Sarsina

Sarsina

Infobox CityIT
img_coa = Sarsina-Stemma.png official_name = Comune di Sarsina
region = Emilia-Romagna
province = Forlì-Cesena (FC)
elevation_m = 243
area_total_km2 = 100| name=Sarsina
mapx=44.6|mapy=12.18
population_as_of = December 31, 2000
population_total = 3662
population_density_km2 = 37
timezone = CET, UTC+1
coordinates = coord|43|55|N|12|09|E
frazioni = Calbano, Quarto, Ranchio, Sorbano, Tezzo, Turrito
telephone = 0547
postalcode = 47027
gentilic = Sarsinati
saint = San Vicinio
day = August 28
mayor =
website = [http://www.comune.sarsina.fo.it www.comune.sarsina.fo.it] [http://www.sarsina.info www.sarsina.info]

Sarsina (from Latin Sassina) is an Italian town situated in the province of Forlì-Cesena, Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy.

History

Ancient Sassina was a town of the Umbri. Captured by Cornelius Scipio in 271 BC, it became later a "municipium" of the Roman empire. In 266 BC Roman "consuls" celebrated a triumph over the Sassinates. It is metioned in the "Fasti", and in the enumeration of the Italian allies of the Romans in 225 BCE the Umbri and "Sassinates" are mentioned, on an equal footing, as providing 20,000 men between them. It is possible that the "tribus Sapinia" (the name of which is derived from the river Sapis) mentioned by Livy in the account of the Roman marches against the Boii in 201 BC and 196 BC formed a part of the Sassinates. The poet Plautus was native of Sassina. The town had a stratetig importance, as inscriptions, preserved in the local museum, show. Its milk is frequently mentioned; it was the centre of a pasture district and it provided a number of recruits for the Praetorian guard. In the 10th century the bishops obtained the temporal sovereignty of the city and the surrounding district, which thus became a prince-bishopric. From 1327 till 1400 it was disputed for by the Ordelaffi of Forlì, the popes and the bishops. In the fifteenth century it was subject in turn to the Malatesta family of Cesena, and then to the Malatesta branch of Rimini, from whom it was taken by Cesare Borgia (1500-03), on whose death it was captured by the Venetians (1503-09). In 1518 it was enfeoffed to the Pio di Meldola, passing later to the Aldobrandini.

Main sights

The city contains remains of several ancient buildings, one of which probably was the public baths. Furthermore, remains of temples and fortifications have been found, as well as a number of urns, pillars, bronze objects, etc.

The cathedral is a noteworthy monument, probably constructed around the year 1000 - 1008 has been chosen as its official year of construction, so that there will be festivities in 2008. [ [http://www.cattedralesarsina.it/home/index.php Cattedrale Sarsina - SARSINA 1008 ] ] The Sanctuary of San Vicinio is a place of veneration.

Economy

Besides agriculture and cattle-raising, the principal employments of the population are the sulphur and manganese industries. There are some deposits of fossilized carbon and various sulphur springs.

ee also

*Bishopric of Sassina

ources

*Catholic|Sarsina
*1911

References

External links

* [http://www.comune.sarsina.fo.it Comune di Sarsina]
* [http://www.sarsina.info/index.php?lang=en City of Sarsina]


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