Velletri
Velletri ([velˈleːtri]; Latin Velitrae[1]) is a Italian toun o 53,298 indwallers.[2] 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 | |
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| Comune di Velletri | |
 Panorama o Velletri | |
 Coat airms | |
  Velletri Location o Velletri in Italy | |
| Coordinates: 41°41′12″N 12°46′39″E / 41.68667°N 12.77750°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
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eeditVelletri is twinned wi:
References
eedit- ↑ Dizionario di ortografia e pronunzia 02 - 11 - 2008
- ↑ Dati ISTAT 04-2010
- ↑ "Puteaux - Qu'est-ce que le jumelage?". Mairie de Puteaux [Puteaux Official Website] (in French). Archived frae the original on 26 November 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2013."Archived copy". Archived frae the original on 26 November 2013. Retrieved 2 Apryle 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
Freemit airtins
eedit| Wikisource haes the text o the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica airticle Velletri. |
| Wikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae Velletri. |