Flavio Vespasiano Theater
The Teatro Flavio Vespasiano is the main theatre and opera house in Rieti. It was opened on 20 September 1983, after ten years of work and finishing touches; directed by architect Achille Sfondrini. It takes its name from the Roman emperor Titus Flavius Vespasian ( it, Tito Flavio Vespasiano) who was born in sabina (more precisely in Vicus Phalacrinae, now Cittareale). History Precursors The first information about the presence of a theatre in Rieti dates to the XV - XVI centuries, with confraternities organizing plays in main city squares. At the end of the 1500s, the need to organize plays in closed and sheltered settings lead to ''Teatro dell'Accademia del Tizzone'', located in via Terenzio Varrone, in a former hospital. Nevertheless, places used as theatres were too small; for this reason between 1765 and 1768, the building was demolished and replaced with ''Teatro dei Condomini''. This new building was made of wood and was wider than the previous, making it the first ...
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Rieti
Rieti (; lat, Reate, Sabino: ) is a town and ''comune'' in Lazio, central Italy, with a population of 47,700. It is the administrative seat of the province of Rieti and see of the diocese of Rieti, as well as the modern capital of the Sabina region. The town centre stands on a small hilltop, commanding from the southern edge the wide Rieti valley, at the bottom of the Sabine hills and of monti Reatini, including mount Terminillo. The plain was once a large lake, drained by the ancient Romans, and is now the fertile basin of the Velino River. Only the small Ripasottile and Lungo lakes remain of the larger original. History Prehistory According to the legend, Reate was founded by Rea, a divinity (that would be the origin of the town name). It was founded at the beginning of the Iron Age (9th–8th century BC). Probably in earlier times the lands around Rieti were inhabited by Umbri, then by Aborigines and later on by Sabines, who reached the lands sited in the nearby of Te ...
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