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Montelibretti
Montelibretti is a town and (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Rome in the Italian region of Lazio, located about northeast of Rome on the slopes of Monti Sabini. Montelibretti borders the following municipalities: Capena, Fara in Sabina, Fiano Romano, Monterotondo, Montopoli di Sabina, Montorio Romano, Moricone, Nerola, Palombara Sabina. The hamlet Borgo Santa Maria is a part of the town administratively. History The name derives from the presence of a Roman villa owned by Caius Brutius Presentis, Commodus' father-in-law. In the Middle Ages, starting from the 15th century, it was a fortress of the Orsini, who were succeeded by the Barberini and then by the Sciarra. In 1867 it was the location of a battle between Garibaldine and Papal troops, in the course of the Battle of Mentana. Main sights *Parish church of St. Nicholas * Barberini Palace, built over a castle of the Orsini *Necropolis of Colle del Forno (7th century BC), attributed to the Sabini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borgo Santa Maria, Montelibretti
Borgo Santa Maria is a small town located 30 km north-east of Rome. It is a hamlet belonging to the municipality of Montelibretti. It is situated on the Via Salaria, Km 38, close to other towns as Passo Corese Passo Corese is an Italian town and hamlet (''frazione'') of Fara in Sabina, a municipality in the province of Rieti, Lazio. In 2011 it had a population of 3,573. History Early history Close to Passo Corese is the site of Cures Sabinorum, also ca ... and Borgo Quinzio. References Cities and towns in Lazio Frazioni of the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital {{Lazio-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montorio Romano
Montorio Romano () is a (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Rome in the Italian region of Latium, located about northeast of Rome. Montorio Romano borders the following municipalities: Monteflavio, Montelibretti, Moricone, Nerola Nerola is a town and ''comune'' of the Metropolitan City of Rome, Latium, Italy. Name The name Nerola is probably derived from the Sabine word ''nero'' or ''nerio'', which meant "strong" and "brave". The inscription on the fountain in the piaz ..., Scandriglia. References Cities and towns in Lazio {{Latium-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nerola
Nerola is a town and ''comune'' of the Metropolitan City of Rome, Latium, Italy. Name The name Nerola is probably derived from the Sabine word ''nero'' or ''nerio'', which meant "strong" and "brave". The inscription on the fountain in the piazza of the town hall ''A Nerone tuum Nerola nomen habet'' traces the origin of the name back to the Roman emperor Nero, who belonged to the gens Claudia, which had distant Sabine origins. Traces of a Roman era villa have been found on that site, which legend attributes as belonging to Nero himself. History Acquaviva Within the ''comune'' is the ''frazione'' of Acquaviva, on the ancient Via Salaria. This may have been the seat of the bishopric called ''Aquaviva'' in Latin, whose bishops took part in synods held in Rome in the second half of the 5th century and the beginning of the 6th: Paulus or Paulinus in 465, Benignus in 487, 497, and 502, and Bonifacius in 503. No longer a residential bishopric, Aquaviva is today listed by the Catholic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fara In Sabina
Fara in Sabina (also shortened to Fara Sabina) is a (municipality) in the Province of Rieti in the Italian region of Lazio, located about northeast of Rome and about southwest of Rieti. History The area was inhabited in prehistoric times, as attested by several archaeological findings from the mid-Palaeolithic and late Bronze Ages. Between the 9th and the 6th centuries BC, a settlement of the Sabines, identified with the city of ''Cures'', existed here, continuing into Roman Empire times. Remains from it include the baths, a small theatre and terraces for agriculture. The origins of the modern town date from Lombard times (late 6th century AD), as it has been supposed from the presence of the Lombard word ''fara'' ("family clan") in the name. A castle is known from 1006 and, from 1050, Fara was a possession of the Abbey of Farfa, which is located in the present municipal territory. Later it was a fief of the Orsini. During World War II, the POW camp P.G. 54 was located at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiano Romano
Fiano Romano is a town and ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Rome, Italy, approximately north of the city. Fiano Romano borders the following municipalities: Capena, Civitella San Paolo, Montelibretti, Montopoli di Sabina, Nazzano. Etymology There are multiple hypotheses about the origin of the name Fiano: * According to some, the toponym could originally be derived from both the root of the Latin word ''Flavus'' (yellow, blond), with evident reference to the production of cereals grown or visible in the place; both from the reference to the possessions that the Flavia gens, gens Flavia had in the area (from ''Flaiano'', composed of the Latin personal name ''Flavius'' and the suffix "''anus''" which indicates belonging). * In Virgil's descriptions of the people who inhabited the Falisci, Faliscan Capenate territory in prehistoric times, the reference to the ''Flavini'' fields appears; while in the texts of Silio Italico reference is made to Flavina or "''of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moricone
Moricone is a (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Rome in the Italian region of Latium, located about northeast of Rome. Moricone borders the following municipalities: Monteflavio, Montelibretti, Montorio Romano, Palombara Sabina. Moricone is known for its fresh produce and olive oil Olive oil is a vegetable oil obtained by pressing whole olives (the fruit of ''Olea europaea'', a traditional Tree fruit, tree crop of the Mediterranean Basin) and extracting the oil. It is commonly used in cooking for frying foods, as a cond .... References Cities and towns in Lazio {{Latium-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eretum
