Fabrica di Roma
Encyclopedia
Fabrica di Roma is a comune
(municipality) in the Province of Viterbo
in the Italian
region Latium
, located about 80 km northwest of Rome
and about 25 km west of Viterbo
.
Fabrica di Roma borders the following municipalities: Carbognano
, Castel Sant'Elia
, Civita Castellana
, Corchiano
, Nepi
, Vallerano
, Vignanello
.
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 Viterbo
Province of Viterbo
The Province of Viterbo is a province in the Lazio region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Viterbo. It is bordered to the north by the Province of Grosseto and Siena, by the north-east with the Province of Terni and Rieti, in the west by the Tyrrhenian Sea and south by the Province of Rome.It...
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 Latium
Latium
Lazio is one of the 20 administrative regions of Italy, situated in the central peninsular section of the country. With about 5.7 million residents and a GDP of more than 170 billion euros, Lazio is the third most populated and the second richest region of Italy...
, located about 80 km northwest 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...
and about 25 km west of Viterbo
Viterbo
See also Viterbo, Texas and Viterbo UniversityViterbo is an ancient city and comune in the Lazio region of central Italy, the capital of the province of Viterbo. It is approximately 80 driving / 80 walking kilometers north of GRA on the Via Cassia, and it is surrounded by the Monti Cimini and...
.
Fabrica di Roma borders the following municipalities: Carbognano
Carbognano
Carbognano is a comune in the Province of Viterbo in the Italian region Latium, located about 50 km northwest of Rome and about 15 km southeast of Viterbo...
, Castel Sant'Elia
Castel Sant'Elia
Castel Sant'Elia is a comune in the Province of Viterbo, Latium, central Italy, located about 40 km north of Rome and about 30 km southeast of Viterbo.-Main sights:...
, Civita Castellana
Civita Castellana
Civita Castellana is a town and comune in the province of Viterbo, 65 km north of Rome.Mount Soracte lies about 10 km to the south-east.-History:...
, Corchiano
Corchiano
Corchiano is a town and comune in the province of Viterbo, Lazio, Italy. It was an ancient settlement of the Faliscans and, in the Renaissance and later, a fief of the Farnese family.The local produce is hazelnuts and wine...
, Nepi
Nepi
Nepi is a town and comune in Italy in the province of Viterbo, region of Lazio. The town lies 30 km southeast of the city of Viterbo and about 13 km southwest from Civita Castellana....
, Vallerano
Vallerano
Vallerano is a comune in the Province of Viterbo in the Italian region Latium, located about 60 km northwest of Rome and about 13 km southeast of Viterbo...
, Vignanello
Vignanello
Vignanello is a comune in the Province of Viterbo in the Italian region Latium, located about 60 km northwest of Rome and about 14 km southeast of Viterbo...
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Main sights
- Collegiata di San Silvestro, enlarged and renovated in the 16th century. In the apse is a 16th century fresco by the Torresani brothers.
- Farnese Castle, restored in 1539 by Pierluigi Farnese, who annexed it to the Duchy of CastroDuchy of CastroThe Duchy of Castro was a fiefdom in central Italy formed in 1537 from a small strip of land on what is now Lazio's border with Tuscany, centred on Castro, Lazio, a fortified city on a tufa cliff overlooking the river Fiora which was its capital and ducal residence...
. - Ruins of FaleriiFaleriiFalerii was one of the twelve chief cities of Etruria, situated about 1.5 km west of the ancient Via Flaminia, around 50 kilometers north of Rome.- History :According to legend, it was of Argive origin...
Novi, with the ancient church of S. Maria in Falerii and the catacumbs of S. Gratiliano and S.ta Felicissima.