Pescorocchiano () 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
Italian
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region of
Latium
Latium ( , ; ) is the region of central western Italy in which the city of Rome was founded and grew to be the capital city of the Roman Empire.
Definition
Latium was originally a small triangle of fertile, volcanic soil (Old Latium) on whic ...
, located about northeast of
Rome
Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2, ...
and about southeast 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.
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.
Pescorocchiano borders the following municipalities:
Borgorose
Borgorose () is a (municipality) in the Province of Rieti in the Italian region of Lazio, located about northeast of Rome and about southeast of Rieti.
Borgorose borders the following municipalities: L'Aquila, Lucoli, Magliano de' Marsi, Pes ...
,
Carsoli Carsoli ( Marsicano: ') is a town and ''comune'' in the province of L'Aquila, Abruzzo (central Italy). The ancient Roman city lies southwest of the modern town.
History
The ancient city, known as ''Carsioli'' (or ''Carseoli''), was founded in the ...
,
Collalto Sabino,
Fiamignano,
Marcetelli
Marcetelli () is a (municipality) in the Province of Rieti in the Italian region of Latium, located about northeast of Rome and about southeast of Rieti.
Marcetelli borders the following municipalities: Ascrea, Collalto Sabino, Collegiove, Pag ...
,
Petrella Salto
Petrella Salto () is a (municipality) in the Province of Rieti, in the Italian region of Latium. It is located about northeast of Rome
Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy ...
,
Sante Marie,
Tornimparte
Tornimparte is a ''comune'' and town in the province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of central-southern Italy.
Geography
Tornimparte is subdivided into 23 wards (frazione, frazioni): Castiglione, Capo La Villa, Villagrande, Capolitto, Case T ...
,
Varco Sabino
Varco Sabino is a (municipality) in the Province of Rieti in the Italian region of Latium, located about northeast of Rome and about southeast of Rieti.
The municipality borders with Ascrea, Castel di Tora, Concerviano, Marcetelli, Paganic ...
. It is located not far from the
Lago del Salto
Lago del Salto is a reservoir lake in the Province of Rieti, Lazio, Italy
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula ...
and is a typical agricultural municipality, renowned for the production of chestnut. The ''frazione'' (separated hamlet) of Civitella di Nesce, was most likely the seat of the ''Res publica Aequiculorum'', an ancient Roman ''
municipium
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'' in the former territory of the
Aequi
300px, Location of the Aequi (Equi) in central Italy, 5th century BC.
The Aequi were an Italic tribe on a stretch of the Apennine Mountains to the east of Latium in central Italy who appear in the early history of ancient Rome. After a long stru ...
.
References
External links
Official website
Cities and towns in Lazio
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