Cecchina () is a town located approximately 30 km south-east of Rome in the Italian region of
Lazio
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, in central
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...
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Overview
The town is a ''
frazione
A ''frazione'' (plural: ) is a type of subdivision of a ''comune'' (municipality) in Italy, often a small village or hamlet outside the main town. Most ''frazioni'' were created during the Fascist era (1922–1943) as a way to consolidate territ ...
'' of the ''
comune
The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces ('' province''). The can ...
'' (municipality) of
Albano Laziale
Albano Laziale (; it, label= Romanesco, Arbano; la, Albanum) is a ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Rome, on the Alban Hills, in Latium, central Italy. Rome is distant. It is bounded by other communes of Castel Gandolfo, Rocca di Papa ...
; it is part of the famous
Castelli Romani; the elevation of the town is about 235 m above sea level
[Regione Lazio - Dipartimento territorio ed urbanistica - cartography - ''altimetria di Cecchina vecchia''] and it shares its borders with the municipalities of
Ariccia
Ariccia (Latin: ''Aricia'') is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Rome, central Italy, southeast of Rome. It is in the Alban Hills of the Lazio (Latium) region and could be considered an extension of Rome's southeastern suburbs. O ...
and
Ardea Ardea may refer to:
*Ardea, Lazio, a town in Lazio, Italy
* ''Ardea'' (bird), a genus of large herons and some egrets
* ''Ardea'' (journal), an ornithological journal published by the Netherlands Ornithologists' Union
*The Ardea
The Ardea, form ...
. Population is 12,000 inhabitants.
The town is on one side of Vallericcia, one of the ancient craters of the ''Vulcano Laziale'' (
Alban Hills). Cecchina is located at km 9 of Via Nettunense a main road which connects
Rome
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to
Anzio
Anzio (, also , ) is a town and '' comune'' on the coast of the Lazio region of Italy, about south of Rome.
Well known for its seaside harbour setting, it is a fishing port and a departure point for ferries and hydroplanes to the Pontine Is ...
.
Patron saint
A patron saint, patroness saint, patron hallow or heavenly protector is a saint who in Catholic Church, Catholicism, Anglicanism, or Eastern Orthodoxy is regarded as the heavenly advocacy, advocate of a nation, place, craft, activity, class, ...
of Cecchina is
St. Philip Neri.
Photogallery
Image:Cecchina1.jpg, Cecchina view with part of the Alban hills
Image:Cecchina panorama.jpg, View of Cecchina from the hill called ''Poggio Ameno''
See also
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Pavona
Pavona is a hamlet in Lazio, central Italy. It is a ''frazione'' of the ''comune'' (municipality) of Albano Laziale. However, its traditional territory is also included in those of Castel Gandolfo and Rome.
Overview
The Albano fraction include ...
References
External links
Frazioni of Albano Laziale
Castelli Romani
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