Affile
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| Comune | ||
| Comune di Affile | ||
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| Coordinates: 41°53′3″N 13°5′49″E / 41.88417°N 13.09694°E | ||
| Country | Italy | |
| Region | Latium | |
| Province / Metropolitan city | Rome (RM) | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Ercole Viri | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 15.0 km2 (5.8 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 684 m (2,244 ft) | |
| Population (31 December 2011) | ||
| • Total | 1,552 | |
| • Density | 100/km2 (270/sq mi) | |
| Demonym(s) | Affilani | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| Postal code | 00021 | |
| Dialing code | 0774 | |
| Patron saint | Santa Felicita | |
| Website | Official website | |
Affile (Latin: Afilae) is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Rome in the Italian region Latium, located about 50 kilometres (31 mi) east of Rome.
Archaeology has showed the existence of a pre-Roman centre here, on the border of the lands of the Hernici and the Aequi. In the 1st century AD it is mentioned as oppidum Afile by Frontinus. It was crossed by the Via Sublacense.
In the 10th century a village existed in the former Roman oppidum, centred on the church of St. Peter. In 1013 a castle (castrum) is cited in Affile, which in 1109 was ceded by Pope Paschal II to the Abbey of St. Scholastica of Subiaco. Later it was a possession of the Altieri and Braschi families.
On 11 August 2012 a publicly funded mausoleum and memorial park was unveiled in the town to Rodolfo Graziani, a former resident of the area and convicted war criminal. The event was met with widespread criticism in the national and international media. A campaign has since been launched to rededicate the memorial to those who died as a result of Graziani’s actions during Italy’s colonial wars in Ethiopia and Libya as well as during the short-lived Italian Socialist Republic.
An article in The New York Times article described the monument:
The monument, in a style reminiscent of fascist architecture, sits on the town’s highest hill, with the Italian flag flying from the top and inscriptions reading “Honor” and “Homeland.” Inside sits an austere marble bust of General Graziani, surrounded by original copies of the front pages of the newspapers from the day of his death in 1955, a plaque from a street once dedicated to him here and a list of his deeds and honors.
The mausoleum was reported to cost Euro 127,000, paid for by taxpayers from regional funds. The town’s mayor, Ercole Viri, donated the bust from his own collection and said he hoped the sight would be as “famous and as popular as Predappio” – the burial place of Mussolini which has become a shrine for neo-Fascists. He later defended the council’s decision by stating that “Graziano was not a war criminal”
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