Comune di Nocera Umbra
Country	Italy
Region	Umbria
Province	Perugia (PG)
Altitude	520 m
Area	157 km²
Population  - City  - Density	5,896 (as of ) 37/km²
Time zone	CET, UTC+1
Coordinates	43°7′N 12°47′E
Frazioni	see list
Telephone Prefix	0742
Postal Code	06025
Gentilic	Nocerini
Patron:  - Saint   -Day	San Rinaldo February 9
Mayor	Donatello Tinti (since May 29, 2006)
Website	www.comune.noceraumbra.pg.it ]

Nocera Umbra (Latin Nuceria Camellaria) is a town in the province of Perugia, Italy, 12 miles by rail north by east of Foligno, at an altitude of 520 m (1706 ft.) above sea-level. It has a population of about 5900. The Comune, covering an area of 157.19 km², is one of the largest in Umbria. Image File history File links 100px-Nocera_Umbra-Stemma. ... 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... Umbria is a region of central Italy, bordered by Tuscany to the west, the Marche to the east and Lazio to the south. ... In Italy, the province (in Italian: provincia) is an administrative division of an intermediate level, between municipality (comune) and region (Regione). ... Perugia (It. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... A square metre (US spelling: square meter) is by definition the area enclosed by a square with sides each 1 metre long. ... Density (symbol: ρ - Greek: rho) is a measure of mass per unit of volume. ... A time zone is a region of the Earth that has adopted the same standard time, usually referred to as the local time. ... Central European Time (CET) is one of the names of UTC+1 time zone, 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. ... It has been suggested that leap second be merged into this article or section. ... 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. ... Nocera Umbra (Latin Nuceria Camellaria) is a town in the province of Perugia, Italy, 12 miles by rail north by east of Foligno, at an altitude of 520 m (1706 ft. ... A demonym or gentilic is a word that denotes the members of a people or the inhabitants of a place. ... February 9 is the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... May 29 is the 149th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (150th in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... Perugia (It. ... Foligno, (Latin: Fulginiae, Fulginium) an ancient town of Italy, in the province of Perugia in east central Umbria, at 233 meters (764 ft) above sea-level, on the Topino river where it leaves the Apennines and enters the wide plain of the Clitunno river system. ... In Italy, the comune, (plural comuni) is the basic administrative unit of both provinces and regions, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality. ... Umbria is a region of central Italy, bordered by Tuscany to the west, the Marche to the east and Lazio to the south. ...

History

The town of Nocera was founded in the seventh century BCE by inhabitants from Camerinum, an Umbrian town, which left their birthplace during a so called ver sacrum (sacred spring). The name of Nocera in Osco-Umbrian language was Noukria, meaning "New" (town). Camerino is small town of 7 000 in Marche, Italy and lies on the Apennines between Marche and Umbria, between the valleys of the rivers Potenza and Chienti. ... Umbria is a region of central Italy, bordered by Tuscany to the west, the Marche to the east and Lazio to the south. ... Osco-Umbrian is a language which was spoken in central Italy before Latin replaced it as the power of the Romans expanded. ...

The Roman town was not located on the hill - where modern Nocera lies - but in the valley, near the Topino creek. The Roman Forum was the central area around which ancient Rome developed. ...

The town - under the Latin name Nuceria Camellana – came under Roman control between the end of the fourth century and the first decades of the 3rd century BCE, and became a Municipium. This acquired soon strategic importance because it lied on that branch of the via Flaminia, the road which linked Rome to the Adriatic, going from Forum Flamini (S. Giovanni Profiamma, near Foligno) to Fanum, on the Picenum. Several remains of the Roman roads are visible still today. From Nuceria the Romans built also another road – the Septempedana - leading to the Roman military outposts of Prolaqueum and Septempeda, on the Adriatic side of the Apennines. Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... (2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium) The 3rd century BC started on January 1, 300 BC and ended on December 31, 201 BC. // Events The Pyramid of the Moon, one of several monuments built in Teotihuacán Teotihuacán, Mexico begun The first two Punic Wars between Carthage... A municipium was the second highest class of a Roman city, and was inferior in status to the colonia. ... The Via Flaminia was a Roman road leading from Rome to Ariminum (Rimini), and was the most important route to the north. ... The Adriatic Sea is an arm of the Mediterranean Sea separating the Apennine peninsula (Italy) from the Balkan peninsula, and the system of the Apennine Mountains from that of the Dinaric Alps and adjacent ranges. ... Foligno, (Latin: Fulginiae, Fulginium) an ancient town of Italy, in the province of Perugia in east central Umbria, at 233 meters (764 ft) above sea-level, on the Topino river where it leaves the Apennines and enters the wide plain of the Clitunno river system. ... Fano (estimated 2003 population 58,041) is a town and [comune]] of the province of Pesaro and Urbino in the Marche region of Italy. ... This is about the terrestrial mountain range. ...

