Carpineto Romano
Encyclopedia
Carpineto Romano is a comune
(municipality) in the Province of Rome
in the Italian
region Lazio, located about 60 km southeast of Rome
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It was the birthplace of Pope Leo XIII
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Carpineto Romano borders the following municipalities: Bassiano
, Gorga
, Maenza
, Montelanico
, Norma, Roccagorga
, Sezze
, Supino
.
Wadowice
, Poland
Comune
In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...
(municipality) in the Province of Rome
Province of Rome
The Province of Rome , is a province in the Lazio region of Italy. The province can be viewed as the extended metropolitan area of the city of Rome, although in its more peripheral portions, especially to the north, it comprises towns surrounded by rural landscape.-Geography:The Province of Rome...
in the Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
region Lazio, located about 60 km southeast of Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
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It was the birthplace of Pope Leo XIII
Pope Leo XIII
Pope Leo XIII , born Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci to an Italian comital family, was the 256th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, reigning from 1878 to 1903...
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Carpineto Romano borders the following municipalities: Bassiano
Bassiano
Bassiano is a comune in the Province of Latina in the Italian region Lazio, located about 60 km southeast of Rome and about 14 km northeast of Latina. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,664 and an area of 31.6 km².Bassiano borders the following municipalities:...
, Gorga
Gorga
Gorga is a comune in the Province of Rome in the Italian region Latium, located about 60 km southeast of Rome. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 779 and an area of 26.3 km²....
, Maenza
Maenza
Maenza is a comune in the Province of Latina in the Italian region Lazio, located about 70 km southeast of Rome and about 25 km east of Latina....
, Montelanico
Montelanico
Montelanico is a comune in the Province of Rome in the Italian region Latium, located about 50 km southeast of Rome.Montelanico is known for its annual international short films festival, entitled "Arrivano i corti"....
, Norma, Roccagorga
Roccagorga
Roccagorga is a comune in the Province of Latina in the Italian region Lazio, located about 70 km southeast of Rome and about 20 km northeast of Latina. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 4,471 and an area of 24.0 km².Roccagorga borders the following municipalities:...
, Sezze
Sezze
Sezze is a town and comune in the Province of Latina, Italy, about 65 km south of Rome and 10 km from the Mediterranean coast. The historical center of Sezze is located on a high hill commanding the Pontine plain....
, Supino
Supino
Supino is a comune in the Province of Frosinone in the Italian region Lazio, located about 70 km southeast of Rome and about 10 km west of Frosinone...
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Twin towns - sister cities
Carpineto Romano is twinnedTown twinning
Twin towns and sister cities are two of many terms used to describe the cooperative agreements between towns, cities, and even counties in geographically and politically distinct areas to promote cultural and commercial ties.- Terminology :...
Wadowice
Wadowice
Wadowice is a town in southern Poland, 50 km from Kraków with 19,200 inhabitants , situated on the Skawa river, confluence of Vistula, in the eastern part of Silesian Plateau...
, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...