Colle San Magno (locally ) is a ''
comune
The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...
'' (municipality) in the
Province of Frosinone
The Province of Frosinone ( it, Provincia di Frosinone) is a province in the Lazio region of Italy, with 91 ''comuni'' (singular: ''comune''; see Comuni of the Province of Frosinone). Its capital is the city of Frosinone. It has an area of ...
in the
Italian
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* Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries
** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
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*** Regional Ita ...
region
Lazio
it, Laziale
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, located about southeast of
Rome
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, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
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and about southeast of
Frosinone
Frosinone (, local dialect: ) is a town and ''comune'' in Lazio, central Italy, the administrative seat of the province of Frosinone. It is located about south-east of Rome close to the Rome-Naples A1 Motorway. The city is the main city of the Va ...
.
Its name refers to
St. Magnus of Anagni.
The town was founded in the 11th century, and it was later ruled by the D'Avalos and, from the 16th century, by the
Boncompagni
The Boncompagni is a princely family of the Italian nobility who settled in Bologna around the 14th century, but which was probably originally from Umbria.
In 1572 they obtained the papal throne thanks to Ugo Boncompagni, who, with the name of Po ...
. In 1796 it was acquired by the
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 ...
.
Attractions include the medieval castle, the old asphalt mines and the church of S.M. Assunta.
References
External links
Official website
Cities and towns in Lazio
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