The San Pietro is a former

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church in

Vitorchiano Vitorchiano is a (municipality) in the Province of Viterbo in the Italy, Italian region of Lazio, Latium, located about northwest of Rome and about northeast of Viterbo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,690 and an area of .All de ...

in the province of Viterbo, region of

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, Italy. The main attraction is the foliated Romanesque-style columns in the portal. The

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stone facade is otherwise undecorated.Comune of Vitorchiano, entry on church

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Pietro Pietro is an Italian language, Italian masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: People * Pietro I Candiano (c. 842–887), briefly the 16th Doge of Venice * Pietro Tribuno (died 912), 17th Doge of Venice, from 887 to his dea ...

Romanesque architecture in Lazio Churches in the province of Viterbo {{Lazio-RC-church-stub