Calcata

Calcata
Comune
Comune di Calcata
Calcata Location o Calcata in Italy
Coordinates: 42°13′N 12°25′E
Kintra	Italy
Region	Lazio
Province	Viterbo (VT)
Govrenment
• Mayor	Luciano Sestili
Area
• Total	7.67 km2 (2.96 sq mi)
Elevation	172 m (564 ft)
Population  (2007)
• Total	885
• Density	120/km2 (300/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Calcatesi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	01030
Diallin code	0761
Website	Offeecial wabsteid

Calcata is a comune an toun in the Province o Viterbo in the Italian region Lazio, locatit 47 km north o Roum bi caur, owerleukin the valley o Treja river.

Calcata borders the follaein municipalities: Faleria, Magliano Romano, Mazzano Romano, Rignano Flaminio.

In the 1930s, the hill touns's fortifeed historic centre wis condemned bi the govrenment for fear that the volcanic cliffs the auncient commonty wis built upon wad collapse. Local residents muived tae nearbi Calcata Nuova. In the 1960s, the emptied historical centre began tae be repopulatit bi airtists an hippies who squattit in its medieval stane an masonry structurs. Mony o the squatters eventually purchased their homes, the govrenment reversed its condemnation order, an the residents o wha haed become a airtistic commonty began restorin the auncient toun.

This trend haes continued. The day the toun haes a thrivin airtistic commonty describit in the New York Times as wha "mey be the grooviest veelage in Italy, hame tae a wacky commonty o about 100 airtists, bohemians, agin hippies an New Age teeps."

The historical centre now includes restaurants, cafes, and art galleries.

Main sichts

• Auld Toun
• Church of Santissimo Nome di Gesù, dating from the 14th century but restored from 1793.
• Sub-urban Pairk o Treja Valley.
• Remains of the Faliscan temple of Monte Li Santi (outside the village).

Demographic evolution

Freemit airtins

• Municipality o Calcata, Offeecial wabsteid
• www.calcata.info/ "Calcata: General Info", in Inglis an aw
• David Farley, "Calcata", New York Times