Roccagiovine (in
Romanesco simply known as ) is a (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
Italian(s) may refer to:
* Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries
** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
** Italian language, a Romance languag ...
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, ...
. It is included in the Natural Park of the
Monti Lucretili.
The ancient town was known by the Romans as ''Fanum Vacunae''.
[Fanum vacunae, Giovanni Pascoli, 1911]
A Roman inscription found here enabled identification of
Horace's Villa nearby.
Twin towns
*
Dampierre-lès-Conflans, France
References
Cities and towns in Lazio
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