Collevecchio (local
Collevecchiano dialect: ) 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
province of Rieti
The Province of Rieti ( it, Provincia di Rieti) is a province in the Lazio region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Rieti. Established in 1927, it has an area of with a total population of 157,887 people as of 2017. There are 73 ''comuni'' ...
in the
Italian
Italian(s) may refer to:
* Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries
** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
** Italian language, a Romance language
*** Regional Ita ...
region
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 ...
.
Territory
Collevecchio borders the following Comuni:
Civita Castellana
Civita Castellana is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Viterbo, north of Rome.
Mount Soracte lies about to the south-east.
History
Civita Castellana was settled during the Iron Age by the Italic people of the Falisci, who called it "Fa ...
,
Magliano Sabina
Magliano Sabina ( Maglianese: , Sabino: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Rieti in the Italian region Latium, located about north of Rome and about west of Rieti. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,829 and an area ...
,
Montebuono
Montebuono is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Rieti in the Italian region Latium, located about north of Rome and about west of Rieti.
Montebuono borders the following municipalities: Calvi dell'Umbria, Collevecchio, Magliano Sab ...
,
Ponzano Romano
Ponzano Romano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Rome in the Italian region Latium, located about north of Rome. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,061 and an area of .All demographics and other statistics: ...
,
Stimigliano,
Tarano
Tarano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Rieti in the Italian region Latium, located about north of Rome and about west of Rieti. On 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,296 and an area of .All demographics and other statist ...
. The ''
frazione
A ''frazione'' (plural: ) is a type of subdivision of a ''comune'' (municipality) in Italy, often a small village or hamlet outside the main town. Most ''frazioni'' were created during the Fascist era (1922–1943) as a way to consolidate territ ...
'' of
Poggio Sommavilla is home to an prehistoric and arcaico archaeological site on
Tibervalley with center
acropolis
An acropolis was the settlement of an upper part of an ancient Greek city, especially a citadel, and frequently a hill with precipitous sides, mainly chosen for purposes of defense. The term is typically used to refer to the Acropolis of Athens, ...
and a
necropolis
A necropolis (plural necropolises, necropoles, necropoleis, necropoli) is a large, designed cemetery with elaborate tomb monuments. The name stems from the Ancient Greek ''nekropolis'', literally meaning "city of the dead".
The term usually im ...
.
The economy is based on agriculture (olive, wine) and animal husbandry (cattle and goats).
References
External links
Istituto per l'Archeologia Etrusco-Italica Museum
A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make these ...
Civico of Magliano Sabina, exhibit the reperts of necropolis of Poggio Sommavilla (Collevecchio).
Cities and towns in Lazio
Archaeological sites in Italy
{{Latium-geo-stub