Velletri

Velletri ([velˈleːtri]; Latin Velitrae) is a Italian toun o 53,298 indwallers. It is a comune in the province o Roum, on the Alban Hills, in Lazio (Lazio) - Italy. It is boondit bi ither communes o Rocca di Papa, Lariano, Cisterna di Latina, Artena, Aprilia, Nemi, Genzano di Roma, Lanuvio. Its motto is: Est mihi libertas papalis et imperialis.

Velletri
Comune
Comune di Velletri
Panorama o Velletri
Coat airms
Velletri Location o Velletri in Italy
Coordinates: 41°41′12″N 12°46′39″E
Kintra	Italy
Region	Lazio
Province	Roum
Govrenment
• Mayor	Fausto Servadio (Democratic Pairty)
Area
• Total	113 km2 (44 sq mi)
Elevation	332 m (1,089 ft)
Population  (April 2010)
• Total	53,298
• Density	470/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Veliterni
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	00049
Diallin code	06
Patron saunt	Saunt Clement
Saunt day	November 23
Website	Offeecial wabsteid

It wis a auncient ceety o the Volsci tribe, an its status wis influential in the time o King Ancus Marcius, enough tae be on a par wi Roum. It haes been the steid o twa historical battles, in 1744 an 1849. In the Middle Ages, it wis ane o the few “free ceeties” in Lazio an central Italy.

The day, Velletri is hame tae a circuit court an a preeson, in addeetion tae several colleges an heich schuils. It is the terminus o the Roum-Velletri railwey, inauguratit bi Pape Pius IX in 1863, an the ceety is ane o the centres which the Via Appia Nuova passes throu.

Internaitional relations

Twin touns – Sister ceeties

Velletri is twinned wi:

Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg Mödling, Austrick Offenbach, Germany Puteaux, Fraunce

Saint-Gilles, Belgium Tilburg, Netherlands Tower Hamlets, Unitit Kinrick Zemun, Serbie

Freemit airtins

• Mapquest - Velletri
• Velletri Commonty Wabsteid