Montelibretti is a town and comune

Comune

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(municipality) in the Province of Rome

Province of Rome

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 in the Italian

Italy

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 region Lazio, located about 30 km northeast 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...

 on the slopes of Monti Sabini.

Montelibretti borders the following municipalities: Capena

Capena

Capena is a town and comune in the province of Rome, Lazio region . The town has borrowed its modern name from a pre-Roman and Roman settlement that was located three kilometres to its north....

, Fara in Sabina

Fara in Sabina

Fara in Sabina is a comune in the Province of Rieti in the Italian region Latium, located about 40 km northeast of Rome and about 25 km southwest of Rieti....

, Fiano Romano

Fiano Romano

Fiano Romano is a town and comune in the province of Rome, Italy, approximately 40 kilometers north that city. It is the birthplace of the Italian actress Sabrina Ferilli....

, Monterotondo

Monterotondo

-History:According to some historians, Monterotondo is the heir of ancient Sabine town of Eretum, although the modern settlement appeared in the 10th-11th centuries in a different location...

, Montopoli di Sabina

Montopoli di Sabina

Montopoli di Sabina is a comune in the Province of Rieti in the Italian region Latium, located about 40 km northeast of Rome and about 20 km southwest of Rieti.-External links:*...

, Montorio Romano

Montorio Romano

Montorio Romano is a comune in the Province of Rome in the Italian region Latium, located about 35 km northeast of Rome.Montorio Romano borders the following municipalities: Monteflavio, Montelibretti, Moricone, Nerola, Scandriglia....

, Moricone

Moricone

Moricone is a comune in the Province of Rome in the Italian region Latium, located about 35 km northeast of Rome.Moricone borders the following municipalities: Monteflavio, Montelibretti, Montorio Romano, Palombara Sabina....

, Nerola

Nerola

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, Palombara Sabina

Palombara Sabina

- Main sights:*Savelli-Torlonia Castle, built from the 11th century by the Ottaviani, a branch of the Crescentii family of Rome. Antipope Innocent III was arrested here in 1180. It was acquired by Luca Savelli, a nephew of pope Honorius III, in 1250, whence the current name...

.

History

The name derives from the presence of a Roman villa owned by Caius Brutius Presentis, Commodus

Commodus

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' father-in-law. In the Middle Ages, starting from the 15th century, it was a fortress of the Orsini, who were succeeded by the Barberini

Barberini

The Barberini are a family of the Italian nobility that rose to prominence in 17th century Rome. Their influence peaked with the election of Cardinal Maffeo Barberini to the papal throne in 1623, as Pope Urban VIII...

  and then by the Sciarra.

In 1867 it was the location of a battle between Garibaldine and Papal troops, in the course of the Battle of Mentana

Battle of Mentana

The Battle of Mentana was fought on November 3, 1867 between French-Papal troops and the Italian volunteers led by Giuseppe Garibaldi, who were attempting to capture Rome, then the main centre of the peninsula still outside of the newly unified Kingdom of Italy....

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Main sights

• Parish church of St. Nicholas
• Barberini
  Barberini
  The Barberini are a family of the Italian nobility that rose to prominence in 17th century Rome. Their influence peaked with the election of Cardinal Maffeo Barberini to the papal throne in 1623, as Pope Urban VIII...
  
   Palace, built over a castle of the Orsini
• Necropolis
  Necropolis
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   of Colle del Forno (7th century BC
  7th century BC
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  ), attributed to the Sabini town of Eretum
  Eretum
  Eretum , was an ancient town of the Sabines, situated on the Via Salaria, at its junction with the Via Nomentana, a short distance from the Tiber, and about 30 km from Rome....