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Encyclopedia > Cori, Italy
Comune di Cori
Coat of arms of Comune di Cori
Municipal coat of arms
Country Italy Italy
Region Lazio
Province Latina (LT)
Mayor Tommaso Bianchi (since June 2004)
Elevation 384 m
Area 86 km²
Population
 - Total (as of 2004-12-31) 10,802
 - Density 122/km²
Time zone CET, UTC+1
Coordinates 41°39′N 12°55′E
Gentilic Coresi
Dialing code 06
Postal code 04010
Frazioni Giulianello
Website: www.comune.cori.lt.it


Cori is a town and commune in the province of Latina, in the Lazio region of central Italy. Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... The Regions of Italy were granted a degree of regional autonomy in the 1948 constitution, which states that the constitutions role is: to recognize, protect and promote local autonomy, to ensure that services at the State level are as decentralized as possible, and to adapt the principles and laws... Lazio (Latium in Latin) is a regione of central Italy, bordered by Tuscany, Umbria, Abruzzo, Marche, Molise, Campania and the Tyrrhenian Sea. ... In Italy, the province (in Italian: provincia) is an administrative division of an intermediate level, between municipality (comune) and region (Regione). ... Latina (It. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Time zones of Europe: Light colours indicate countries not observing daylight saving Central European Time (CET) is one of the names of the time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. ... Central European Time West Africa Time British Summer Time* Irish Summer Time* Western European Summer Time* Category: ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with ethnonym. ... Here are a list of area codes in Italy. ... A frazione, in Italy, is the name given in administrative law to a type of territorial subdivision of a comune; for other subdivisions, see municipio, circoscrizione, quartiere. ... Latina (It. ... Lazio (Latium in Latin) is a regione of central Italy, bordered by Tuscany, Umbria, Abruzzo, Marche, Molise, Campania and the Tyrrhenian Sea. ...


History

Cori was well developed in the age of the expansion of Rome (7th-6th century BCE). It became a Roman possession after the Social War (90-88 BCE), maintaining some administrative and political autonomy. The Roman Forum was the central area around which ancient Rome developed. ... Template:Campaignbox Social War This article is about the conflict between Rome and her allies between 91 and 88 BC The Social War (also called the Italian War or the Marsic War, Social come from Socii meaning ¨Allies¨) was a war from 91 – 88 BC between the Roman Republic and...


In the Middle Ages Cori was often allied with its neighbour Velletri Velletri (ancient Velitrae) is a commune in the province of Rome, on the Alban Hills, in Lazio (Latium) - Italy. ...


Main sights

  • The Temple of Hercules (early 1st century BCE)
  • Sanctuary of Madonna del Soccorso
  • Santa Maria della Pietà, originally in Romanesque style, rebuilt in the 17th century
  • church of St. Francis (1521-26)
  • church of Santa Oliva, built in 1467-85 over a Roman temple dedicated to Janus. In the apse is a fresco of Pinturicchio's school. Annexed is a cloister from 1480. Neaby are the remains of the Temple of Castor and Pollux
  • Ponte della Catena ("Chain Bridge")
  • Oratory of SS. Annunziata, frescos [1]
  • church of St. John the Baptist (16th century)

Janus may refer to: Janus (mythology), the two-faced god of gates, doors, doorways, beginnings, and endings in Roman mythology Janus (moon), a moon of Saturn Janus Patera, a shallow volcanic crater on Io, a moon of Jupiter Janus (simulation), a military combat simulation first developed in the late 1970s... The Crucifixion with Sts Jerome and Christopher (1471) Oil on wood, 59 x 40 cm Galleria Borghese, Rome Pinturicchio (1454-1513), Italian painter, whose full name was Bernardino di Betti. ...

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