Allerona
| Allerona | |||
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| Comune di Allerona | |||
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 Allerona
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| Coordinates: 42°48′47″N 11°58′26″E / 42.81306°N 11.97389°ECoordinates: 42°48′47″N 11°58′26″E / 42.81306°N 11.97389°E | |||
| Country | Italy | ||
| Region | Umbria | ||
| Province | Terni (TR) | ||
| Frazioni | Allerona Scalo | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Valentino Rocchigiani | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 82.21 km2 (31.74 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 472 m (1,549 ft) | ||
| Population (2007)[1] | |||
| • Total | 1,866 | ||
| • Density | 23/km2 (59/sq mi) | ||
| Demonym | Alleronesi | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 05010 | ||
| Dialing code | 0763 | ||
| Patron saint | St. Ansano | ||
| Saint day | December 1 | ||
| Website | Official website | ||
Allerona is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Terni in the Italian region Umbria, located about 50 km southwest of Perugia and about 60 km northwest of Terni.
During World War II, the bridge at Allerona was the site of a bombing of a train car filled with Allied prisoners in January, 1944. Many of those on the train had come from a German prison camp at Frosinone, further to the south, and had been evacuated in anticipation of the Allied advance. One of the men on the train, Richard Morris, in the 45th Infantry, had been captured at Venafro, imprisoned at Frosinone, and had been put on the train, which was presumably heading to Germany. In his memoirs, Morris wrote that the train was halted on the bridge over the river when the Allied bombs started to fall, and that the German guards fled the train, leaving the prisoners locked inside. Many escaped, Morris included, through holes in the boxcars caused by the bombing, and jumped into the river below. Noted Anglo-American historian Iris Origo wrote in her diary, War In Val d'Orcia, that 450 were killed when the cars ultimately tumbled into the river.[2][3]
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