Palazzo Bovarino

42°50′18″N 12°11′46″E / 42.83840384°N 12.19618853°E / 42.83840384; 12.19618853 Palazzo Bovarino is a historical locality in the municipality of San Venanzo, in the province of Terni, Umbria, central Italy.

Once an important rural community on the ancient via orvietana road between Perugia and Orvieto, it declined during the 19th century as new roads bypassed it.[1]

History

The site lies on the route of the ancient Etruscan road that connected Perugia with Orvieto via Monte Peglia.[1] The area was already mentioned in 1394, when Pope Boniface IX granted Monaldo IV Monaldeschi the feudal territory known as "della Montagna", which included Palazzo Bovarino.[2]

By the 17th century Palazzo Bovarino was a seigniory (signoria) associated with Orvieto.[3] In 1701, 1803 and 1816 it was listed among the fiefs subject to the jurisdiction of the magistrate of Orvieto.[4]

From the 17th century, the counts Pollidori of Orvieto held extensive lands in Palazzo Bovarino. In 1800, the estate was sold by Countess Angelina Marsciano, widow of Luca Pollidori, to Gaetano Faina for 5,000 scudi.[5] In 1882 the Faina family still held six farms there.[5]

From the 19th century Palazzo Bovarino went into decline. It had owed its medieval importance to its location on the Orvietan road linking Perugia to Orvieto. The opening of new road networks that bypassed the site deprived Palazzo Bovarino of this role.[1]

Many inhabitants gradually transferred to Ospedaletto, taking with them local traditions and even the parish title of San Lorenzo.[1] A school at Palazzo Bovarino was closed and replaced by schools in Ospedaletto and Spante.[6] By the mid-20th century, Palazzo Bovarino had become almost entirely depopulated, with most inhabitants relocating to Ospedaletto and San Marino.[7]

Today Palazzo Bovarino is a rural locality of San Venanzo at the convergence of six roads, remembered as a once-flourishing hamlet.[8] Its cemetery remained in use into the twentieth century, though by 2006 it was reported to be in poor condition.[9]

Demographics

In 1656 the population of Palazzo Bovarino was recorded as 361 inhabitants.[10] In 1816 it was a luogo baronale (baronial estate) in the Delegation of Viterbo, with 372 inhabitants.[11]

By 1833, the population was recorded at 339, with a territory of 39,137 tavole (local land measure).[12]

A statistical survey of the Papal States in 1853 reported 517 inhabitants, organised in 57 families. Only 10 residents lived in the central settlement, while 507 lived dispersed in the countryside, almost all engaged in agriculture.[13]

At the 1901 Italian census, Palazzo Bovarino had 730 inhabitants, of whom 706 were classed as sparsa (scattered) and only 24 as agglomerata (clustered in the settlement).[14]

The 1961 census was the last to record Palazzo Bovarino as a separate frazione, at which time it counted 178 inhabitants, including both the settlement and its surrounding area.[15]

Religious institutions

Palazzo Bovarino had a parish church dedicated to San Lorenzo, documented between 1787 and 1869.[16] In 1824 the parish priest was the only resident of the old castle.[17]

The parish was formally suppressed in 1955, when the title was transferred to the church of San Lorenzo in Ospedaletto.[18]

References

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  2. ^ Bassetti, Sandro (2017). Monte Rubiaglio nei secoli (in Italian). Lampi di stampa. ISBN 978-88-488-1907-7.
  3. ^ De Divitiis, Raffaele (1903). Dizionario dei predicati della nobiltà italiana. Napoli: G.M. Priore.
  4. ^ De Dominicis, Claudio. "Feudi e feudatari dello stato pontificio" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 November 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  5. ^ a b Montecchi, Luca. "Nobiltà e borghesie terriere nella Montagna orvietana tra XVIII e XX secolo" (PDF). Retrieved 1 September 2025.
  6. ^ Montecchi, Luca. "Il contributo di Eugenio Faina alla formazione professionale dei contadini nell'umbria mezzadrile". Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  7. ^ "Chiesa di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo asceso al Cielo". Beni Ecclesiastici in Web (in Italian). Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  8. ^ "Ospedaletto – Palazzo Bovarino – Spante". Portale ufficiale turistico del Comune di San Venanzo. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  9. ^ "San Venanzo. Il degrado del cimitero di Palazzo Bovarino". archivio.orvietosi.it. Archivio storico Orvietosì. 2006-09-08. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  10. ^ Corridore, Francesco (1906). La popolazione dello Stato romano (1656-1901). Loescher. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  11. ^ Moto proprio della santità di nostro signore papa Pio settimo in data dei 6. luglio 1816. Vincenzo Poggioli stampatore della R.C. Apost. 1816.
  12. ^ Relazione alla santità di nostro signore papa Pio 9. sulla eseguita revisione dell'estimo rustico della provincia di Orvieto (in Italian). Tipografia della Rev. Cam. Apostolica. 1853.
  13. ^ Palmieri, Adone (1857). Topografia statistica dello stato pontificio (in Italian). Tipografia Forense. p. 155.
  14. ^ Censimento della popolazione del regno d'Italia al 10 febbraio 1901 (in Italian). Direzione generale della statistica. 1902. p. 265.
  15. ^ "10° Censimento generale della popolazione (15 ottobre 1961). Volume III: dati sommari per comune. Fascicolo 55. Provincia di Terni" (PDF). Istituto centrale di statistica. 1965. Retrieved 2026-02-15.
  16. ^ "Parrocchia di San Lorenzo in Palazzo Bovarino". SIUSA. Archived from the original on 30 May 2025. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  17. ^ "Chiesa di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo asceso al Cielo". Beni Ecclesiastici in Web (in Italian). Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  18. ^ "Chiesa di San Lorenzo". Beni Ecclesiastici in Web (in Italian).
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