Vallerotonda (locally ) is a town and ''

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 region of

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in central

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, 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 ...

. The commune is situated on the

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and forms part of the

Comino Valley The Valle di Comino () is a valley in the province of Frosinone, in Lazio in central Italy. It runs from San Biagio Saracinisco to Vicalvi and is adjacent to the Abruzzi mountains. It grossly corresponds to the upper valley of the Melfa river, ...

Geography

The area is historically tied to the

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, the

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"South", only relatively recently in the 1920s

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rule, was it transferred to the "central" province of

along with

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from the

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, which was a ''

giustizierato A justiciarate or justiciarship ( it, giustizierato , plural ''giustizierati''; alternatively known as ''circoscrizione'') was a type of administrative subdivision that was used by several Italian states in the medieval period. The Kingdom of Sici ...

'' (circumscription) of the former

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 ...

. It borders the communes

Acquafondata Acquafondata (Campanian: , la, Aquafundata) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Frosinone in the Italian region Lazio, located in the Monti della Meta area, about southeast of Rome and about east of Frosinone. History During Worl ...

Cervaro Cervaro is a town and ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Frosinone in the Italy, Italian region Lazio. It is located in the Liri River, Liri valley, about southeast of Rome and about southeast of Frosinone. Cervaro borders the followin ...

Filignano Filignano is an Italian ''comune'' (municipality) of the Province of Isernia, in the region Molise. History The village was first mentioned in 962 and elevated to autonomous municipality in 1840, when it was separated from Pozzilli. Geography Fi ...

Rocchetta a Volturno Rocchetta a Volturno is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Isernia in the Italian region Molise, located about west of Campobasso and about west of Isernia. Rocchetta a Volturno borders the following municipalities: Castel San Vin ...

San Biagio Saracinisco San Biagio Saracinisco is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Frosinone in the Italian region of Lazio, located about east of Rome and about east of Frosinone. San Biagio Saracinisco borders the following municipalities: Castel San ...

Sant'Elia Fiumerapido Sant'Elia Fiumerapido is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Frosinone, in the Latin Valley, in the Lazio region of central Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southe ...

, and

Viticuso Viticuso is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Frosinone in the Italian region Lazio, located about southeast of Rome and about east of Frosinone. Viticuso borders the following municipalities: Acquafondata, Cervaro, Conca Casale, Po ...

External links

Official website

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