Vallepietra 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 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
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region
Lazio
it, Laziale
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, located about east of
Rome
, established_title = Founded
, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
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, in the
Monti Simbruini
The Monti Simbruini are a mountain range in central Italy, a part of Apennines mountain system.
The 'Simbruini' name derives from ''Simbruvium'', a lake formed by the river Anio, situated in the territory of the Aequi; it may derive from Latin ...
area.
Vallepietra borders the following municipalities:
Camerata Nuova
Camerata Nuova is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Rome in the Italian region of Lazio, located about east of Rome.
Camerata Nuova borders the following municipalities: Cappadocia, Cervara di Roma, Rocca di Botte, Subiaco, ...
,
Cappadocia
Cappadocia or Capadocia (; tr, Kapadokya), is a historical region in Central Anatolia, Turkey. It largely is in the provinces Nevşehir, Kayseri, Aksaray, Kırşehir, Sivas and Niğde.
According to Herodotus, in the time of the Ionian Re ...
,
Filettino
Filettino is a village and ''comune'' in Lazio, Italy, located about east of Rome and about north of Frosinone.
Filettino borders the following municipalities: Canistro, Capistrello, Cappadocia, Castellafiume, Civitella Roveto, Guarcino, Mori ...
,
Jenne,
Subiaco,
Trevi nel Lazio
Trevi nel Lazio is a town and ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of Frosinone in the Italian region of Lazio in the upper valley of the Aniene river.
It is by road northeast of Fiuggi and by road southeast of Subiaco, the nearest large ...
.
Main sights
Sanctuary of the ''Santissima Trinità'', probably a rock settlement from the
Neolithic
The Neolithic period, or New Stone Age, is an Old World archaeological period and the final division of the Stone Age. It saw the Neolithic Revolution, a wide-ranging set of developments that appear to have arisen independently in several p ...
era, and later a place of popular adoration connected to the Benedictine abbeys in
Subiaco. It is still today the end of pilgrimages, often led by feet. The object of the popular adoration is a fresco portraying the ''Trinity'', dating probably from the 12th century, and which has strong Byzantine influences.
References
External links
Official website
Cities and towns in Lazio
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