Sacrofano
Sacrofano is a comune (municipality) in the Province o Roum in the Italian region o Lazio, locatit aboot 25 km north o Roum. Locatit near the Monti Sabatini, at the feet o an extinct volcano, it is includit in the Regional Pairk o Veii.
Sacrofano | |
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| Comune di Sacrofano | |
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  Sacrofano Location o Sacrofano in Italy | |
| Coordinates: 42°6′N 12°27′E / 42.100°N 12.450°E | |
| Kintra | Italy |
| Region | Lazio |
| Province | Roum (RM) |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Valter Casagrande |
| Area | |
| • Total | 28.5 km2 (11.0 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 260 m (850 ft) |
| Population (2008)[1] | |
| • Total | 7,719 |
| • Density | 270/km2 (700/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Sacrofanesi |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 00060 |
| Diallin code | 06 |
| Patron saunt | St. Blaise an Geminianus |
| Saunt day | 3Februar |
| Website | Offeecial wabsteid |
Sacrofano borders the follaein municipalities: Campagnano di Roma, Castelnuovo di Porto, Formello, Magliano Romano, Riano, Roum.
History eedit
They wur oreeginally pairt o the territory o the Etruscan ceety o Veii. Later it wis hame tae numerous Roman villas, which wur abandoned in the 5t-6t centuries. A fundus Scrofanum is mentioned for the first time in 780. A castle wis biggit here probably in the 10t-11t century; in the 13t century it wis a possession o the Prefetti di Vico, an later o the Savelli an the Orsini, who acquired it unner the reign o Pape Gregory XI (1370–1377). Apairt a short conquest bi Cesare Borgia (1503–1516), they kept Sacrofano for nearly three centuries: in 1560 it wis includit in the Duchy o Bracciano. In 1662 the Orsini cedit it tae the Chigi faimily.
Main sichts eedit
- The Rocca (castle)
- The kirk o San Giovanni Battista, datin frae the 12t century but restored in the 15t century. It haes a tuff bell touer frae the 14t century. The kirk haes an irregular plan, wi a single nave. The 1515 altar, in polychrome marbles, hooses the relic o St. Justin Martyr.
Transportation eedit
Sacrofano haes a station on the Roma-Civitacastellana-Viterbo regional railwey. It can be reached bi caur frae Roum in c. 20 minutes throu the Via Flaminia an the Via Sacrofanese.