Collevecchio () is a (municipality) in the
province of Rieti
The province of Rieti () is a Provinces of Italy, 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
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region of
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 whic ...
.
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 Falisci, who called it " Falerii". Afte ...
,
Magliano Sabina
Magliano Sabina () is a (municipality) in the Province of Rieti in the Italian region of Latium, at Tiber Valley, 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 of .All de ...
,
Montebuono,
Ponzano Romano,
Stimigliano,
Tarano. The ''
frazione
A ''frazione'' (: ''frazioni'') 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 consolidat ...
'' of
Poggio Sommavilla is home to a prehistoric and arcaic
archaeological site of Poggio Sommavilla on
Tiber Valley
The Tiber Valley (Italian: ''Valle del Tevere'') is the largest geographical part of the of the Tiber river included in the Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany, Umbria, and the Lazio regions; it is characterized by river terraces and floodplain areas that e ...
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 (: necropolises, necropoles, necropoleis, necropoli) is a large, designed cemetery with elaborate tomb monuments. The name stems from the Ancient Greek ''nekropolis'' ().
The term usually implies a separate burial site at a distan ...
.
The economy is based on agriculture (olive, wine) and animal husbandry (cattle and goats).
People from Collevecchio
*
Simonetta da Collevecchio
References
External links
Istituto per l'Archeologia Etrusco-Italica Museum
A museum is an institution dedicated to displaying or Preservation (library and archive), preserving culturally or scientifically significant objects. Many museums have exhibitions of these objects on public display, and some have private colle ...
Civico of Magliano Sabina, exhibit the reperts of necropolis of Poggio Sommavilla (Collevecchio).
Cities and towns in Lazio
Archaeological sites in Lazio
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