Fara in Sabina (also shortened to Fara Sabina) is a (municipality) in the

Province of Rieti The province of Rieti () is a Provinces of Italy, province in the Lazio region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Rieti. Established in 1927, it has an area of with a total population of 157,887 people as of 2017. There are 73 ''comuni'' (: '' ...

in the

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region of

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, located about northeast of

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and about southwest of

Rieti Rieti (; , Sabino: ) is a town and ''comune'' in Lazio, central Italy, with a population of 47,700. It is the administrative seat of the province of Rieti and see of the diocese of Rieti, as well as the modern capital of the Sabina region. T ...

History

The area was inhabited in

prehistoric Prehistory, also called pre-literary history, is the period of human history between the first known use of stone tools by hominins million years ago and the beginning of recorded history with the invention of writing systems. The use o ...

times, as attested by several archaeological findings from the mid-

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and late

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s. Between the 9th and the 6th centuries BC, a settlement of the

Sabines 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 int ...

, identified with the city of ''Cures'', existed here, continuing into

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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 Orsini is a surname of Italian origin, originally derived from Latin ''ursinus'' ("bearlike") and originating as an epithet or sobriquet describing the name-bearer's purported strength. Notable people with the surname include the following: * Aaro ...

. During

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, the

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P.G. 54 was located at adjacent

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 ...

. The main

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church is the Duomo Collegiata di Sant'Antonio Martire.

Geography

The municipality borders with Castelnuovo di Farfa,

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 Sab ...

, Montopoli di Sabina, Nerola and Toffia. It counts the hamlets of Baccelli, Borgo Quinzio, Canneto Sabino, Coltodino, Corese Terra, Farfa,

, Prime Case and Talocci.

International relations

Fara in Sabina is twinned with: * Montelupo Fiorentino,

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* Santa Vittoria in Matenano, Italy * Villemur-sur-Tarn, France ItalyFaraSabinaPalazzoOrsini

References

External links

* * Cities and towns in Lazio {{Latium-geo-stub