provincial seat
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The province of Frosinone (

comuni (sg.: comune), listed in the comuni of the province of Frosinone
.

The province was established by royal decree on 6 December 1926 with territories belonging to the then provinces of Rome and Caserta. The areas of the then province of Caserta were the left valley of the Liri-Garigliano river, the district of Sora, the Valle di Comino, the district of Cassino, the Gulf of Formia and Gaeta, the Pontine Islands, which until then had been for centuries included in the Province called Terra di Lavoro, of the Kingdom of Naples (or of the Two Sicilies). Most of these territories were part of the ancient Latium adiectum.

Geography

See also: Valle del Liri, Valle Latina, and Valle di Comino

The province largely follows the territory of the low and middle

Comino Valley
extends along the border with Abruzzo.

The territorial boundaries are mostly marked by mountain ranges: the

Mainarde
to the northeast.

The mountain system of the territory of the province of Frosinone follows the natural development of the mountain ranges of the Italian peninsula; the two main systems are part of the central

Apennines to the north, and the Lazio pre-Apennines to the south, divided by the low and middle Latin Valley crossed by the Sacco and Liri
rivers.

History

See also:
Volscians, and Latins (Italic tribe)

The first traces of human presence in the provincial territory date back to prehistoric times: a famous skull of

Homo cepranensis, in the Prehistorical Museum of Pofi), dating from 800,000 years ago, constitutes the most ancient finding of the Homo species in Europe
.

In historical times (the 10th-9th centuries BC), the area, previously occupied by the so-called

Pelasgic civilization, was settled by Indo-European colonists. This arrival is referred to in numerous legends, such as those of Aeneas and Saturn. The latter, ousted by Olympus, was said to come to Lazio to help the men and found seven cities whose name begins with "A" (for example, Alatri and Anagni
).

Linguistic map of Southern Lazio: Central Italian in pink and Southern Italian (Neapolitan dialects) in magenta[4]

In the 7th century BC, the area of what is now the province entered the orbit of

Social and the Samnite Wars
.

After the fall of the

Campagna since the 12th century[5]) belonged to the Papal States
, while the region south of the Liri orbited around the powers of Benevento and then Naples.

In the Middle Ages, the abbey of

County of Aversa: annexed to the Kingdom of Naples under the Normans (12th century), from the late 14th century it became part of the county and then, with an independent status, of the Duchy of Sora. Pontecorvo
remained a Papal enclave from 1463.

After the

Fascist government made Frosinone the capital of a province which unified different areas that belonged to the Papal and Neapolitan states. This action generated criticism, as these states were considered too different in history, language and culture, especially by the Bourbon
-nostalgic party that maintained a strong position in southern Italy for many decades.

The creation of a new province, with capitals in Cassino, Formia and Sora, and comprising the former territories of the Kingdom of Naples, has been proposed.

Main comuni

As of 31 December 2014,[6] the main comuni by population are:

City Population
 Density
(km2)
Frosinone 46,529 47 km2
Cassino 35,913 82 km2
Alatri 29,642 92 km2
Sora 26,162 71 km2
Ceccano 23,504 60 km2
Anagni 21,441 113 km2
Ferentino 21,027 80 km2
Veroli 20,798 120 km2

Gallery

  • Frosinone
    Frosinone
  • Acropolis of Ferentino
    Acropolis of Ferentino
  • Arpino, pointed arch
    Arpino, pointed arch
  • Montecassino Abbey Library
    Montecassino Abbey Library

References

  1. ^ "Demo-Geodemo. - Mappe, Popolazione, Statistiche Demografiche dell'ISTAT".
  2. ^ Regions and Cities > Regional Statistics > Regional Economy > Regional Gross Domestic Product (Small regions TL3), OECD.Stats. Accessed on 16 November 2018.
  3. ^ Giuseppe Ponzi, Osservazioni geologiche fatte lungo la Valle Latina, Roma, 1849; Sabrina Pietrobono, I monasteri della Media Valle Latina (Frosinone): aspetti topografici e scelte insediative, in Letizia Ermini Pani, Committenza, scelte insediative e organizzazione patrimoniale nel Medioevo, Atti del Convegno di studio, Tergu 15-17 settembre 2006, Centro Italiano di Studi sull'Alto Medioevo, Spoleto, 2007, p. 472; Antonello Angelucci, La serie miocenica nella media Valle Latina (Frosinone), in "Geologica Romana", V, 1966; Italy, Volume 1, Naval Intelligence Division (of the United Kingdom), 1944, p. 292
  4. ^ Pellegrini's map Archived 2009-10-12 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Massimo Montanari, Storia medievale, Laterza, 2015
  6. ^ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT Archived 2012-02-25 at the Wayback Machine

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