Frascati
Frascati (pronounced [fɾaˈskaːti]) is a toun an comune in the province o Roum in the Lazio region o central Italy. It is locatit 20 kilometre (12 mi) sooth-east o Roum, on the Alban Hills close tae the auncient ceety o Tusculum. Frascati is closely associatit wi science, bein the location o several internaitional scientific laboratories.
Frascati | |
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| Città di Frascati | |
 Cathedral of San Pietro Apostolo. | |
 Coat airms | |
  Frascati Location o Frascati in Italy | |
| Coordinates: 41°49′N 12°41′E / 41.817°N 12.683°E | |
| Kintra | Italy |
| Region | Lazio |
| Province | Roum |
| Frazioni | Cisternole, Cocciano, Pantano Secco, Prataporci, Selvotta, Vermicino |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Stefano Di Tommaso (Democratic Pairty) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 22 km2 (8 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 320 m (1,050 ft) |
| Population (2009) | |
| • Total | 19,830 |
| • Density | 900/km2 (2,300/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Frascatani |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 00044 |
| Diallin code | 06 |
| Patron saunt | Saunts Apostles Philip an James |
| Saunt day | May 3 |
| Website | Offeecial wabsteid |
Frascati is renouned for its white wine, Frascati. It is a important historical an airtistic centre an aw.
Frascati is the see o the suburbicarian diocese of Frascati.
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| Wikisource haes the text o the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica airticle Frascati. |