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]
Traces o Roman an Etruscan ceevilizations foond in the Kirk o Saunt Caprisio indicate that thare wur dounsets in Aulla lang afore the 8t century CE, when margrave Adalbert I o Tuscany foondit a veelage an biggit a castle tae accommodate pilgrims travelin the via Francigena.[1] Here, at Aguilla Sigeric, Airchbishop o Canterbury, sojourned on his return journey frae Roum aboot 990.[2] The Malaspina faimily wrestit feudal pouer o the ceety an its contada frae the domination o the bishops an dukes o Luni. In 1543 the Centurione faimily purchased it. They biggit the Fortress Brunella, which wis bocht in the early 20t century bi Lina Waterfield, an remains privately awned, functionin as a museum o natural history for the Lunigiana region. One of the most important biggins o the toun is the Abbey o San Caprasio that wis foondit in the 8t Century an wis namit bi Saunt Caprasius o Lérin, whose bouk wis transferred tae Aulla in the 10t century.
In 1943 the historic centre o Aulla wis destroyed bi Anglo-American bombins aimit at German troops stationed thare durin the Seicont Warld War. A replica o a unexplodit bomb is preservit 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 troops.
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) demonstrated in detail that the notorious "cartulary of Aulla", supposedly drawn up at the end of the thirteenth century, was in fact a forgery by Alfonso Ceccarelli, who was executed for other forgeries in 1583.
- ↑ F. P. Magoun, Jr., "The Italian Itinerary of Philip II (Philippe-Auguste) in the Year 1191" Speculum 17.3 (July 1942;367-376) p. 373. Magoun notes that Philip Augustus of France may have stopped here on his more leisurely northward journey in 1191, but the possibly corresponding entry in his itinerary is unclear.
Freemit airtins[eedit | eedit soorce]
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