For the mountain with the same name, see Monte Velino

Monte Velino

Monte Velino is a mountain in the province of L'Aquila, Abruzzo, central Italy, part of the Abruzzo Apennines. Located nearby the boundary with Lazio, between the Fucino plain and the Aterno, Salto and Velino rivers' valleys, it is the highest peak in the sub-chain known as Velino-Sirente, and...

The Velino ia a river in central Italy

Italy

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, an affluent of the Nera River

Néra River

The Néra River is a river of New Caledonia. It has a catchment area of 546 square kilometres, forming one of the largest river systems on the west coast.[It empties into the eastern side of Gouaro Bay....

. Its source is located on Monte Pozzoni's slopes (1,903 m) near Cittareale

Cittareale

Cittareale is a comune in the Province of Rieti in the Italian region Latium. It is located about 100 km northeast of Rome and 35 km northeast of Rieti....

. Aftwards it runs through a narrow valley next the Mount Terminillo, known as "Gole del Vento" ("Wind's Ravines") and, near Antrodoco

Antrodoco

Antrodoco is a town and comune in the province of Rieti, in the Lazio region of central Italy.-External links:*http://www.italyworldclub.com/lazio/rieti/antrodoco.htm*http://www.comunediantrodoco.it/...

, receives the Peschiera Springs, which have a discharge of some 60 m³/s (some is sent to 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...

) through an aqueduct.

Then it receives the waters of the left affluents Salto and Turano, and then enters the plain of Rieti

Rieti

Rieti is a city and comune in Lazio, central Italy, with a population of c. 47,700. It is the capital of province of Rieti.The town centre rests on a small hilltop, commanding a wide plain at the southern edge of an ancient lake. The area is now the fertile basin of the Velino River...

, where its discharge if further increased by other minor streams. Near Papigno, it falls into the Nera forming the famous Cascate delle Marmore falls.

In pre-Romans

Ancient Rome

Ancient Rome was a thriving civilization that grew on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 8th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean Sea and centered on the city of Rome, it expanded to one of the largest empires in the ancient world....

 times the river ended into a marsh within the plain of Rieti. The falls were created by consul Manius Curius Dentatus and enlarged in medieval times, being updated to the current state in the 18th century by architect Andrea Vici.

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