Moricone is a (municipality) in the
Metropolitan City of Rome
Metropolitan City of Rome Capital ( it, Città metropolitana di Roma Capitale) is an area of local government at the level of metropolitan city in the Lazio region of the Republic of Italy. It comprises the territory of the city of Rome and 120 o ...
in the
Italian
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* Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries
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region of
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 whi ...
, located about northeast of
Rome
, established_title = Founded
, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
, image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg
, map_caption ...
.
Moricone borders the following municipalities:
Monteflavio
Monteflavio ( Romanesco: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Rome in the Italian region Latium, located about northeast of Rome.
Monteflavio borders the following municipalities: Licenza, Montorio Romano, Moricone, Palomb ...
,
Montelibretti
Montelibretti is a town and ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Rome in the Italian region Lazio, located about northeast of Rome on the slopes of Monti Sabini.
Montelibretti borders the following municipalities: Capena, Fara in ...
,
Montorio Romano
Montorio Romano ( it, label= Romanesco, Mondoriu) is a (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Rome in the Italian region of Latium, located about northeast of Rome.
Montorio Romano borders the following municipalities: Monteflavio, Montelibr ...
,
Palombara Sabina
Palombara Sabina ( Romanesco: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Rome, Italy.
Main sights
* Savelli-Torlonia Castle, built from the 11th century by the Ottaviani, a branch of the Crescentii family of Rome. Antipope Innocent I ...
.
Moricone is known for its fresh produce and
olive oil
Olive oil is a liquid fat obtained from olives (the fruit of ''Olea europaea''; family Oleaceae), a traditional tree crop of the Mediterranean Basin, produced by pressing whole olives and extracting the oil. It is commonly used in cooking: f ...
.
References
Cities and towns in Lazio
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