- Paliano
Infobox CityIT
img_coa = Paliano-Stemma.gif
img_coa_small = yes
official_name = Comune di Paliano
region =Lazio
province = Frosinone (FR)
elevation_m = 471
area_total_km2 = 70
population_as_of =2004-12-31
population_total = 7826
population_density_km2 = 106
timezone = CET, UTC+1
coordinates = coord|41|48|N|13|03|E|region:IT
frazioni =
telephone = 0775
postalcode = 03018
gentilic = Palianesi
saint =St. Andrew
day =November 30
mayor = Armenio Giordani (since June 2004)
website =Paliano is a town and commune in the
province of Frosinone , in theLazio region of centralItaly .History
Paliano was the seat of a branch of the powerful
Colonna family whose head was Lord, then Duke, thenPrince of Paliano . Their fortress dominates the town. In 1556 papal forces captured the town, which was governed for a few years by Giovanni Carafa, nephew ofPope Paul IV , as Duke. His wife, Violante di Cardona, was the Duchess of Paliano celebrated in Stendhal’s novella of the same name.Upon the death of Paul IV in 1559,
Marcantonio Colonna regained the town. His participation in the naval battle of Lepanto in 1571 is commemorated by the Via Lepanto leading to the family palazzo. The seventeenth century church of Sant’ Andrea contains the tombs of the Colonna, including a magnificient tomb for PrinceFilippo II Colonna byBernardino Ludovisi , completed in 1745. In the nineteenth century the Colonna fortress was sold to thePapal States , which used it as a prison.References
* Robert Enggass, “Ludovisi’s Tomb for a Colonna Prince.” "The Burlington Magazine". CXXXV (1993): 822–824.
External links
* [http://www.romeartlover.it/Paliano.html Abridged History of Rome: Paliano]
* [http://lazio.indettaglio.it/eng/comuni/fr/paliano/paliano.html lazio.indettaglio.it on Paliano]
* [http://www.portafurba.it/storia_di_paliano.htm Storia di Paliano]
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