According to Pliny the Elder, Nuceria was inhabited by the two genses called Nucerini Favonienses (faithful of Favonia, also named Fauna, a Goddess) and Camellani (originating from Camerinum, or maybe makers of camellae, small wooden containers). Strabo writes that the town was famous for the production of wooden Vases (possibly barrels). Pliny the Elder: an imaginative 19c portrait. ... Fauna is a collective term for animal life of any particular region or time. ... Camerino is small town of 7 000 in Marche, Italy and lies on the Apennines between Marche and Umbria, between the valleys of the rivers Potenza and Chienti. ... the Greek georgapher Strabo, in a 16th‑century engraving. ... Barrel can refer to: Barrels for storage; especialy Barrels for aging alcoholic beverages. ...

During the second Punic war, in 217 BCE, Hannibal is said to have camped with his army near the town, (in a place which still today is called Affrica), after the battle of Trasimeno, on his way to the Adriatic Sea. Combatants Roman Republic Carthage Commanders Publius Cornelius Scipio†, Titus Sempronius Longus Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus, Gaius Flaminius†, Fabius Maximus, Claudius Marcellus†, Lucius Aemilius Paullus†, Gaius Terentius Varro, Marcus Livius Salinator, Gaius Claudius Nero, Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus†, Masinissa Hannibal Barca, Hasdrubal Barca†, Mago Barca†, Hasdrubal Gisco, Maharbal, Syphax, Hanno the... Events Macrinus becomes Roman Emperor on the death of Caracalla. ... Bust of Hannibal Hannibal (247 BC – 183/182 BC; sometimes referred to as Hǎnnibal Barca) was a Carthaginian politician and statesman who is considered to be one of the finest military generals in history. ... Lake Trasimeno or Trasimene (in Italian: Lago Trasimeno), is the largest lake in peninsular Italy with a surface area of 128 km/sq, just slightly less than that of Lake Como. ...

Near Nuceria, on the shores of the today desiccated Lacus Plestinus, the Commander of the Roman cavalry, Centenius, fought with 4,000 Knights a battle against carthaginian Troops headed by Maharbal. Maharbal was Hannibals cavalry commander during the Second Punic War. ...

The town reached the apogee of its prosperity during the first two centuries CE.

During the fifth Century, Nuceria became bishop's see. A bishop is an ordained member of the Christian clergy who, in certain Christian churches, holds a position of authority. ...

The Roman town was destroyed at the beginning of 5th century CE, possibly by the Visigoths: the survivors rebuilt their homes on the top of the hill, where today's Nocera still lies. The Lombards occupied the town and set there an Arimannia, then a Gastaldatus and finally, at the beginning of the 9th century (during the Frankish period) it became a County. The walled town – it was named arx fortissima in contemporary documents - guarded the northern border of the Duchy of Spoleto against the Byzantines residing at Gualdo Tadino. The importance of Nocera during the Lombard period is stressed by the Necropolis explored in 1897, whose findings – weapons, jewels, household utensils, ceramics - build the core of the Museo dell'alto Medioevo in Rome. Europe in 450 The 5th century is the period from 401 - 500 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian Era. ... The Visigoths, originally Tervingi, or Vesi (the noble ones), one of the two main branches of the Goths (of which the Ostrogothi were the other), were one of the loosely-termed Germanic peoples that disturbed the late Roman Empire. ... The Lombards (Latin Langobardi, from which the alternative name Longobards found in older English texts), were a Germanic people originally from Northern Europe that entered the late Roman Empire. ... Arimannia (from Lombard ari-mann (German heer-mann, man of the army, that is free man active in the army)) was - during the Lombard domination in Italy - a group of warriors directly subjected to the King. ... A gastald (Latin gastaldus or castaldus, Italian gastaldo or guastaldo) was a Lombard official in charge of some portion of the royal demesne (a gastaldia or castaldia) with civil, martial, and judicial powers. ... As a means of recording the passage of time the 9th century was that century that lasted from 801 to 900. ... A county is generally a sub-unit of regional self-government within a sovereign jurisdiction. ... Gualdo Tadino, (Latin: Tadinum, later Taginae) an ancient town of Italy, in the province of Perugia in northeastern Umbria, at 43°14N 12°47E, at 536 meters (1759 ft) above sea-level on the lower flanks of Mt. ... A necropolis (plural: necropolises or necropoleis) is a cemetery or burying-place, literally a city of the dead. Apart from the occasional application of the word to modern cemeteries outside large towns, the term is chiefly used of burial grounds near the sites of the centers of ancient civilizations. ...

During the Middle Ages Nocera acquired its present character of walled town. The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ...

