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Italy, Gavi

Gavi is a town in the Ligurian Apennines between Genoa and Milan. It is worldwide…

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Italy, Nove

The town of Nove is near the heart of Grappa country, with Montegrappa crowning the…

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Italy, Mussolente

Mussolente is a small area on the edge of the wonderful town of Bassano del…

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Italy, Siracusa

Siracusa is listed as a UNESCO world heritage site, it abounds in cultural history, particularly…

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Italy, Frascati

Frascati is a key town in what is known as the Castelli Romani, that area…

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Italy, Napoli

Naples famous since Pompeii; the bay a source of inspiration to artists, poets and lovers.…

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Italy, Catania

Catania is an important Sicilian city laying south at the foot of the Etna volcano.…

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Italy, Bassano Del Grappa

Bassano del Grappa was renamed from Bassano Veneto, after the first world war, to commemorate…

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Italy, Viterbo

The city of Viterbo is at the centre of Tuscia where once lived the ancient…

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Italy, Lonato del Garda

Lago del Garda is the largest lake in Italy and one of the most beautiful.…

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Italy, Galliera Veneta

Galliera Veneta is best known for the famous Villa Capello, or Villa Imperiale, which now…

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Italy, Vicenza

Known in the world for being home to some of the finest Italian goldsmiths, Vicenza…

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Italy, Mogliano

Mogliano Veneto is one of the many elegant tree-lined towns between Venice and Treviso, towns…

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Greece, Larissa

Larissa, the third city of Greece, and also a town from Greek antiquity, is at…

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Italy, Codogno

Codogno derives its name from the fruit of the quince, that were once abundant in…

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Italy, Cartigliano

Cartigliano lies on the north bank of the river Brenta, just at the start of…

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Italy, Gazzo

Gazzo is a small community near Venice and Vicenza where traditionally the artisans are based.…

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Italy, Savona

Savona was the seat of a rebellious population who suffered under the relative might of…

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Italy, Montebello Vicentino

Montebello, as it was named until the annexation of Veneto in 1866, had been for…

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Italy, Pove Del Grappa

Pove del Grappa started life possibly as a quarrying town for the ancient roads in…

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Italy, Castelli

Castelli is situated at the foot of the aptly named Monte Camicia, dominated by rocks…

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Italy, Roma

There are no words to describe Rome. If you've never seen it, then waste no…

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Greece, Athens, Plaka

Plaka is ‘Athens Old Town’ – very old. It was developed around and on the…

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Italy, Fano

The city of Fano, in Marche, is characterized by massive walls built before Emperor Augustus,…

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Italy, Solagna

Solagna is located in the channel area of the Brenta, when the river is still…

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Italy, Genzano

Genzano is a typical town of the Castelli, along Lake Nemi, historically part of the…

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Italy, Molvena

Molvena is located in the north west of Veneto, on the border between the plain…

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Italy, Bergamo

Bergamo is an ancient city that suffered a compulsory reconstruction after a visit by Attila…

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Italy, Limana

Limana is an area and town a few kilometres south of Belluno in north Veneto.…

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Italy, Treviso

The name Treviso either comes from the Celtic "Tarvos" or arose from the distant Illyrian.…

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Canada, Whistler

Whistler started life in the late 19th century as a little-used trading route. The name…

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Italy, San Donà di Piave

Located at the confluence of several rivers feeding the lagoon of Venice, the story of…

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Italy, Codigoro

Located on the delta of the Po, the longest Italian River, Codigoro developed in the…

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Italy, Monreale

Just south of Palermo on the slopes of Monte Capito is the most famous Norman…

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Italy, Tropea

Founded in mythology by Hercules, Tropea contrasts the extreme beauty of the sea and the…

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Italy, Pesaro

Pesaro è famosa per due suoi figli, Gioachino Rossini e Valentino Rossi, due uomini che…

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Italy, Bologna

Bologna is a city of arcades. 45km of arcades were built to expand the houses…

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Italy, Prato

Prato is the alter ego of Florence and the two cities are adjacent. Apart from…

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Italy, Paliano

Paliano is a little paradise growing around a military fortress that for centuries was part…

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Italy, Frosinone

Frosinone is the capital of Ciociaria. The whole area south of Rome lived life to…

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Italy, Subiaco

Subiaco was for centuries the "industrial centre" of the Papal States, and here were based…

