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Contigliano
Contigliano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Rieti in the Italian region Latium, located about northeast of Rome and about west of Rieti. Contigliano borders the following municipalities: Casperia, Colli sul Velino, Cottanello, Greccio, Montasola, Rieti. The most important church in town is the church of San Michele Arcangelo. Among the other churches, is the church of Sant'Antonio, San Lorenzo, and the Abbey of San Pastore. Transport Contigliano has a station on the Terni–Sulmona railway, with trains to Terni Terni ( , ; lat, Interamna (Nahars)) is a city in the southern portion of the region of Umbria in central Italy. It is near the border with Lazio. The city is the capital of the province of Terni, located in the plain of the Nera river. It is ..., Rieti and L'Aquila. References External links Official website This link includes genealogical information about some of the families of Contigliano. * https://www.castelnuovodiport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Lorenzo, Contigliano
San Lorenzo in Quintiliano ( it, St Lawrence) is a small Romanesque-style, Roman Catholic church, located on a hilltop just outside the town of Contigliano, in the province of Rieti, region of Lazio it, Laziale , population_note = , population_blank1_title = , population_blank1 = , demographics_type1 = , demographics1_footnotes = , demographics1_title1 = , demographics1_info1 = , demographics1_title2 ..., Italy. The church has no roof, and remains a deconsecrated ruin. History The stone church was built by the Cistercian order in the 12th century, at the site of a prior Ancient Roman Villa. The church soon fell into decay with the founding the larger church of San Michele Arcangelo inside the city walls. Made from hewn stones, the facade has a bell in the sail-type tympanum. Presently without a roof, restoration of the site began in 2014, replacing the altar and baptismal font to their original position. In June of 1944, townspeople ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terni–Sulmona Railway
The Terni–Sulmona railway is a regional railway line in central Italy, managed by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana. It links three regions, Umbria, Lazio and Abruzzo, and three provincial capitals: Terni, Rieti and L'Aquila. Together with the Sulmona–Isernia railway it forms a north–south corridor through the Apennines in central Italy. Its route is the result of two unfinished railways that had to meet in Rieti: the Pescara–L'Aquila–Rome line, and the Terni– Avezzano–Roccasecca line. History After the Italian unification and the widespread start of railway constructions, many talks started about how to link the Abruzzo region to its new capital, Rome. It was decided that the railway would start from Pescara, reach Sulmona and L'Aquila, then cross the Apennine Mountains at the Sella di Corno pass and then reach Rieti, where the line had to continue towards Rome. Rieti also should have been the starting point of a branch to Avezzano, that – together with the A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Michele Arcangelo, Contigliano
San Michele Arcangelo ( it, St Michael the Archangel) is a Baroque-style, Roman Catholic church located on Via Cavour in the town of Contigliano, in the province of Rieti, region of Lazio, Italy. History The present church was begun in 1683, dedicated to St Michael Archangel, and replacing an older church of the same name. Saint Michael, considered a patron of high places and warriors, was particularly favored by Lombards. This church soon gained the title of Collegiate Church, allowing it to train priests. The consecration of the 1683 church was by the bishop of Rieti Monsignor Ippolito Vicentini (1671-1701). Another reconstruction and reconsecration took place in 1747 by the bishop Antonino Serafino Camarda (1724-1754). The facade presently faces North-East. The interior has rich stucco decoration, including for capitals of the pilasters. At the apse, the walls have polychrome marble and gilded capitals. The main altarpiece depicts ''St Michael Archangel vanquishing Satan'' p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sant'Antonio, Contigliano
Sant’Antonio da Padova ( it, St Antony of Padua) is a small Roman Catholic Church, located at Piazza Sant'Antonio just outside what were the medieval walls of the town of Contigliano, in the province of Rieti, region of Lazio, Italy. History The present church was built in 1734. The exterior has a subdued stucco decoration, including garlands in the triangular tympanum. The interior is highly decorated with white marble and gilded stucco. The ceiling is frescoed with trompe-l’oeil architecture, and grotteschi. The main altarpiece depicts ''St Antony praying to the child Jesus'', painted by Girolamo Troppa Girolamo Troppa (1637–1710) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, depicting mainly sacred subjects. He was active in Rome and Umbria. He was a follower of Carlo Maratti. He painted for the church of San Giacomo delle Penitenti, i .... The Confraternity of Sant’Antonio is located adjacent to the church. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montasola
Montasola is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Rieti in the Italian region Latium, located about northeast of Rome and about west of Rieti. Montasola borders the following municipalities: Casperia, Contigliano, Cottanello, Torri in Sabina Torri in Sabina is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Rieti in the Italian region Latium, located about north of Rome and about southwest of Rieti. Located on a ridge of the Monti Sabini, it is part of the Sabina traditional region ..., Vacone. Among the churches in the town are: Santa Maria Murella, Santi Pietro e Tommaso, and San Michele Arcangelo. References External links Official website/ Cities and towns in Lazio {{Latium-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casperia
