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Segni
Città di Segni
Segni is located in Italy
Segni
Segni
Location o Segni in Italy
Coordinates: 41°41′N 13°01′E / 41.683°N 13.017°E / 41.683; 13.017
KintraItaly
RegionLazio
ProvinceRoum
Govrenment
 • MayorStefano Corsi
Area
 • Total61 km2 (24 sq mi)
Elevation
668 m (2,192 ft)
Population
 (31 May 2012)[1]
 • Total9,375
 • Density150/km2 (400/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Segnini
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
00037
Diallin code06
Patron sauntSan Bruno
Saunt dayJuly 18
WebsiteOffeecial wabsteid

Segni (in Laitin Signia) is an Italian toun an comune locatit in Lazio. The ceety is situatit on a hilltop in the Lepini Muntains, an owerleuks the valley o the Sacco River.

History

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Early history

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Accordin tae auncient Roman soorces, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, the seivent king o Roum, established a Roman colony at the toun, then kent as Signia.[2] Addeetional colonists wur reportitly sent thare in 495 BC.[3]

The auncient airchitectural remains at the steid date maistly frae the Republican period. Thir include a circuit o fortification waws biggit uisin polygonal masonry. The waws incorporatit a seestem o gates, includin the Porta Saracena which is covered bi a muckle monolithic airchitrave. Atop the auncient acropolis o Segni sits the podium o the temple o Juno Moneta, which nou supports a Medieval kirk o Saunt Peter (tent century).

Later history

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On several occasions Segni servit as a place o refuge for papes, an the mid-twalt century Eugene III erectit a palace thare. In the twalt century it came intae possession o the Coonts o Marsi, hereditary enemies o the Orsini. The faimily cried de' Conti producit several popes (Innocent III, Gregory IX an Alexander IV) an mony cardinals. In 1558 Segni wis sackit bi the forces o the Duke o Alba in the war against Pape Paul IV; immense buity wis captured, as the indwallers o the ither touns o the Campagna haed fled thither. Politeecian Giulio Andreotti wis born in Segni in 1919.

Main sichts

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  • Co-cathedral o Santa Maria Assunta, biggit in the early 17t century on the umwhile temple o St. Bruno. The bell touer is frae the 11t century. The interior haes a pentin bi Francesco Cozza.
  • Polygonal waws.
  • Auncient acropolis

Twin touns

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References

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Sources

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  • De Rossi, G.M. (1982). Segni.
  • Cifarelli, Francesco Maria (2003). Il tempio di Giunone Moneta sull'acropoli di Segni: storia, topografia e decorazione architettonica.

Freemit airtins

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  • Quilici, L., S. Quilici Gigli, R. Talbert, T. Elliott, S. Gillies. "Places: 423072 (Signia)". Pleiades. Retrieved 8 Mairch 2012.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors leet (link)