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Italy, Latina

Latina was founded under the name of Littoria during the Fascist period, it is one…

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Italy,Gubbio

Gubbio lies low on the western side of the Appenines and has done since the…

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Italy, Cagliari

Like Rome, Istanbul and Lisbon, Cagliari is built on 7 hills and is the most…

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Italy, Montebelluna

Montebelluna is a widespread commune at the foot of the Montello hill and the plain…

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Italy, Zagarolo

Very close to Rome, Zagarolo has a shape rather "one-dimensional" along a ridge of tuff…

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Italy, Mammola

Mammola is on the Ionian coast of Calabria, near the Aspromonte. It is a country…

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Italy, Gavignano

Like all the towns near Rome, Gavignano is built around Roman villas and along the…

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Italy, Vitorchiano

Vitorchiano is an 'invisible’ in the countryside: its old town merges with rocks. Located on…

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Italy, Valmontone

The name Valmontone probably derives from the topography of the place where stood the town…

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Italy, Segni

The roots of Segni are strongly intertwined with those of Rome even though the history…

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Italy, Rocca Massima

You arrive at Rocca Massima through chestnut woods on one side and a scenic drive…

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Italy, Artena

For many years in the pre-Roman era the famous hillside town of Artena was called…

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Italy, Gorga

Gorga is a mountain village known among the inhabitants of the neighboring countryside as the…

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Italy, Arcinazzo Romano

Curiously Arcinazzo Romano was called Ponza until 1872 when King Vittorio Emanuele II decided to…

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Italy, Palestrina

A little 'history, a little' music and a bit of embroidery. Palestrina (ancient Praenestre) is…

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Italy, Montelanico

Montelanico lies in a valley surrounded by mountains with chestnut woods. Its name has a…

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Italy, Colleferro

Colleferro was officially founded in 1935 with the granting of land by the neighboring municipalities.…

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Italy, Cave

The history of Cave revolves around a fortress founded on a hill and on which…

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Italy, Carpineto Romano

In the Lepini mountains, Carpineto overlooks the plains of Latina (formerly 'the swamps of the…

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Italy, Capranica Prenestina

Capranica Prenestrina is the highest town of Lazio, on the Guadagnolo mountain that dominates Palestrina…

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Italy, Bolsena

Bolsena was founded on the shores of a lake of volcanic origin, as is the…

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Italy, Bomarzo

Bomarzo falls within the Etruscan area and housed the great necropolis of Pianmiano, excavated in…

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Italy, Anagni

Famous since the pre-Roman time of the Ernici, freed by the Romans in 306 BC.,…

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Italy, Acuto

Located on the slopes of the Ernici mountains, over the centuries has had a history…

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Italy, Genazzano

Genazzano stands on volcanic tufa rock surrounded by two rivers and is a renowned centre…

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Italy, Piglio

Located on a spur of Ernici range, Piglio was founded around a military fortress during…

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Italy, Serrone

Serrone owes its name to 'serroni' i.e. the steep slopes of the Lepini mountains. It…

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Italy, Arpino

Arpino is the town of Cicero and Caius Marius. The synthesis of its history is…

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Italy, Civita di Bagnoregio

Civita di Bagnoregio is the old village of Bagnoregio accessible only through a pedestrian bridge…

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Italy, Calcata

Calcata is a small village built on an island of volcanic tuff floating on a…

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Italy, Rieti

Rieti is named after Rhea Sylvia the mother of the twins Romulus and Remus, founders…

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Italy, Priverno

The town of Priverno is located in the Amaseno Valley near the southern boundary of…

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Italy, Veroli

Veroli was founded by the Ernici a thousand years before Christ. It has always been…

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Italy, Fumone

Fulone has always been important. Here, Tarquinius Superbus, the last king of Rome, took refuge…

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Italy, Alatri

Perhaps the real period of peace and splendour for Alatri was many centuries before Christ…

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Italy, Amatrice

Amatrice is the natural Lazio entrance to the National Park of Gran Sasso and Monti…

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Italy, San Felice Circeo

The area is divided into two clearly defined areas: the promontory being part of the…

