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Poggio Sommavilla or Poggetto (Local dialect: ''Poggettu'') is a ''
The toponym Poggio Sommavilla is cited by Chronicon 33 of Soratte in the early Middle Ages as ''Castri Summa Villa'', because it was built on the remains of a villa from the imperial Roman era, built following the destruction by the Roman Republican army of the archaic center of which the name is not yet known. Archaeological evidence of this is provided by the statues of the villa stolen in 1600 for the Khircheriana collection and the discovery of a statue by a farmer between 1876-1891 in the locality ''dei Frati'' in the northern part of the current historic centre, today they are preserved in Rome at the National Roman Museum.
frazione
A ''frazione'' (: ''frazioni'') 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 consolidat ...
'' of Collevecchio
Collevecchio () is a (municipality) in the province of Rieti in the Italian region of Latium.
Territory
Collevecchio borders the following Comuni: Civita Castellana, Magliano Sabina, Montebuono, Ponzano Romano, Stimigliano, Tarano. The ''fr ...
, 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 ...
region at Tiber Valley
The Tiber Valley (Italian: ''Valle del Tevere'') is the largest geographical part of the of the Tiber river included in the Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany, Umbria, and the Lazio regions; it is characterized by river terraces and floodplain areas that e ...
in Italy. It is known for the discovery of archaeological finds from prehistory
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 ...
.
History
The toponym Poggio Sommavilla is cited by Chronicon 33 of Soratte in the early Middle Ages as ''Castri Summa Villa'', because it was built on the remains of a villa from the imperial Roman era, built following the destruction by the Roman Republican army of the archaic center of which the name is not yet known. Archaeological evidence of this is provided by the statues of the villa stolen in 1600 for the Khircheriana collection and the discovery of a statue by a farmer between 1876-1891 in the locality ''dei Frati'' in the northern part of the current historic centre, today they are preserved in Rome at the National Roman Museum.
Archaeological site
*Archaeological area of Poggio Sommavilla
The archaeological area of Poggio Sommavilla is an archaeological site located in Poggio Sommavilla, a ''Frazione'' of the Comune of Collevecchio in the Tiber Valley, Tiber valley.
History
In the archaeological area of Poggio Sommavilla, arc ...
* Grappignano it ">:it:Grappignano">it Museum
* Civic archaeological museum of Magliano Sabina it ">:it:Museo civico archeologico di Magliano Sabina">itInfrastructure and transport
* Railway station Collevecchio-Poggio Sommavilla it ">:it:Stazione di Collevecchio-Poggio Sommavilla">itReferences
See also
*Tiber Valley
The Tiber Valley (Italian: ''Valle del Tevere'') is the largest geographical part of the of the Tiber river included in the Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany, Umbria, and the Lazio regions; it is characterized by river terraces and floodplain areas that e ...
* Foglia
The Foglia (also called Isauro, e.g. in Belforte all'Isauro) is the northernmost river of the Marche region of Italy. In ancient times it was known as ''Pisaurus'', as it debouched into the Adriatic Sea at ''Pisaurum'' (modern Pesaro). It was al ...
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