Pontecorvo
Sign in to savePontecorvo is a town and comune in the province of Frosinone, Lazio, Italy. Its population is . The village lies under Rocca Guglielma, a medieval fortification perched on an inaccessible spur. Its name derives from the pons curvus, "curved bridge", that may still be seen spanning the Liri in the center of the town that grew around the bridgehead in the course of the Middle Ages. The curve of the bridge was intended to divert timbers that might strike its piers during floods.
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Pontecorvo is a small town in the Lazio region of Italy, notable for its medieval history and a distinctive curved bridge spanning the Liri River that gives the town its name. The bridge's unique design was engineered to protect its piers from damage during floods, and the town developed around this strategic bridgehead during the Middle Ages.
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Key facts
- Italian comune.name
- Pontecorvo
- Italian comune.official_name
- Comune di Pontecorvo
- Italian comune.image_skyline
- Pontecorvo View.jpg
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- View of Pontecorvo
- Italian comune.image_shield
- Pontecorvo-Stemma.png
- Italian comune.region
- Lazio
- Italian comune.province
- Frosinone (FR)
- Italian comune.frazioni
- San Cosma, Sant'Oliva
- Italian comune.mayor
- Anselmo Rotondo
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 88.8
- Italian comune.population_total
- 12831
- Italian comune.population_as_of
- 30 November 2021
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Pontecorvo is a town and comune in the province of Frosinone, Lazio, Italy. Its population is . The village lies under Rocca Guglielma, a medieval fortification perched on an inaccessible spur. Its name derives from the pons curvus, "curved bridge", that may still be seen spanning the Liri in the center of the town that grew around the bridgehead in the course of the Middle Ages. The curve of the bridge was intended to divert timbers that might strike its piers during floods.
The folk etymology of corvo, "crow", symbol of the "black monks", the Benedictines of the abbey of Monte Cassino, within whose secular territory, the Terra Sancti Benedicti, Pontecorvo lay, is displayed in the town's modern coat-of-arms, which represents a crow surmounting a curved bridge. The town was destroyed during World War II, and rebuilt in a modern style.