Cascia 1052835 208293184 2008-04-26T10:13:21Z Attilios 428795 expanded {{Infobox CityIT | img_coa = Stemma-Cascia.gif| official_name = Comune di Cascia| region = [[Umbria]] | province = [[Province of Perugia|Perugia]] (PG) | elevation_m = 653| area_total_km2 =181.09| name=Cascia| img_coa_small=yes| mapx=42.779|mapy=13.0175| population_as_of = [[2007]]| population_total = 3245| population_density_km2 = | timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]], [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]+1 | coordinates = {{coor dm|42|43|N|13|10|E}}| frazioni = [[#Frazioni|see list]]| telephone = 0743| postalcode = 06043| gentilic =Casciani| saint = St. [[Rita of Cascia]]| day = [[May 22]] | mayor = Gino Emili| image_skyline=Cascia.jpg| website = [http://www.comune.cascia.pg.it www.comune.cascia.pg.it ] | }}'''Cascia''' is a town and ''[[comune]]'' (township) of the [[Italy|Italian]] [[province of Perugia]] in a rather remote area of the mountainous southeastern corner of [[Umbria]]. It is about 21&nbsp;km from [[Norcia]] on the road to [[Rieti]] in the Lazio (63&nbsp;km). ==History== the modern territory of Cascia was the home of the [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] settlement of ''[[Carsulae]]'', destroyed in the [[1st century BC]] by an earthquake. In the Middle Ages it was sacked by the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantines]] and the [[Lombards]], and was later a fief of the [[Trinci]] family. It was occupied by [[Papal States|Papal troops]] in the 15th century, and thenceforth it was a Papal town until the [[unification of Italy]] in [[1860]]. Cascia was the home of [[Saint Rita of Cascia]], who was born in the nearby ''[[frazione]]'' of Roccaporena in&nbsp;1381 and died there in&nbsp;1457. After her canonization in&nbsp;1900, a large shrine was built in Cascia, which is still an important place of pilgrimage; and the house where she was born may still be visited. ==''Frazioni''== Atri, Avendita, Buda, Castel San Giovanni, Castel Santa Maria, Cerasola, Chiavano, Civita, Colforcella, Collegiacone, Colmotino, Coronella, Fogliano, Logna, Maltignano, Ocosce, Onelli, Opagna, Poggio Primocaso, Roccaporena, San Giorgio, Santa Anatolia, Trognano, Villa San Silvestro, Santa Trinità, Fustagna, Piandoli, Giappiedi, Capanne di Collegiacone, Sciedi, Valdonica, Capanne di Roccaporena, Tazzo, Manigi, Serviglio, Colle Santo Stefano, Puro, Palmaiolo. ==External links== *[http://www.umbria.org/ita/citta/dir/default26.html Umbria.Org - Article about Cascia] (in Italian) *[http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Europe/Italy/Umbria/Perugia/Cascia/Cascia/home.html Bill Thayer's site - Article about Cascia] ''(Incorporates text from Bill Thayer's site, by permission.)'' <br> {{Province of Perugia}} {{Umbria-geo-stub}} [[Category:Cities and towns in Umbria]] [[eo:Cascia]] [[fr:Cascia]] [[bpy:কআসসিয়া]] [[it:Cascia]] [[nl:Cascia]] [[ja:カーシア]] [[nap:Cascia]] [[pl:Cascia]] [[pt:Cássia]] [[ro:Cássia]] [[sv:Cascia]] [[vo:Cascia]]