Aulla

Aulla
Aulla
	Comune
	Comune di Aulla
	Coat airms
	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]

The waws o the Brunella Fortress abuin Aulla

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.^{[citation needit]} 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.^{[citation needit]}

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.^{[citation needit]}

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.

Freemit airtins[eedit | eedit soorce]

Offeecial wabsteid Archived 2010-02-03 at the Wayback Machine

[1] 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.

[2] 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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