Montelibretti is a town and (municipality) in the
Metropolitan City of Rome
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 ...
in the
Italian
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region of
Lazio
Lazio ( , ; ) or Latium ( , ; from Latium, the original Latin name, ) is one of the 20 Regions of Italy, administrative regions of Italy. Situated in the Central Italy, central peninsular section of the country, it has 5,714,882 inhabitants an ...
, located about northeast of
Rome
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on the slopes of
Monti Sabini.
Montelibretti borders the following municipalities:
Capena,
Fara in Sabina,
Fiano Romano,
Monterotondo
Monterotondo is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Rome, central Italy.
History
According to some historians, Monterotondo is the heir of the ancient Sabine town of Eretum, although the modern settlement appeared in the 10th-11th c ...
,
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
Commodus (; ; 31 August 161 – 31 December 192) was Roman emperor from 177 to 192, first serving as nominal co-emperor under his father Marcus Aurelius and then ruling alone from 180. Commodus's sole reign is commonly thought to mark the end o ...
' father-in-law. In the Middle Ages, starting from the 15th century, it was a fortress 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 ...
, who were succeeded by the
Barberini and then by the
Sciarra.
In 1867 it was the location of a battle between
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. H ...
ne 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 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 ...
*
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 distan ...
of Colle del Forno (7th century BC), attributed to the
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 ...
town of
Eretum
References
Cities and towns in Lazio
Castles in Italy
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