In 1202 the town came under the domination of Perugia, and was destroyed in 1248 by emperor Frederick II. Short thereafter it came in possession of the Trinci of Foligno. // Events August 1 - Arthur of Brittany captured in Mirebeau, north of Poitiers Beginning of the Fourth Crusade. ... Perugia is the capital city in the region of Umbria in central Italy, near the Tiber river, and the capital of the province of Perugia. ... Events Louis IX of France departs on the Seventh Crusade for Egypt Kingdom of Castile captures city of Seville from Muslims Cologne cathedral: old cathedral burns down April 30; foundation stone to current cathedral laid August 15 Births Deaths January 4 - King Sancho II of Portugal, in exile in Toledo... Frederick II (December 26, 1194 – December 13, 1250), Holy Roman Emperor of the Hohenstaufen dynasty, was pretender to the title of King of the Romans from 1212, unopposed holder of that monarchy from 1215, and Holy Roman Emperor from 1220 until his death in 1250. ... Foligno, (Latin: Fulginiae, Fulginium) an ancient town of Italy, in the province of Perugia in east central Umbria, at 233 meters (764 ft) above sea-level, on the Topino river where it leaves the Apennines and enters the wide plain of the Clitunno river system. ...

In 1421 the Castellan of Nocera, Pietro di Rasiglia, since suspected his wife of adultery with Nicolò Trinci, invited the whole Trinci family to an hunting party and killed all the them, except the young Corrado, who took revenge of the murder of his relatives attacking the town and killing the unfaithful castellan. Events March 21 - Battle of Beaugé. A small French force surprises and defeats an English force under Thomas, Duke of Clarence, a brother of Henry V of England, in Normandy. ...

In 1439 Cardinal Giovanni Vitelleschi crushed the Trinci's Signoria, and Nocera was annexed to the Papal States. The town, with the exception of the Napoleonic period, remained under Pope's lordship until 1860 when, as a part of Umbria, was annexed to the Kingdom of Italy. Events Battle of Grotnik, which ended the hussite movement in Poland Eric of Pomerania, King of Sweden, Denmark and Norway is declared deposed in Sweden. ... Giovanni Maria Vitelleschi (born at Corneto Tarquinia - died at Rome, April 1 or 2, 1440), the fighting bishop of Recanati (from 1431), afterwards made a cardinal, was the condottiere-bishop who was commander of the papal armies of Pope Eugenius IV when the Colonna faction at Rome, infuriated by the... The Signoria was the government of medieval and renaissance Florence. ... The Papal States (Gli Stati della Chiesa or Stati Pontificii, States of the Church) was one of the major historical states of Italy before the boot-shaped peninsula was unified under the Piedmontese crown of Savoy (later a republic). ... For other uses, see Napoleon (disambiguation). ... The current Pope is Benedict XVI (born Joseph Alois Ratzinger), who was elected at the age of 78 on 19 April 2005. ... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... Umbria is a region of central Italy, bordered by Tuscany to the west, the Marche to the east and Lazio to the south. ...

The town and the surrounding hamlets have been struck several times by strong Earthquakes. The major ones took place on April 30, 1279 April 17, 1747 and September 26, 1997. The damages of the last one have not been fully repaired yet. An earthquake is a phenomenon that results from and is powered by the sudden release of stress in rocks that radiates seismic waves. ... April 30 is the 120th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (121st in leap years), with 245 days remaining. ... For broader historical context, see 1270s and 13th century. ... April 17 is the 107th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (108th in leap years). ... // Events January 31 - The first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Dock Hospital April 9 - The Scottish Jacobite Lord Lovat was beheaded by axe on Tower Hill, London, for high treason; he was the last man to be executed in this way in Britain May 14 - First battle of Cape... September 26 is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 96 days remaining. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The Roman Catholic diocese Nocera Umbra, dating back till the 5th century, is now part of the Diocese of Assisi-Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino. In 1915 it was united with the diocese Gualdo Tadino, in 1986 with the diocese of Assisi. Pope Pius XI blesses Bishop Stephen Alencastre as fifth Apostolic Vicar of the Hawaiian Islands in a Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace window. ... 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Nocera Umbra (before September 26, 1997).

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Main sights

It has some old churches, containing pictures and frescoes; in the Cathedral is a large altarpiece by Niccolò Alunno. Six km south-east of the town (frazione of Bagni) is the Angelica mineral spring. 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. ...

The principal mount is the Pennino with an altitude of 1575 m (5167 ft). Pennino may refer to: Pennino Brothers Jewelry, costume jewelry produced in NYC from 1927 to 1961. ...

Fractions

Acciano, Aggi, Bagnara, Bagni, Boschetto, Boschetto Basso, Capannacce, Casa Paoletti, Casaluna, Case, Case Basse, Castiglioni, Castrucciano, Cellerano, Colle, Colle Croce, Colpertana, Colsaino, Gaifana, Isola, La Costa, Lanciano, Largnano, Le Moline, Maccantone, Mascionchie, Molina, Molinaccio, Montecchio, Mosciano, Nocera Scalo, Nocera Umbra Stazione, Pettinara, Ponte Parrano, Schiagni, Sorifa, Villa di Postignano, Ville Santa Lucia

Sources

• Sigismondi, Gino (1979). Nuceria in Umbria. Ediclio, Foligno.
• Boschi, Enzo, and others (1988). I terremoti dell’Appennino umbro-marchigiano area sud orientale dal 99 a.C. al 1984. ING-SGA, Bologna.

External links

• ItalianVisits.com

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