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Polino

Province of Terni, Umbria Region, Italy

The small town is situated in a mountainous area along the border with the province of Rieti. In the past its economy was amainly based on agriculture and sheep breeding, but recently it has undergone a remarkable tourist development as a winter sports center.

Info:

Population: ca.250 inhabitants -- Zip/postal code: 05030 -- Phone Area Code: 0744

History

In the late Middle Ages it was a fiefdom of the Polino family, then passed under the Arrone eand later under the Castelli family from Terni, who built the beatiful castle, still remarkably preserved. It was an important strategic border point between the CHurch State and the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, and a mint thanks to the presence of a gold mine in the area.

What to see:

Resti del castello e torrione
Fontana (1625)

49 different surnames presently recorded

(the number after the surnames refers to the number of families, as counted from the white pages of mid-1990's)

ANTONELLI 9 * BACARO * BALDOROSSI 2 * BIANCONI * BIGIONI * CAMUZZI * CAPUTO * CARINI * CONTI 2 * DE ANGELIS * DE DOMINICIS * DELLA SALA * DI LORENZI 3 * DIONISI 2 * DONATELLI * FABRIZI * FIORELLI 8 * GIAMMINONNI 5 * GIOVANNELLI PILERI 4 * GUARRO * LOCCI * LOTTI DEL RE * MARCHETTI * MATTEUCCI 12 * MAZZAGGIO * MENICHELLI 2 * MODESTI * NERI 2 * OLIVIERI * ORSINI 5 * ORSINI CONTI * PETRUCCI 7 * PILERI 5 * PODDI * PROCACCI * PROCESSI * ROSSI * SALVATI CLEMENTE * SCARAMUCCIA 6 * SCUCCUGLIA * SPARAMONTI * TENTELLINI * TRANI * VALENTI * VALENTINI * VENANZI 6 * VENANZI ORSINI * VITAGLIANO * YI MAN *

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