San Vincenzo Valle Roveto 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 ...
'' and
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
in the
province of L'Aquila
The Province of L'Aquila ( it, Provincia dell'Aquila) is the largest, most mountainous and least densely populated province of the Abruzzo region of Central Italy. It comprises about half the landmass of Abruzzo and occupies the western part o ...
in the
Abruzzo
Abruzzo (, , ; nap, label=Neapolitan language, Abruzzese Neapolitan, Abbrùzze , ''Abbrìzze'' or ''Abbrèzze'' ; nap, label=Sabino dialect, Aquilano, Abbrùzzu; #History, historically Abruzzi) is a Regions of Italy, region of Southern Italy wi ...
region of
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 ...
.
Geography
The town is located at an altitude of 388 meters above sea level, along the
Roveto valley
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The Valle Roveto or Val Roveto (Roveto valley) is an Apennine valley, located in the Abruzzo Apennines, in the province of L'Aquila, in Marsica, a geographical and historical central Italian region. The Valley ...
, in
Marsica
Marsica is a geographical and historical region in the Abruzzo, central Italy, including 37 ''comuni'' in the province of L'Aquila. It is located between the plain of the former Fucine Lake, the National Park of Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise, the pla ...
.
History
The medieval village, dating back to around the year one thousand, developed near the church dedicated to
St. Vincent martyr, patron saint of the town. The church already depended in the 11th-12th centuries on the
Casamari abbey, in the neighboring
Latin Valley
Valle Latina (''Latin Valley'') is an Italian geographical and historical region that extends from the south of Rome to Cassino, corresponding to the eastern area of ancient Roman Latium.
The valley's principal cities are Frosinone, Cassino, So ...
. The history of the town has always been linked to that of the nearby and more important medieval
castle of Morrea, most likely already present in ancient documents dating back to the year 702 with the toponym of Horrea.
San Vincenzo Valle Roveto
Il Portale d'Abruzzo
References
Marsica
San Vincenzo Valle Roveto
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