Roccasecca

Coordinates: 41°33′N 13°40′E / 41.550°N 13.667°E / 41.550; 13.667
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For the comune in the Province of Latina, see Roccasecca dei Volsci.
Roccasecca
Comune
Comune di Roccasecca
View of the historical center of Roccasecca.
View of the historical center of Roccasecca.
Location of Roccasecca
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Postal code
03038
Dialing code0776
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Roccasecca is a town and comune in the Province of Frosinone, in the Lazio region of central Italy. It is the birthplace of Thomas Aquinas.[4]

History

The history of Roccasecca is tightly bound to its strategic position, a "dry

River Melfa, spanned by three ancient bridges there, remains of which still exist. However, the Medieval commune truly began in the early Middle Ages
.

It is commonly remembered that

rocca to a collateral branch of the Counts of Aquino, whose primary seat at Aquino
lies 8 kilometres (5 mi) to the south; they retained their custody of the fortification through numerous battles, throughout the centuries.

After the middle of the sixteenth century, some of the inhabitants descended to the valley to erect permanent housing there, giving rise to the frazioni Roccasecca Centro, Castello, and Caprile. In the ensuing centuries the rocca of Roccasecca passed between the

Habsburg control. In the eighteenth century, droughts, disease, and excessive fiscal pressures drastically reduced the number of inhabitants. In the nineteenth century, the illusory Napoleonic promises of liberty were dissolved in Carbonaria
and brigandage.

After the unification of Italy in 1860 and the arrival in 1902 of a railroad line to Avezzano that linked Roccasecca with the larger world, emigration to the industrial north and farther abroad became more practical. But the agricultural life of Roccasecca remained unbroken until World War II. The war was a tragic episode: Roccasecca was chosen, due to its rail station and railroad bridge across the Melfa, as the headquarters for the German XIV Panzer Corps under General Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin, with the consequence of repeated Allied bombing, which heavily damaged the commune's population and culminated in a ferocious attack on the rail station.

In the post-war period, reconstruction brought some industry for the first time and modern redevelopment in the demolished area around the restored railroad station.

The seventh centennial of St. Thomas Aquinas' death was honoured with the visit of St. Paul VI on 14 September 1974.

References

  1. ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Roccasecca". Tuttitalia (in Italian).
  3. ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  4. ^ Lindsay, Thomas Martin; Mitchell, John Malcolm (1911). "Thomas Aquinas" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 2 (11th ed.). pp. 250–252.

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