Anticoli Corrado
Encyclopedia
Anticoli Corrado is a comune
(municipality) in the Province of Rome
in the Italian
region Latium
, located about 40 km northeast of Rome
. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 932 and an area of 16.3 km².
Anticoli Corrado borders the following municipalities: Mandela
, Marano Equo
, Rocca Canterano
, Roviano
, Saracinesco
.
Anticoli became known in the 19thcentury because its young inhabitants used to pose as models for the community of artists living near Piazza di Spagna. Some artists eventually went to see the birthplace of their models and found Anticoli a very picturesque site to the point of living there for some time. The town attracted artists until World War II. Anticoli and some of the neighbouring towns (shown in this page) were portrayed in many paintings. Anticoli can be reached from Tivoli following Via Tiburtina Valeria.
Stanley Kramer
's The Secret of Santa Vittoria
(1969) was almost entirely shot here.
Comune
In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...
(municipality) in the Province of Rome
Province of Rome
The Province of Rome , is a province in the Lazio region of Italy. The province can be viewed as the extended metropolitan area of the city of Rome, although in its more peripheral portions, especially to the north, it comprises towns surrounded by rural landscape.-Geography:The Province of Rome...
in the Italian
Italy
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region Latium
Latium
Lazio is one of the 20 administrative regions of Italy, situated in the central peninsular section of the country. With about 5.7 million residents and a GDP of more than 170 billion euros, Lazio is the third most populated and the second richest region of Italy...
, located about 40 km northeast of Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 932 and an area of 16.3 km².
Anticoli Corrado borders the following municipalities: Mandela
Mandela (RM)
Mandela is a comune in the Province of Rome in the Italian region Lazio, located about 40 km northeast of Rome.Mandela borders the following municipalities: Anticoli Corrado, Cineto Romano, Licenza, Percile, Roccagiovine, Roviano, Saracinesco, Vicovaro.-References:...
, Marano Equo
Marano Equo
Marano Equo is a comune in the Province of Rome in the Italian region Latium, located about 45 km east of Rome. It stands on a steep slope descending to the Aniene valley with the Monti Simbruini located nearby....
, Rocca Canterano
Rocca Canterano
Rocca Canterano is a comune in the Province of Rome in the Italian region Latium, located about 45 km east of Rome. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 230 and an area of 15.8 km²....
, Roviano
Roviano
Roviano is a comune in the Province of Rome in the Italian region Latium, located about 45 km northeast of Rome.Roviano borders the following municipalities: Anticoli Corrado, Arsoli, Cineto Romano, Mandela, Marano Equo, Riofreddo. It is home to polygonal walls dating to the late Aequi age,...
, Saracinesco
Saracinesco
Saracinesco is a comune in the Province of Rome in the Italian region Lazio, located about 40 km northeast of Rome. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 169 and an area of 11.0 km²....
.
Anticoli became known in the 19thcentury because its young inhabitants used to pose as models for the community of artists living near Piazza di Spagna. Some artists eventually went to see the birthplace of their models and found Anticoli a very picturesque site to the point of living there for some time. The town attracted artists until World War II. Anticoli and some of the neighbouring towns (shown in this page) were portrayed in many paintings. Anticoli can be reached from Tivoli following Via Tiburtina Valeria.
Stanley Kramer
Stanley Kramer
Stanley Earl Kramer was an American film director and producer. Kramer was responsible for some of Hollywood's most famous "message" movies...
's The Secret of Santa Vittoria
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
The Secret of Santa Vittoria is a 1969 film made by Stanley Kramer Productions and distributed by United Artists. It was produced and directed by Stanley Kramer and co-produced by George Glass from a screenplay by Ben Maddow and William Rose. It was based on the novel by Robert Crichton...
(1969) was almost entirely shot here.
Main sights
- Church of St. Peter (11th century)
- Palazzo Baronale (17th century)
- Piazza delle Ville, with a fountain by Arturo MartiniArturo MartiniArturo Martini was a leading Italian sculptor between World War I and II. He moved between a very vigorous classicism and modernism. He was associated with public sculpture in fascist Italy, but later renounced his medium altogether.-Futurism:Martini seems to have been an active supporter of the...
- Civic Museum of Modern Art, housing works by artists connected to the town, such as Oscar Kokoschka, Felice CarenaFelice CarenaFelice Carena was an Italian painter.Born at Cumiana, he studied in the Turin's Art Academy; here he frequented Symbolist poets such as Arturo Graf and Giovanni Cena. In 1906 he moved to Rome and in 1912 he exposed his works at the Biennale di Venezia...
and others.