Guidonia Montecelio (), commonly known as Guidonia, is a town and ''

comune A (; : , ) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions () and provinces (). The can also have the City status in Italy, titl ...

'' in the

Metropolitan City of Rome Capital Metropolitan City of Rome Capital () is an area of local government at the level of metropolitan city in the Lazio region of Italy. It comprises the territory of the city of Rome and 120 other ''comuni'' (: ''comune'') in the hinterland of the c ...

, Lazio, central Italy.

Geography

The municipality of Guidonia Montecelio, formed by the main towns of Guidonia and Montecelio, lies to the north-east 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, ...

, some kilometres from the Grande Raccordo Anulare - a ring-shaped motorway which forms a circle around the capital. The terrain of Guidonia Montecelio is mainly flat, and the community lies in between the

Via Nomentana The Via Nomentana was an ancient Roman road in Italy, leading North-East from 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 ...

and the

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. It borders with Fonte Nuova, Marcellina, Palombara Sabina,

, San Polo dei Cavalieri,

Sant'Angelo Romano Sant'Angelo Romano is a town and ''comune'' in Latium, Italy, administratively part of the Metropolitan City of Rome. It is located north of Guidonia Montecelio, where the closest Trenitalia train station (about 40 minutes by train from Rome) is ...

and Tivoli. The hamlets (''

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'') are Albuccione, Bivio di Guidonia, Colle Fiorito, Colleverde, La Botte, Marco Simone, Montecelio, Pichini, Setteville, Setteville Nord, Villalba and Villanova.

History

Montecelio was founded in 998 as a fortified ''

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'' (''Castrum Monticellorum''). In 1915 the ''

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'' (Italian Royal Army) built a major military airport in the area for its ''Corpo Aeronautico Militare'' (Military Aviation Corps), the predecessor of the Italian Royal Air Force founded in 1923. Guidonia was erected as a ''

'' in 1937 by

Benito Mussolini Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (29 July 188328 April 1945) was an Italian politician and journalist who, upon assuming office as Prime Minister of Italy, Prime Minister, became the dictator of Fascist Italy from the March on Rome in 1922 un ...

, its name chosen to honour the ''Regia Aeronautica''

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Alessandro Guidoni (1880–1928), who had died on 27 April 1928 while testing a new

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at the air force facilities.

Demographics

Economy

Today the town is part of the Rome metropolitan area, with a massive presence of industry (mainly

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caves and

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industry) and the

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. The number of residents

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is high, with transport in a critical situation. Guidonia is also home to Marco Simone Golf and Country Club, which was announced as the host of the 2022 Ryder Cup in June 2015, but with the

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postponing the 2020 Ryder Cup to 2021, subsequent matches were pushed back a year with Marco Simone then hosted the event in 2023.

Climate

People

* David Di Michele - Football player

International relations

Guidonia Montecelio is twinned with: * Kawasaki, Japan *

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, United States. *

Kashira Kashira () is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, town and the administrative center of Kashirsky District, Moscow Oblast, Kashirsky District in Moscow Oblast, located on the Oka River south of Moscow. Population: History It was first ...

, Russia

References

External links

Local portalNews & Info from Guidonia Montecelio

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