Pescorocchiano (
Sabino: ) 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'' i ...
in the
Italian
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* 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 w ...
, located about northeast of
Rome
, established_title = Founded
, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus ( legendary)
, image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg
, map_caption ...
and about southeast of
Rieti
Rieti (; lat, Reate, Sabino: ) is a town and ''comune'' in Lazio, central Italy, with a population of 47,700. It is the administrative seat of the province of Rieti and see of the diocese of Rieti, as well as the modern capital of the Sabin ...
.
Pescorocchiano borders the following municipalities:
Borgorose
Borgorose ( Sabino: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Rieti in the Italian region Lazio (Latin Latium), located about northeast of Rome and about southeast of Rieti.
Borgorose borders the following municipalities: L'Aquila, Luc ...
,
Carsoli,
Collalto Sabino
Collalto Sabino ( Sabino: ) is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Rieti in the Italian region Latium, located about northeast of Rome and about southeast of Rieti.
Collalto Sabino borders the following municipalities: Carsoli, Colle ...
,
Fiamignano,
Marcetelli
Marcetelli ( Sabino: ) is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Rieti in the Italian region Latium, located about northeast of Rome and about southeast of Rieti.
Marcetelli borders the following municipalities: Ascrea, Collalto Sabino, ...
,
Petrella Salto
Petrella Salto ( Sabino: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Rieti in the Italian region Latium, located about northeast of Rome and about southeast of Rieti
Rieti (; lat, Reate, Sabino: ) is a town and ''comune'' in Lazio, ...
,
Sante Marie,
Tornimparte,
Varco Sabino
Varco Sabino is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Rieti in the Italian region Latium, located about northeast of Rome and about southeast of Rieti.
The municipality borders with Ascrea, Castel di Tora, Concerviano, Marcetelli, ...
. It is located not far from the
Lago del Salto and is a typical agricultural municipality, renowned for the production of chestnut. The ''frazione'' (separated hamlet) of Civitella di Nesce, was most likely the seat of the ''Res publica Aequiculorum'', an ancient Roman ''
municipium
In ancient Rome, the Latin term (pl. ) referred to a town or city. Etymologically, the was a social contract among ("duty holders"), or citizens of the town. The duties () were a communal obligation assumed by the in exchange for the priv ...
'' in the former territory of the
Aequi
300px, Location of the Aequi (Equi) in central Italy, 5th century BC.
The Aequi ( grc, Αἴκουοι and Αἴκοι) were an Italic tribe on a stretch of the Apennine Mountains to the east of Latium in central Italy who appear in the early hist ...
.
References
External links
Official website
Cities and towns in Lazio
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