Mazzano Romano
Encyclopedia
Mazzano Romano is a comune
(municipality) in the Province of Rome
in the Italian
region Latium
, located about 35 km north of Rome
.
Mazzano Romano borders the following municipalities: Calcata
, Campagnano di Roma
, Castel Sant'Elia
, Faleria
, Magliano Romano
, Nepi
.
It was first mentioned in 945, one of the villages that formed from the great estate assembled by Pope Adrian I
about 780, his Domusculta Capracorum.. It includes the Regional Park of Veii
.
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 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 35 km north 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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Mazzano Romano borders the following municipalities: Calcata
Calcata
Calcata is a comune and town in the Province of Viterbo in the Italian region Latium, located 47 km north of Rome by car, overlooking the valley of Treja river....
, Campagnano di Roma
Campagnano di Roma
Campagnano di Roma is a comune in the Province of Rome in the Italian region Latium, located about 30 km northwest of Rome. It was first mentioned in 1076, having been carved out of the great estate assembled on the Roman pattern by Pope Adrian I, ca...
, 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:...
, Faleria
Faleria
Faleria is a comune in the Province of Viterbo in the Italian region Latium, located about 35 km north of Rome and about 35 km southeast of Viterbo...
, Magliano Romano
Magliano Romano
Magliano Romano is a comune in the Province of Rome in the Italian region Latium, located about 30 km north of Rome.Magliano Romano borders the following municipalities: Calcata, Campagnano di Roma, Castelnuovo di Porto, Mazzano Romano, Morlupo, Rignano Flaminio, Sacrofano....
, 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....
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It was first mentioned in 945, one of the villages that formed from the great estate assembled by Pope Adrian I
Pope Adrian I
Pope Adrian was pope from February 1, 772 to December 25, 795. He was the son of Theodore, a Roman nobleman.Shortly after Adrian's accession the territory ruled by the papacy was invaded by Desiderius, king of the Lombards, and Adrian was compelled to seek the assistance of the Frankish king...
about 780, his Domusculta Capracorum.. It includes the Regional Park of Veii
Veii
Veii was, in ancient times, an important Etrurian city NNW of Rome, Italy; its site lies in Isola Farnese, a village of Municipio XX, an administrative subdivision of the comune of Rome in the Province of Rome...
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