Tolfa
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Tolfa The name seems to derive from "Tulphae" From the root tol-(raise), referring to its geographical location or the name of a Lombard prince (or Agilulf Ataulfo).
Industry alum resulted in a sudden development that Tolfa in 1530 by Clement VII had the statutes of the autonomous communities and expanded rapidly over the walls. |
Complex built near the cave, about 4 kilometers from Tolfa, made by processing factory alum (the Allumiere ") and manufactured built to house the workers, said the country life alum. Tolfa In 1799, following a revolt against the Roman Republic was sacked and the ruins of the fortress were further damaged.
The prevailing agricultural crops are cereals, vegetables and vines. The economy is based on cattle breeding mass: tolfetani Maremma cattle and horses, but also on the extraction of kaolin and various activities artigianali.In particular Tolfa prodcule is a special bag called "Catania", founded in 1575 by of such a "Master Stephen. In the 70 'Catana the lands in America and even in the 80' was in Italy the "bag of Tolfa.
Among the most ancient traditions that have been handed down over centuries there are the religious ones, being present in Tolfa, since sec. XVI, many fraternities. Worthy of particular note are the processions on Good Friday and that of St. Anthony, patron saint of animals, then the patron of farmers and peasants.
It must also mention a fervent activity of dialect poetry which many poets partecimano arm also village.
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