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San Lorenzo in Nifili is a Romanesque-style,

Roman Catholic Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...

church located in the town of Farnetta, part of the commune of

Montecastrilli Montecastrilli is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Terni in the Italian region of Umbria, located about 50 km south of Perugia and about 15 km northwest of Terni Terni ( , ; lat, Interamna (Nahars)) is a city in the so ...

, in the

province of Terni The Province of Terni ( it, Provincia di Terni) is the smaller of the two provinces in the Umbria region of Italy, comprising one-third of both the area and population of the region. Its capital is the city of Terni. The province came into being ...

, region of

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, Italy.

History

A church is documented since 1112, when it was donated by the Count Rapizzo degli Arnolfi to the

Abbey of Farfa Farfa Abbey ( it, Abbazia di Farfa) is a territorial abbey in northern Lazio, central Italy. In the Middle Ages it was one of the richest and most famous abbeys in Italy. It belongs to the Benedictine Order and is located about from Rome, in t ...

. The church incorporates spolia from an ancient Roman construction. In 1777, it became part of the parish of

Farnetta Farnetta is a small village in the Terre Arnolfe countryside, 16 miles northwest of the Italian city of Terni, Umbria. It is included in the ''comune'' of Montecastrilli in the province of Terni (central Italy). It has a population of 283. Farn ...

.Proloco of the Montecastrilli
Beni culturali.

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