Anticoli Corrado ( Romanesco: ) is a ''

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'' (municipality) in the

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in the Italian region

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, located about northeast of

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. Anticoli Corrado borders the following municipalities: Mandela,

Marano Equo Marano Equo is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Rome in the Italian region Latium, located about east of Rome. It stands on a steep slope descending to the Aniene valley with the Monti Simbruini The Monti Simbruini are a ...

, Rocca Canterano,

Roviano Roviano is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Rome in the Italian region Latium, located about northeast of Rome. Roviano borders the following municipalities: Anticoli Corrado, Arsoli, Cineto Romano, Mandela, Marano Equo, ...

Saracinesco Saracinesco is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Rome in the Italian region Lazio, located about northeast of Rome. Saracinesco borders the following municipalities: Anticoli Corrado, Cerreto Laziale, Mandela, Rocca Cante ...

. Anticoli became known in the 19th century because its young inhabitants used to pose as models for the community of artists living near Piazza di Spagna in Rome. Some artists eventually went to see the birthplace of their models and found Anticoli a very picturesque site to the point of living there for some time. The town attracted artists until World War II.

Stanley Kramer Stanley Earl Kramer (September 29, 1913February 19, 2001) was an American film director and producer, responsible for making many of Hollywood's most famous "message picture, message films" (he would call his movies ''heavy dramas'') and a libera ...

's '' The Secret of Santa Vittoria'' (1969) was almost entirely shot here.

Main sights

*Church of St. Peter (11th century) *''Palazzo Baronale'' (17th century) *''Piazza delle Ville'', with a fountain by

Arturo Martini Arturo Martini (1889–1947) was a leading Italian sculptor between World War I and II. He moved between a very vigorous (almost ancient Roman) classicism and modernism. He was associated with public sculpture in fascist Italy, but later renou ...

*Civic Museum of Modern Art, housing works by artists connected to the town, such as

Oscar Kokoschka Oskar Kokoschka (1 March 1886 – 22 February 1980) was an Austrian artist, poet, playwright, and teacher best known for his intense expressionistic portraits and landscapes, as well as his theories on vision that influenced the Viennese Expres ...

Felice Carena Felice Carena (13 August 1879 – 10 June 1966) was an Italian painter. Biography Born at Cumiana, he studied in the Turin's Accademia Albertina, where he attended symbolist poets such as Arturo Graf and Giovanni Cena. In 1906 he moved to ...

, Paolo Salvati, Edita Broglio and Emanuele Cavalli.http://www.museoanticoli.it/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Collezione-1.pdf

Twin towns

* Arcos de la Frontera,

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References

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