Aulla
Aulla | |
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| Comune di Aulla | |
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  Aulla Location o Aulla in Italy | |
| Coordinates: 44°13′N 09°58′E / 44.217°N 9.967°E | |
| Kintra | Italy |
| Region | Tuscany |
| Province | Massa an Carrara |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Roberto Simoncini (syne Juin 2004) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 59 km2 (23 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 64 m (210 ft) |
| Population (31 Mey 2007) | |
| • Total | 10,743 |
| • Density | 180/km2 (470/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Aullesi |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 54011 |
| Dialin code | 0187 |
| Patron saunt | St. Caprasius |
| Website | Offeecial wabsteid |
Aulla is a comune in the province o Massa an Carrara, Tuscany (central Italy).
History[eedit | eedit soorce]
Signacles o Roman an Etruscan ceevilizations foond in the Kirk o Saunt Caprisio shawed at thare wis dounsets in Aulla lang afore the 8t century CE, whan margrave Adalbert I o Tuscany foondit a veelage an biggit a castle tae accommodate pilgrims travelin the via Francigena.[1] Here, Sigeric, Airchbishop o Canterbury, ludgit at Aguilla on his hame-comin journey frae Roum in aboot 990.[2] The Malaspina faimily warstilt feudal pouer o the ceety an its contada frae the bishops' an dukes' owergangin o Luni. In 1543 the Centurione faimily purchased it. They biggit the Fortress Brunella, whilk wis bocht in the early 20t century bi Lina Waterfield, an remains privately awned, functionin as a museum o naitural history fur the Lunigiana region. Ane o the toun's maist important biggins is the Abbey o San Caprasio that wis foondit in the 8t Century an wis namit bi Saunt Caprasius o Lérin, whase bouk wis transport tae Aulla in the 10t century.
In 1943 the historic centre o Aulla wis destroyed bi Anglo-American bombins aimit at German troups stanced thare in the Seicont Warld War. A limn o a wanexplodit bomb is preserved in the Abbey o San Caprasio. In Apryle 1945, the 442nd Infantry Regiment (Unitit States) leeberatit the ceety o Aulla, efter fierce battles wi retreatin German troups.
Twin towns[eedit | eedit soorce]
Villerupt, Fraunce
Notes[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ Geo Pistarino, Una fonte medievale falsa e il suo presunto autore (University of Genoa, 1958) demonstratit in detail at the notour "cartulary o Aulla", thocht tae hae been drawn up at the end o the thirteent century, was in fact a forgery by Alfonso Ceccarelli, wha wis execute fur ither forgeries in 1583.
- ↑ F. P. Magoun, Jr., "The Italian Itinerary o Philip II (Philippe-Auguste) in the Year 1191" Speculum 17.3 (July 1942;367-376) p. 373. Magoun notes that Philip Augustus of France micht hae reestit here on his saunterin northlins journey in 1191, but the possibly confeirin entry in his itinerary is unclear.
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