Borgorose (
Sabino: ) 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 Rieti
The Province of Rieti ( it, Provincia di Rieti) is a province in the Lazio region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Rieti. Established in 1927, it has an area of with a total population of 157,887 people as of 2017. There are 73 ''comuni'' i ...
in the
Italian
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region
Lazio
it, Laziale
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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 w ...
), located about northeast of
Rome
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and about southeast of
Rieti.
Borgorose borders the following municipalities:
L'Aquila,
Lucoli
Lucoli is a ''comune'' (municipality) and town in the province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of Italy. It is one of the nearest communes to the Campo Felice plain and ski resort.
The epicentre of 2009 L'Aquila earthquake
The 2009 L'Aquil ...
,
Magliano de' Marsi
Magliano de' Marsi is a ''comune'' and town in the province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of southern-central Italy. The town is in the historical region Marsica.
Main sights
*Church of Santa Lucia, in late Gothic- Romanesque style, with Baro ...
,
Pescorocchiano
Pescorocchiano ( Sabino: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Rieti in the Italian region Latium, located about northeast of Rome and about southeast of Rieti.
Pescorocchiano borders the following municipalities: Borgorose, Carso ...
,
Sante Marie
Sante Marie is a ''comune'' and town in the province of L'Aquila, in the Abruzzo region of central Italy
It is served by a station on the Rome
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Tornimparte
Tornimparte is a ''comune'' and town in the province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of central-southern Italy.
Geography
Tornimparte is subdivided into 23 wards (frazioni): Castiglione, Capo La Villa, Villagrande, Capolitto, Case Tirante, Pi ...
. The ''frazione'' of Corvaro was the birthplace of
Antipope Nicholas V
Nicholas V, born Pietro Rainalducci (c. 125816 October 1333) was an antipope in Italy from 12 May 1328 to 25 July 1330 during the pontificate of Pope John XXII (1316–1334) at Avignon. He was the last antipope set up by a Holy Roman Emper ...
.
Until 1960, the town was denominated Borgocollefegato. Near the town is the ruins of the
Romanesque church and crypt of
San Giovanni in Leopardis San Giovanni in Leopardis is a former Roman Catholic church and Benedictine church located in a hilltop south of the town of Borgorose, in the province of Rieti, region of Lazio, Italy. Only ruined and stripped elements of the Romanesque church wal ...
.
References
External links
Official website
Cities and towns in Lazio
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