Eretum (Greek: ), was an ancient town of the Sabines, situated on the Via Salaria, at its junction with the Via Nomentana, a short distance from the Tiber, and about from Rome. History Eretum lay near the frontier between Roman and Sabine territory in the regal period and early Republic. Solinus writes that it was established by Greeks in honor of Hera, and thus the name of the city (which he calls "Heretum") derives from her name. From the mention of its name by Virgil among the Sabine cities which joined in the war against Aeneas, we may presume that it was considered as an ancient town, and one of some importance in early times. Eretum never bears any prominent part in history, though from its frontier position on the line by which the former people must advance upon Rome, it was the scene of repeated conflicts between the two nations. The first of these occurred in the reign of Tullus Hostilius, during the war of that monarch with the Sabines; his successor Tarquinius Priscus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabini
The Sabines (, , , ; ) were an Italic people who lived in the central Apennine Mountains (see Sabina) of the ancient Italian Peninsula, also inhabiting Latium north of the Anio before the founding of Rome. The Sabines divided into two populations just after the founding of Rome, which is described by Roman legend. The division, however it came about, is not legendary. The population closer to Rome transplanted itself to the new city and united with the preexisting citizenry, beginning a new heritage that descended from the Sabines but was also Latinized. The second population remained a mountain tribal state, coming finally to war against Rome for its independence along with all the other Italic tribes. Afterwards, it became assimilated into the Roman Republic. Etymology The Sabines derived directly from the ancient Umbrians and belonged to the same ethnic group as the Samnites and the Sabelli, as attested by the common ethnonyms of ''Safineis'' (in ancient Gree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Necropolis
A necropolis (: necropolises, necropoles, necropoleis, necropoli) is a large, designed cemetery with elaborate tomb monuments. The name stems from the Ancient Greek ''nekropolis'' (). The term usually implies a separate burial site at a distance from a city, as opposed to tombs within cities, which were common in various places and periods of history. They are different from grave fields, which did not have structures or markers above the ground. While the word is most commonly used for ancient sites, the name was revived in the early 19th century and applied to planned city cemeteries, such as the Glasgow Necropolis. In the ancient world Egypt Ancient Egypt is noted for multiple necropoleis and they are major archaeological sites for Egyptology.. Ancient Egyptian funerary practices and beliefs about the afterlife led to the construction of several extensive necropoleis to secure and provision the dead in the hereafter. Probably the best-known one is the Giza Necropolis. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Mentana
The Battle of Mentana was fought on November 3, 1867, near the village of Mentana, located north-east of Rome (then in the Papal States, now modern Lazio), between French-Papal troops and the Italian volunteers led by Giuseppe Garibaldi. Garibaldi's troops tried to capture Rome, which was at that time the main Italian city not yet incorporated into the newly unified Kingdom of Italy. The battle ended in victory for the French-Papal troops, maintaining the independence of the Papal States until 1870. Background When the first Parliament of the Kingdom of Italy met in Turin, Victor Emmanuel II of Savoy was proclaimed King of Italy on March 17, 1861, and Rome was declared capital of Italy on March 27, 1861. However, the Italian government could not take its seat in Rome because Emperor Napoleon III maintained a French garrison there to prop up Pope Pius IX. This created an unstable political situation that led to much strife, both internal and external. In 1862 Giuseppe Garibaldi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Giuseppe Maria Garibaldi ( , ;In his native Ligurian language, he is known as (). In his particular Niçard dialect of Ligurian, he was known as () or (). 4 July 1807 – 2 June 1882) was an Italian general, revolutionary and republican. He contributed to Italian unification (Risorgimento) and the creation of the Kingdom of Italy. He is considered to be one of Italy's " fathers of the fatherland", along with Camillo Benso di Cavour, King Victor Emmanuel II and Giuseppe Mazzini. Garibaldi is also known as the "Hero of the Two Worlds" because of his military enterprises in South America and Europe. Garibaldi was a follower of the Italian nationalist Mazzini and embraced the republican nationalism of the Young Italy movement. He became a supporter of Italian unification under a democratic republican government. However, breaking with Mazzini, he pragmatically allied himself with the monarchist Cavour and Kingdom of Sardinia in the struggle for independence, subordinati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sciarra
Sciarra is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Girolamo Colonna di Sciarra (1708–1763), Italian Roman Catholic Cardinal of the noble Colonna di Sciarra family * Prospero Colonna di Sciarra (1707–1765), Italian Roman Catholic cardinal of the family of the dukes of Carbognano * Daniele Sciarra (born 1991), Italian footballer *Emiliano Sciarra (born 1971), Italian game designer *John Sciarra (born 1954), American football player * John Sciarra, Jr., American football player * Laurent Sciarra (born 1973), French basketball player * Mark Sciarra (born 1954), American retired professional wrestler, known as Rip Rogers * Maurizio Sciarra (born 1955), Italian film director *Paul Sciarra, American Internet entrepreneur *Silvana Sciarra (born 1948), Italian judge ; In fiction *Lucia Sciarra, fictional character of the 2015 British spy film ''Spectre'' See also *Sciarra Colonna (1270–1329), Italian member of the powerful Colonna family *Villa Sciarra (Rome) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