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Italy, Santa Marinella

Santa Marinella was born on the ruins of the port city of Pyrgi a city…

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Italy, Sabaudia

Subaudia is one of the first cities of the fascist period and was born August…

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Italy, Gaeta

A legend connects Gaeta to the ‘myth’ of the Argonauts, to Aietes the father of…

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Italy, S Angelo Romano

Known since 1174 BC the country, originally known as Medullia, was conquered by the Romans…

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Italy, Collepardo

The town of Collepardo is on an area affected by a significant karst activity characterized…

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Italy, Sperlonga

This stretch of the coast of Lazio with San Magno hill overlooking the sea is…

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Italy, Bassiano

The old town has a special circular shape, punctuated by nine towers and three doors…

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Italy, Anzio

Cicero returned here from exile and reorganized his library. Some of the most prominent Romans…

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Italy, Sermoneta

Sermoneta is located in a strategic place, along the Piedmont road that connected Rome and…

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Italy, Tolfa

Tolfa was inhabited by the Etruscans, from whom there remains a necropolis, and then the…

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Italy, Trevi nel Lazio

Trevi is located in the centre of a wide valley of Cantari mountains, through which…

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Italy, Vallepietra

The hypotheses on the origin of this small town are different, but both are linked…

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Italy,Ventotene

Ventotene is an island of the Pontine archipelago, originally called Pandataria and said to be…

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Italy, Filettino

Filettino is the highest town in the Lazio (1075mabove sea level), and is surrounded by…

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Italy, Montefiascone

Montefiascone experienced good fortune in the Roman period, thanks to the Via Cassia, and in…

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Italy, Posta Fibreno

The town of Posta Fibreno is perched on a hill, close to the Abruzzo National…

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Italy, Terracina

Terracina has always been an ally of Rome and through here goes Via Appia linking…

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Italy, Ariccia

Perhaps Ariccia was founded in about 2750 BC by Theseus, the founder of Athens, but…

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Italy, Guarcino

Guarcino is located in an area rich in karst springs on the Ernici mountains, with…

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Italy, Cori

Cori was founded during the Bronze Age and it quickly became a faithful ally of…

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Italy, Norma

Norma is built on a cliff overlooking the Agro Pontino and the Oasis of Ninfa.…

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Italy,Venezia

Venice is the most famous tourist city in the world that many others try to…

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Italy, Cerveteri

It was originally called Caere and in the twelfth century it became Caere Vetus (Cerveteri)…

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Italy, Nemi

The area of Lake Nemi was considered sacred and its forests were placed under the…

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Italy, Sezze

Legend has it that Sezze was founded by Hercules and its name comes from the…

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Italy, Città della Pieve

Città della Pieve is situated in a dominant position on the Valdichiana above Lake Trasimeno,…

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Italy, Anguillara Sabazia

Anguillara Sabazia sits on the shores of Lake Bracciano, its foundations dating back to the…

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Italy, Leonessa

The municipality of Leonessa is located along the northern slope of Monte Terminillo and borders…

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Italy, Civitavecchia

Civitavecchia was originally called Centumcellae for its many coves on the rocky shoreline that could…

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Italy,Velletri

Velletri was an important centre of Volsci defeated by the Roman King Anco Marzio. From…

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Italy, Prossedi

Prossedi, in the province of Latina, was founded in the seventh century A.D. Six families…

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Italy, Roccasecca

The history of Roccasecca is deeply linked to its geographical position at the entrance of…

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Italy, Maenza

The name '' Maenza '' could derive from the hero Magenzio of Etruscan origin, as…

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Italy, Cittaducale

It is a late-medieval town nestled gently on Colle Cerreto Piano along the Via Salaria,…

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Italy, Civita Castellana

According to legend, a son of Agamemnon, King of Mycenae, founded Falerii Veteres, the ancient…

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Italy, Santi Cosma e Damiano

Santi Cosma e Damiano, in the province of Latina, is on three levels that correspond…

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Italy, Spigno Saturnia

The town of Spigno Saturnia is located in the central area of Cassino, with its…

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Italy, Bracciano

Bracciano is located on the west bank of the large lake of the same name,…

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Italy, Cassino

On the ‘hinge’ between the geographical cultures of southern Italy, the city of Cassino is…

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Italy, Castel S.Elia

Castel Sant'Elia arose between two important consular roads, the Cassia and Flaminia, in the charming…

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Italy, Castelnuova di Farfa

The town dates back to the Roman Empire before the village when some oriental families,…

