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Vallerotonda
Vallerotonda (locally ) is a town and ''comune'' (municipality) in the region of Lazio in central Italy, in the province of Frosinone. The commune is situated on the Apennine Mountains and forms part of the Comino Valley. Geography The area is historically tied to the Mezzogiorno, the Italian "South", only relatively recently in the 1920s Fascist rule, was it transferred to the "central" province of Lazio along with Latina from the Terra di Lavoro, which was a ''giustizierato'' (circumscription) of the former Kingdom of Naples. It borders the communes Acquafondata, Cervaro, Filignano, Rocchetta a Volturno, San Biagio Saracinisco, Sant'Elia Fiumerapido, and Viticuso Viticuso is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Frosinone in the Italian region Lazio, located about southeast of Rome and about east of Frosinone. Viticuso borders the following municipalities: Acquafondata, Cervaro, Conca Casale, Po .... External linksOfficial website Cities and towns in Lazio [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valvori
Valvori is a small village that is a part of Vallerotonda, a town and comune (municipality) in southern Lazio in Italy. The village, which is located in the Apennine Mountains, is 3 km away from the town of Vallerotonda and forms part of the Comino Valley. This area is historically tied to the Campania region in Southern Italy Southern Italy ( it, Sud Italia or ) also known as ''Meridione'' or ''Mezzogiorno'' (), is a macroregion of the Italian Republic consisting of its southern half. The term ''Mezzogiorno'' today refers to regions that are associated with the peop ..., and was only in the 1920s transferred to region of Lazio. History Geography Transport Hilltowns in Lazio Frazioni of the Province of Frosinone {{Lazio-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cerreto (Vallerotonda)
Cerreto may refer to: Places Croatia *Cerovlje (It.: ''Cerreto''): municipality of the Istria County Italy ;Municipalities (''comuni'') *Abbadia Cerreto, Province of Lodi **Cerreto Abbey *Cerreto Castello, in the Province of Biella * Cerreto d'Asti, in the Province of Asti * Cerreto d'Esi, in the Province of Ancona *Cerreto di Spoleto, in the Province of Perugia *Cerreto Grue, in the Province of Alessandria *Cerreto Guidi, in the Province of Florence *Cerreto Langhe, in the Province of Cuneo *Cerreto Laziale, in the Province of Rome *Cerreto Sannita, in the Province of Benevento ;Civil parishes (''frazioni'') *Borgo Cerreto, in the municipality of Cerreto di Spoleto (PG) *Borgo Cerreto (Torre Orsaia), in the municipality of Torre Orsaia (SA) *Castel Cerreto, in the municipality of Treviglio (BG) *Cerreto (Bettona), in the municipality of Bettona (PG) *Cerreto, Sorano, in the municipality of Sorano (GR) * Cerreto (Rofrano), in the municipality of Rofrano (SA) *Cerreto (Valler ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Biagio Saracinisco
San Biagio Saracinisco is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Frosinone in the Italian region of Lazio, located about east of Rome and about east of Frosinone. San Biagio Saracinisco borders the following municipalities: Castel San Vincenzo, Picinisco, Pizzone, Rocchetta a Volturno, Sant'Elia Fiumerapido and Vallerotonda. Geography The village of San Biagio Sarasinisco in the south of the Lazio is situated halfway between Rome and Naples, from Monte Cassino. It belongs to the Abruzzo, Lazio e Molise National Park, the largest in Italy. The village is on a hill, above sea level. It counts 364 inhabitants, and a surface area of . It is surrounded by numerous rocky peaks: Mount Meta, elevation , Mount Mare, elevation , Mount Cavallo at , Mount Cavio at and Mount Santa Croce. Lake Selva is an artificial lake, situated between the hamlets of Pratolla (San Biagio) and Fontana Cicchetto, built in 1956 to feed the hydroelectric power station of Cassino. It has a c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viticuso
Viticuso is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Frosinone in the Italian region Lazio, located about southeast of Rome and about east of Frosinone. Viticuso borders the following municipalities: Acquafondata, Cervaro, Conca Casale, Pozzilli, San Vittore del Lazio, Vallerotonda Vallerotonda (locally ) is a town and ''comune'' (municipality) in the region of Lazio in central Italy, in the province of Frosinone. The commune is situated on the Apennine Mountains and forms part of the Comino Valley. Geography The area is his .... References External links Official website Cities and towns in Lazio {{Lazio-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rocchetta A Volturno
Rocchetta a Volturno is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Isernia in the Italian region Molise, located about west of Campobasso and about west of Isernia. Rocchetta a Volturno borders the following municipalities: Castel San Vincenzo, Cerro al Volturno, Colli a Volturno, Filignano, San Biagio Saracinisco, Scapoli, Vallerotonda Vallerotonda (locally ) is a town and ''comune'' (municipality) in the region of Lazio in central Italy, in the province of Frosinone. The commune is situated on the Apennine Mountains and forms part of the Comino Valley. Geography The area is his .... The village contains two main settlements. The older part, called Rocchetta Alta, lies on the top of a rocky hill that dominates the valley. The old town is deserted since the end of the 20th century. The new town is at the bottom of the hill, in the valley. References External linksRocchetta a Volturno - Sito ufficiale Turismo Cities and towns in Molise {{Molise-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filignano
Filignano is an Italian ''comune'' (municipality) of the Province of Isernia, in the region Molise. History The village was first mentioned in 962 and elevated to autonomous municipality in 1840, when it was separated from Pozzilli. Geography Filignano is located west of Campobasso, southwest of Isernia, north of Venafro, and east of Cassino. It is a hill town surrounded by the Mainarde mountain range, in the Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park. The municipal territory, bordering with the region of Lazio and not too far from Campania, borders with the municipalities of Acquafondata ( FR), Colli a Volturno, Montaquila, Pozzilli, Rocchetta a Volturno, Scapoli, and Vallerotonda (FR). It counts the hamlets (''frazioni'') of Bottazzella, Cerasuolo, Cerreto, Collemacchia, Franchitti, Frunzo, Lagoni, Mastrogiovanni, Mennella, Selvone, Valerio, and Valle. In the municipality there is a small community of Italian Scots, children and grandchildren of ''Filignanese'' immigrant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cervaro
