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Atina, Lazio

Atina
Comune
Comune di Atina
Atina - Cattedrale.JPG
Coat of arms of Atina
Coat of arms
Atina is located in Italy
Atina
Atina
Location of Atina in Italy
Coordinates: 41°37′N 13°48′E / 41.617°N 13.800°E / 41.617; 13.800Coordinates: 41°37′N 13°48′E / 41.617°N 13.800°E / 41.617; 13.800
Country Italy
Region Lazio
Province / Metropolitan city Frosinone (FR)
Frazioni Capo di China, Colle Alto, Colle Melfa, Le Sode, Ponte Melfa, Rosanisco, Sabina, San Marciano, Settignano
Government
 • Mayor Silvio Mancini
Area
 • Total 490 km2 (190 sq mi)
Population (2007)
 • Total 4,480
 • Density 9.1/km2 (24/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 03042
Dialing code 0776
Patron saint San Marco Galileo
Saint day October 1
Website www.comune.atina.fr.it

Atina is a town and comune in the province of Frosinone, Lazio region of central Italy.

The economy is mostly based on agriculture (olive oil, wine – including Cabernet – and beans).

Atina was a town of the Samnites, later conquered by the Romans.

Cicero speaks of it as a prosperous country town, which had not as yet fallen into the hands of large proprietors; and inscriptions show that in the Imperial age it was still flourishing.

After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, it was conquered by the Lombards, becoming part of the Duchy of Benevento in 702. Later it was ruled by the lords of Capua, the counts of the Marsi and those of Aquino, and, together with of most of the Comino Valley of the County (later Duchy) of Alvito. It remained part of the Kingdom of Naples until 1860.

Once a part of the Terra di Lavoro province, it was included in the province of Frosinone in 1929.

The walls, of carefully worked polygonal blocks of stone, are still preserved in parts: their enclosure is larger than the modern town. One of these remains is a boundary stone relating to the assignation of lands in the time of the Gracchi, of which six other examples have been found in Campania and Basilicata.


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