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Italy,Pastena

The name Pastena originates from the Latin medieval term pastinum which means "land masses" and…

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Italy, Fiumicino

Although it was for a time an important port of Rome, the town was abandoned…

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Italy, Fondi

According to legend Fondi was created by Hercules. Fondi has been a trading post for…

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Italy, Itri

Itri owes its importance to the passage of the Appian Way that from the fourth…

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Italy, Minturno

The name probably derives from Minto Me-natur (prey of fire) or the Minotaur, the figure…

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Italy, Olevano Romano

The Olevano Romano centre is predates the Roman era as shown by the remains of…

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Italy,Vicalvi

The name Vicalvi has medieval origins, Vicus Albus, of the Latin 'Vicus' (village) and 'albus'…

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Italy, Sutri

Sutri is located on a rugged terrain tuff (volcanic ash) along the Via Cassia and…

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Italy, Pisoniano

Pisoniano is located on the slopes of Mount Guadagnalo, in the Fiumicino river valley. Its…

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Italy, Acquafondata

Acquafondata (deep water) is so named because of the presence of a lake or a…

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Italy, Bellegra

Bellegra is located on the top of Monte Celeste, with the peak at 815 meters,…

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Italy, Percile

In a mountainous area, about 600 meters above sea level, Percile is set amidst the…

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Italy, Isola del Liri

Isola del Liri is between two arms of the Liri river in the Frosinone province…

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Italy, Proceno

Proceno is a small Lazio town near Tuscany and tradition attributes its foundation to the…

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Italy, Vivaro Romano

Vivaro is in the hills to the west of Rome, its name derived from Vivarium…

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Italy, Torre Cajetani

Torre Cajetani is a Ciociarian commune on the Ernici mountains and owes its name to…

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Italy, Saracinesco

Saracinesco is a small mountain village east of Rome at an altitude of 900 meters…

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Italy, Sambuci

Probably the name is linked to that of the elder (sambuco) tree. The history of…

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Italy, Rocca Santo Stefano

Rocca Santo Stefano is in the mountains east of Rome and its history is inseparable…

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Italy, Onano

Onano is located in the mountains on the border between Lazio and Tuscany, near Lake…

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Italy, Filacciano

Filacciano is a small town in northern Lazio in an area above the Tiber valley…

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Italy, Ferentino

The origins of Ferentino are ancient and shrouded in myth. One says that it was…

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Italy, Canterano

The village lies on a hillside of the Ruffi mountains bordering Subiaco, in an area…

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Italy, Rocca di Cave

Rocca di Cave is located on Prenestini mountains, where the river Sacco rises, and was…

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Italy, Riofreddo

Riofreddo was founded around a Roman fort on the ancient Via Tiburtina Valeria (which led…

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Italy, Gerano

Gerano sits among the chestnut trees and olive groves to the east of Rome, in…

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Italy, Campoli Appennino

The historic centre of the town is made up of lines of houses arranged in…

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Italy, Campodimele

Originally this village was called Apiola, a name derived from bees and that after the…

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Italy, Arsoli

Arsoli is situated on the Simbruini Mountains just a short distance from Abruzzo and has…

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Italy, Agosta

Agosta is located on the Simbruini mountains, in the Aniene river valley north of Rome…

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Italy, Affile

Affile is located in the mountains overlooking the Aniene Valley and its ancient past is…

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Italy, Jenne

Jenne is located on the Simbruini mountains, in an area crossed by the Aniene river…

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Italy, San Gregorio da Sassola

Located in the Prenestini hills east of Rome, it was was the area where the…

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Italy, Poli

A feature of Poli, a centre on a ridge of the Prenestini mountains east of…

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Italy, Lariano

Lariano owes its name to the ruins of a castle on Mount Artemisio itself probably…

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Italy, Casalattico

Casalattico is located on a hill in the stretch of the Val di Comino across…

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Italy, Labro

Labro, in the mountains of Rieti, was one of the first medieval town centres to…

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Italy, Rocca Canterano

Rocca Canterano has a particularly elongated shape as it has developed along a 'cliff' in…

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Italy, Piansano

The village of Piansano has been for centuries in the orbit of Tuscany and in…

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Italy, Allumiere

Just north of Rome, at the foot of the Tolfa, Allumiere was a place devoted…

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Italy, Marano Equo

Marano Equo is located on a hill in the Aniene Valley in an area rich…

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Italy, Magliano Romano

Magliano Romano is located on a cliff along the Via Flaminia, one of the Roman…

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Italy, Colonna

The proximity of the Colonna with Rome characterized the entire first phase of this small…

