Country Italy Elevation 430 m (1,410 ft) Time zone CET (UTC+1) Province Province of Latina Local time Monday 2:43 AM | Province / Metropolitan city Latina (LT) Demonym(s) Sonninesi Area 63 km² Region Lazio | |
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Frazioni Capocroce, Cerreto, Frasso, La Sassa, Sonnino Scalo Weather 7°C, Wind NE at 8 km/h, 72% Humidity | ||
Sonnino is a town and comune in the province of Latina, in the Lazio region of central Italy.
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Map of 04010 Sonnino Province of Latina, Italy
It is the birthplace of Italian national team footballer Alessandro Altobelli, and Roman Catholic archbishop Velasio de Paolis.
History
Originating in the Early Middle Ages (the name deriving perhaps from the Latin sommum, meaning "top"), Sonnino is mentioned for the first time in a Papal bull from 999. It was held first by the De Sompnino, and was acquired by Onorato I Caetani in 1369. The castle was inhabited by the Caetani d'Aragona until they sold it in 1469 to the Colonna, who were later followed by the Antonelli and the Talani families.
In July 1819 Cardinal Ercole Consalvi, Secretary of State at the Vatican, ordered Sonnino to be razed to the ground as it had become a notorious haunt of the banditi in the Campagna di Roma.