Carpineto Romano 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
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 ...
in the
Italian
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*** Regional Ita ...
region
Lazio
it, Laziale
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, located about southeast of
Rome
, established_title = Founded
, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus ( legendary)
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It is the birthplace of
Pope Leo XIII
Pope Leo XIII ( it, Leone XIII; born Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci; 2 March 1810 – 20 July 1903) was the head of the Catholic Church from 20 February 1878 to his death in July 1903. Living until the age of 93, he was the second-ol ...
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Carpineto Romano borders the following municipalities:
Bassiano
Bassiano (locally ''Vassiano'') is a municipality (Italian: ''comune'') in the Province of Latina in the Italian region Lazio, located about southeast of Rome and about northeast of Latina, Lazio, Latina. As of 31 December 2004, it had a populat ...
,
Gorga,
Maenza
Maenza is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Latina in the Italian region Lazio, located about southeast of Rome and about east of Latina. It is home to a castle, originally built as a watchtower in the 12th-13th centuries, and e ...
,
Montelanico
Montelanico is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Rome in the Italian region Latium, located about southeast of Rome
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, established_date = 753 BC
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,
Norma Norma may refer to:
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Astronomy
*Norma (constellation)
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Geography
*Norma, Lazi ...
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Roccagorga
Roccagorga is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Latina in the Italian region Lazio, located about southeast of Rome and about northeast of Latina.
Roccagorga borders the following municipalities: Carpineto Romano, Maenza, Prive ...
,
Sezze
Sezze (from the Latin "Setia") is a town and ''comune'' in the Province of Latina, central Italy, about south of Rome and from the Mediterranean coast. The historical center of Sezze is located on a high hill commanding the Pontine plain.
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Supino.
Twin towns - sister cities
Carpineto Romano is
twinned
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Wadowice
Wadowice (; ger, Frauenstadt – Wadowitz) is a town in southern Poland, southwest of Kraków with 19,200 inhabitants (2006), situated on the Skawa river, confluence of Vistula, in the eastern part of Silesian Foothills (Pogórze Śląskie). W ...
,
Poland
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References
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External links
Official website
Cities and towns in Lazio
Pope Leo XIII
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