Cervaro is a town and ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Frosinone in the Italy, Italian region Lazio. It is located in the Liri River, Liri valley, about southeast of Rome and about southeast of Frosinone. Cervaro borders the following municipalities: Cassino, Italy, Cassino, San Vittore del Lazio, Sant'Elia Fiumerapido, Vallerotonda, Viticuso. History Cervaro originated from a castle built here in the Early Middle Ages by abbot Petronax of Monte Cassino. Cervaro was destroyed in the Battle of Monte Cassino during World War II. Main sights *Sanctuary of the Madonna de' Piternis, Cervaro, Church of ''Madonna de' Piternis'' *Castle of Monte Trocchio, located in a hill reachable only on a long walk panoramic route. It is situated a short drive from the famous monastery of Monte Cassino. The Parco Nazionale d'Abruzzo, Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park is not far. Transportation The nearest airport is Ciampino Airport, Rome Ciampino, with access also from Fiu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acquafondata
Acquafondata (Campanian: , la, Aquafundata) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Frosinone in the Italian region Lazio, located in the Monti della Meta area, about southeast of Rome and about east of Frosinone. History During World War II, Acquafondata was occupied by the Germans, who guarded the Gustav Line on the Cassino side and the Reinhard Line on the Molise side. The liberation of Acquafondata took place on 12 January 1944 by the French Expeditionary Corps who broke through on the Venafro side. Two survivors, Romano Neri and Domenico Mancone, were awarded knighthoods by the Presidency of the Republic for their role in the liberation. Geography Located in the middle of a valley and surrounded by the Monti della Meta, the built-up area is located at 926 m asl, on a limestone hillock dominated by Monte Monna Casale, (1395 m asl) in the southern Mainarde area. The valley produces potatoes and legumes. Reclamation work, through the construction of a tunnel for dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latina, Lazio
Latina () is the capital of the province of Latina in the Lazio region, in central Italy. , the city has 126,612 inhabitants and is the second-largest city of the region, after the national capital Rome. It was founded in 1932 under the fascist administration, as Littoria, when the area surrounding it which had been a swamp since antiquity was drained. History Although the area was first settled by the Latins, the modern city was founded by Benito Mussolini on 30 June 1932 as Littoria, named for the fascio littorio. The city was inaugurated on 18 December of the same year. Littoria was populated with settlers coming mainly from Friuli and Veneto, who formed the so-called Venetian- Pontine community (today surviving only in some peripheral boroughs). The edifices and the monuments, mainly in rationalist style, were designed by famous architects and artists such as Marcello Piacentini, Angiolo Mazzoni and Duilio Cambellotti. In 1934 it became a provincial capital and, after Wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sant'Elia Fiumerapido
Sant'Elia Fiumerapido is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Frosinone, in the Latin Valley, in the Lazio region of central Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re .... The composer Giuseppe Bozzelli was born in Sant'Elia Fiumerapido in 1841.Petrucci, Giovanni (2011)"Giuseppe Bozzelli: il celebre musicista santeliano" ''Studi Cassinati'', Anno 2011, No. 3. Retrieved 19 December 2017 . Part of the motion picture, The Devil's Brigade, was filmed there in 1967. References Cities and towns in Lazio {{Lazio-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingdom Of Naples
The Kingdom of Naples ( la, Regnum Neapolitanum; it, Regno di Napoli; nap, Regno 'e Napule), also known as the Kingdom of Sicily, was a state that ruled the part of the Italian Peninsula south of the Papal States between 1282 and 1816. It was established by the War of the Sicilian Vespers (1282–1302), when the island of Sicily revolted and was conquered by the Crown of Aragon, becoming a separate kingdom also called the Kingdom of Sicily. In 1816, it reunified with the island of Sicily to form the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. The territory of the Kingdom of Naples corresponded to the current Italian regions of Campania, Calabria, Apulia, Basilicata, Abruzzo, Molise and also included some areas of today's southern and eastern Lazio. Nomenclature The term "Kingdom of Naples" is in near-universal use among historians, but it was not used officially by the government. Since the Angevins remained in power on the Italian peninsula, they kept the original name of the Kingdom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giustizierato
A justiciarate or justiciarship ( it, giustizierato , plural ''giustizierati''; alternatively known as ''circoscrizione'') was a type of administrative subdivision that was used by several Italian states in the medieval period. The Kingdom of Sicily under Federico II used ''giustizierati'' to divide his realms in the 1230s: Abruzzo, Basilicata, Calabria, Capitanata, Principato e Terra Beneventana, Terra di Bari, Terra di Lavoro (including the modern Frosinone and Latina provinces of today's Lazio region), Terra d'Otranto and Valle di Crati e Terra Giordana. Under Carlo I of Anjou in the 1270s, the subdivision of Abruzzo was considered too large an area to defend and manage efficiently, especially since it was the most northern part of the kingdom. It was decided to follow the border created by the river of Pescara, creating two separate giustizierati of Abruzzo Ulteriore and Abruzzo Citeriore. The era of ''giustizierati'' ended in the time when the Spanish power of Aragon came ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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