Palombara Sabina
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Palombara Sabina is a toun an comune in the province o Roum, Italy.
Palombara Sabina | |
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Comune di Palombara Sabina | |
Aerial view o Palombara Sabina | |
Coordinates: 42°04′N 12°46′E / 42.067°N 12.767°E | |
Kintra | Italy |
Region | Lazio |
Province | Roum |
Frazioni | Stazzano, Cretone |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor | Paolo Della Rocca |
Elevation | 372 m (1,220 ft) |
Population (2008) | |
• Total | 12,376 |
Demonym(s) | Palombaresi |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 00018 |
Diallin code | 0774 |
Patron saunt | Saunt Blaise |
Saunt day | Februar 3 |
Website | Offeecial wabsteid |
Main sichts
eedit- Savelli-Torlonia Castle, biggit frae the 11t century bi the Ottaviani, a branch o the Crescentii faimily o Roum. Antipape Innocent III wis arrestit here in 1180. It wis acquired bi Luca Savelli, a nephew o pape Honorius III, in 1250, whence the current name. It wis rebiggit in the 16t century bi Troilo Savelli, who commissioned his friend Baldassarre Peruzzi the frescoes which are still visible inside, includin portraits o Roman famous men, allegories o the Liberal Arts an grotesque decorations. It is nou hame tae a librar, an exhibition o Roman statues foond nearbi Palombara in 2008, and a natural sciences museum.
- Abbey o Saunt John in Argentella
- Kirk o Santa Maria Annunziata (14t century)
- Kirk o St. Blaise (1101), in Romanesque style.
- Fortifeed veelage of Castiglione, in the Monti Lucretili pairk, at 750 m.
- Convent o St. Michael, in rural Romanesque style. It wis biggit ower a Roman villa, o which traces o opus reticulatum remain.