Casperia is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Rieti in the Italian region Latium, located about northeast of Rome and about southwest of Rieti. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,164 and an area of .All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat. The municipality of Casperia contains the ''frazioni'' (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Santa Maria in Legarano, San Vito di Casperia, and Paranzano. Casperia borders the following municipalities: Cantalupo in Sabina, Contigliano, Montasola, Rieti, Roccantica, Torri in Sabina Torri in Sabina is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Rieti in the Italian region Latium, located about north of Rome and about southwest of Rieti. Located on a ridge of the Monti Sabini, it is part of the Sabina traditional region .... Among the church buildings are the Santissima Annunziata, San Giovanni Battista, Santa Maria in Legarano, Madonna della Neve, San Vito Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colli Sul Velino
Colli sul Velino is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Rieti in the Italian region Latium, located about northeast of Rome and about northwest of Rieti. Colli sul Velino borders the following municipalities: Contigliano, Labro, Morro Reatino, Rieti, Rivodutri, Terni Terni ( , ; lat, Interamna (Nahars)) is a city in the southern portion of the region of Umbria in central Italy. It is near the border with Lazio. The city is the capital of the province of Terni, located in the plain of the Nera river. It is .... References Cities and towns in Lazio {{Latium-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latium
Latium ( , ; ) is the region of central western Italy in which the city of Rome was founded and grew to be the capital city of the Roman Empire. Definition Latium was originally a small triangle of fertile, volcanic soil (Old Latium) on which resided the tribe of the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins or Latians. It was located on the left bank (east and south) of the Tiber, River Tiber, extending northward to the Aniene, River Anio (a left-bank tributary of the Tiber) and southeastward to the Pomptina Palus (Pontine Marshes, now the Pontine Fields) as far south as the Cape Circeo, Circeian promontory. The right bank of the Tiber was occupied by the Etruscan city of Veii, and the other borders were occupied by Ancient Italic people, Italic tribes. Subsequently, Rome defeated Veii and then its Italic neighbours, expanding its dominions over Southern Etruria and to the south, in a partly marshy and partly mountainous region. The latter saw the creation of numerous Roman and Latin co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terni
Terni ( , ; lat, Interamna (Nahars)) is a city in the southern portion of the region of Umbria in central Italy. It is near the border with Lazio. The city is the capital of the province of Terni, located in the plain of the Nera river. It is northeast of Rome and 81 km south of the regional capital, Perugia. The Latin name means "between-two-rivers", in reference to its location on the confluence of the Nera river Nera may refer to: People * Nera Smajic (born 1984), Bosnian-born Swedish footballer * Nera Stipičević (born 1983), Croatian actress * Nera White (1935–2016), American basketball player * André António Ribeiro Novais (born 1988), Portuguese ... ( Ancient Umbrian ''Nahar'', lat, Nār, Nahar) and the Serra stream. When disambiguation was needed, it was referred to as ''Interamna Nahars''. Its inhabitants were known in Latin as ''Interamnātēs Na(ha)rtēs''. Interamna was founded as an Ancient Roman town, albeit settlements in the Terni area well precede th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abbey Of San Pastore
An abbey is a type of monastery used by members of a religious order under the governance of an abbot or abbess. Abbeys provide a complex of buildings and land for religious activities, work, and housing of Christian monks and nuns. The concept of the abbey has developed over many centuries from the early monastic ways of religious men and women where they would live isolated from the lay community about them. Religious life in an abbey may be monastic. An abbey may be the home of an enclosed religious order or may be open to visitors. The layout of the church and associated buildings of an abbey often follows a set plan determined by the founding religious order. Abbeys are often self-sufficient while using any abundance of produce or skill to provide care to the poor and needy, refuge to the persecuted, or education to the young. Some abbeys offer accommodation to people who are seeking spiritual retreat. There are many famous abbeys across the Mediterranean Basin and Euro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cottanello
Cottanello is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Rieti in the Italian region Latium, located about north of Rome and about west of Rieti. An elaborate ancient Roman villa was discovered here in 1968 in the hamlet of Collesecco (evocative of an arid and stony place) in the valley below the historic centre of Cottanello. Subsequently a building was erected to protect the villa. Roman villa of Cottanello Also known as the Roman Villa Cotta of Collesecco after its ancient owners, the Cotta family, and its location. Description The villa had a manor-type country residence part, embellished with sculptural decorations, architectural terracotta and excellently preserved geometric mosaic floors, made with local limestone and with Cottanello red marble. The villa has an area of about 37 x 45 m and is composed of about 30 rooms with an atrium and a peristyle. One of the door thresholds has figured inserts with plant motifs, another depicts a pair of chantere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greccio
Greccio is an old hilltown and ''comune'' of the province of Rieti in the Italian region of Lazio, overhanging the Rieti valley on a spur of the Monti Sabini, a sub-range of the Apennines, about by road northwest of Rieti, the nearest large town. The actual town of Greccio has been depopulating, and the administrative functions of the comune are now in the ''frazione'' of Limiti di Greccio. History Greccio was founded, according to tradition, as a Greek colony. They had fled or were exiled from their homeland as a result of war. They settled here for the natural protection it offered. Hence the name Greece, Grece, Grecce, and finally Greccio. The earliest records date back to the Tenth and Eleventh centuries. The Benedictine Monk, Gregory of Catino (1062-1133) refers to the town of Greccio (curte de Greccia) in his work "Summary Farfense". From the remains of the ancient buildings, it shows that Greccio became a fortified medieval castle surrounded by walls and protected by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
