Cesano is a frazione

Frazione

A frazione , in Italy, is the name given in administrative law to a type of territorial subdivision of a comune; for other administrative divisions, see municipio, circoscrizione, quartiere...

of the comune

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:...

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...

, Italy

Italy

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. It is a small medieval burgh on the Via Cassia

Via Cassia

The Via Cassia was an important Roman road striking out of the Via Flaminia near the Milvian Bridge in the immediate vicinity of Rome and, passing not far from Veii traversed Etruria...

, located in the municipality's Municipio XX, 27 km from Rome proper.

It occupies a 240 m hill surrounded by the Monti Sabatini, near the Lakes of Bracciano

Lake Bracciano

Lake Bracciano is a lake of volcanic origin in the Italian region of Lazio, northwest of Rome. It is the second largest lake in the region and one of the major lakes of Italy...

 and Martignano. Cesano is home to the Infantry School of the Italian Army

Italian Army

The Italian Army is the ground defence force of the Italian Armed Forces. It is all-volunteer force of active-duty personnel, numbering 108,355 in 2010. Its best-known combat vehicles are the Dardo infantry fighting vehicle, the Centauro tank destroyer and the Ariete tank, and among its aircraft...

 and of the Casaccia Research Center of ENEA

ENEA (Italy)

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.

It is connected to Rome by the FR3 railway.

See also

• Santa Maria di Galeria
• Cesanese Comune
  Cesanese Comune
  Cesanese Comune is a red Italian wine grape variety that is grown primarily in the Lazio region. The grape has three Denominazione di origine controllata regions dedicated to it-Cesanese di Affile DOC, Cesanese di Olevano DOC and Cesanese di Piglio DOC...
  
  
• Administrative subdivision of Rome
  Administrative subdivision of Rome
  The administrative subdivision of Rome consists of the 19 sub-municipalities of Rome's municipality. Originally, the city was divided into 20 sub-municipalities, but the XIV, what is now the Comune di Fiumicino, voted some years ago to become a full municipality itself and eventually detached from...