Bagnoregio

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| name = Bagnoregio

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| image_caption = Saint Augustine square with the Annunciation church

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| coordinates = {{coord|42|37|36|N|12|5|42|E|type:city(3,737)_region:IT|display=inline,title}}

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| region = Lazio

| province = Viterbo (VT)

| frazioni = Capraccia, Castel Cellesi, Civita di Bagnoregio, Ponzano, Vetriolo

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| mayor = Francesco Bigiotti (May 26, 2014 - 2nd mandate)

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| area_total_km2 = 72.8

| population_footnotes = All demographics and other statistics: Istat - Italian National Institute of Statistics.

| population_total = 3678

| population_as_of = 31-12-2010

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| population_demonym = Bagnoresi

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| elevation_m = 484

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| saint = St. Bonaventure

| day = July 15

| postal_code = 01022

| area_code = 0761

| website = {{url|comune.bagnoregio.vt.it}}

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Bagnoregio ({{IPA|it|ˌbaɲɲoˈrɛːdʒo}}) is a {{lang|it|comune}} (municipality) in the Province of Viterbo in the Italian region of Lazio, located about {{convert|90|km|mi}} northwest of Rome and about {{convert|28|km|mi}} north of Viterbo.

History

{{For|ecclesiastical history and titular see|Roman Catholic Diocese of Bagnoregio}}

The current main town was in ancient times a suburb of the hill town in the same comune now known as Civita di Bagnoregio. In ancient times this was called Novempagi and Balneum Regium, whence the medieval name of Bagnorea.

During the barbarian invasions of Italy, between the sixth and ninth centuries, the city was taken several times by the Ostrogoths and the Lombards. Charlemagne is said to have included it in the Patrimonium Petri, and the Emperor Louis I to have added it to the Papal States in 822.

It is famous as the birthplace (more specifically Civita di Bagnoregio) of the philosopher Bonaventure in the early 13th century. Writer Bonaventura Tecchi also hailed from Bagnoregio.

References

Sources and external links

{{Catholic Encyclopedia |wstitle=Diocese of Bagnorea |volume=2 |first=Umberto |last=Benigni}}
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[http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/bagn0.htm GigaCatholic] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140204022510/http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/bagn0.htm |date=2014-02-04 }}
[http://musicasacra.forumfree.it/?t=23164663 The Fraternity of the Most Holy Virgin Mary in Bagnoregio] (in Italian).

Category:Cities and towns in Lazio