Poggio Nativo ( 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

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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 southwest of Rieti. Poggio Nativo borders the following municipalities: Casaprota,

Castelnuovo di Farfa Castelnuovo di Farfa is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Rieti in the Italian region Latium, located about northeast of Rome and about southwest of Rieti Rieti (; lat, Reate, Sabino: ) is a town and ''comune'' in Lazio, central ...

, Frasso Sabino, Mompeo,

Nerola Nerola is a town and ''comune'' of the Metropolitan City of Rome, Latium, Italy. Name The name Nerola is probably derived from the Sabine word ''nero'' or ''nerio'', which meant "strong" and "brave". The inscription on the fountain in the pia ...

Poggio Moiano Poggio Moiano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Rieti in the Italian region Latium, located about northeast of Rome and about south of Rieti. Poggio Moiano borders the following municipalities: Colle di Tora, Frasso Sabino, Mon ...

Scandriglia Scandriglia is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Rieti in the Italian region Latium, located about northeast of Rome and about south of Rieti. In the frazione of Ponticelli Sabino, is located the Franciscan convent and sanctuary of ...

Toffia Toffia is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Rieti in the Italian region Latium, located about northeast of Rome and about southwest of Rieti. Toffia borders the following municipalities: Castelnuovo di Farfa, Fara in Sabina, Ne ...

. Poggio Nativo is home to the Santacittarama

Theravada Buddhist ''Theravāda'' () ( si, ථේරවාදය, my, ထေရဝါဒ, th, เถรวาท, km, ថេរវាទ, lo, ເຖຣະວາດ, pi, , ) is the most commonly accepted name of Buddhism's oldest existing school. The school' ...

monastery. Economy is mostly based on agriculture (cereals, olives, vines, fruit) and cattle raising. Among the main landmarks is the San Paolo church and former monastery.

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