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Italy, Torrita Tiberina

Torrita Tiberina is located east of Rome in a natural area and takes its name…

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Italy, Rignano Flaminio

Rignano Flaminio is located along the Via Flaminia at the foot of Mount Soratte, the…

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Italy, Cerreto Laziale

Cerreto is a community on a hill in the Giovenziale valley and is surrounded by…

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Italy, Casape

Casape is a small medieval village perched on a block of tuff near Prenestini, east…

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Italy, Campagnano di Roma

Campagnano is to the north of Rome on the Via Cassia bis in the Baccano…

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Italy, Fonte Nuova

Fonte Nova is located in Lower Sabina area along the Via Nomentana, one of the…

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Italy, Ciampino

The territory of Ciampino borders on Rome to the east and lowland area to the…

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Italy, Latina

Latina is a recent city founded with the name of Littoria during the fascist period…

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Italy, Lanuvio

The town of Lanuvio southeast of Rome was built on the ancient town of Lanuvium…

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Italy, Montelibretti

Montelibretti is located northeast of Rome, in the Sabine area, near the Tiber Valley and…

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Italy, Mazzano Romano

To the north of Rome, along the Treja river valley, Mazzano Romano appears as a…

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Italy, Moricone

Moricone is located on the hills at the foot of Mount Gennaro in Lucretili Mountains…

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Italy, Capena

Capena stood on the hill of Civitucola in the valley of the Tiber north east…

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Italy, Mentana

Its proximity to Rome made Mentana a place inhabited since the sixth century BC, and…

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Italy, Marcellina

Marcellina is located on the slopes of Monte Gennaro and Monte Morra in the park…

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Italy, Gallicano nel Lazio

Gallicano nel Lazio (Lazio Gallicano) is located on the Prenestini mountains east of Rome, specifically…

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Italy, Mandela

Mandela was the name of a Roman village also mentioned by Horace in a letter,…

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Italy, Camerata Nuova

Camerata Nova is a small town in the Simbruini Mountains Park on the border with…

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Italy, Anticoli Corrado

The town of Anticoli Corrado is located in the Aniene Valley northeast of Rome. It…

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Italy, Pomezia

Pomezia is a 'Foundation City' that is one of the Agro Romano cities founded by…

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Italy, Ponzano Romano

The river Tiber historically divided the Etruscans from the Sabines so along the hills near…

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Italy, Fiano Romano

Fiano Romano is a town in Lazio on via Tiberina north of Rome, at about…

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Italy, Castelnuovo di Porto

Just north of Rome, on the Via Flaminia, on a tuff cliff surrounded by valleys…

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Italy, Civitella San Paolo

Civitella San Paolo is located northwest of Rome in the Tiber valley, along the via…

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Italy, Ciciliano

Ciciliano is a town northeast of Rome, on high ground at the intersection of several…

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Italy, Ardea

Ardea rises on a tufa rock between the Alban Hills and the Tyrrhenian Sea to…

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Italy, Rocca Priora

Rocca Priora is located on the highest peak of the Tusculan hills and is the…

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Italy, Monte Porzio Catone

Monteporzio is located on a hillock of the Alban Hills looking towards the plain of…

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Italy, Roccagiovine

Roccagiovine is located on a rocky outcrop and is part of the Lucretili Mountains Regional…

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Italy, Accumoli

Accumoli is one of three Italian municipalities bordering three different regions from that of the…

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Italy, Antrodoco

Antrodoco is located along the Via Salaria, at the junction for the road to L'Aquila,…

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Italy, Ascrea

Ascrea is built on the slopes of Mount Philo, about 750 meters above sea level…

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Italy, Belmonte in Sabina

Belmonte in Sabina is a town with agricultural vocation along the old Via Salaria. In…

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Italy, Borgo Velino

Borgo Velino is located at the foot of Terminillo near the site of the ancient…

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Italy, Borgorose

Borgorose is located in the upper Valle del Salto and until 1960 was called Borgocollefegato.…

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Italy, Cantalice

Cantalice is a little gem built vertically along a steep spur of rock from which…

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Italy, Cantalupo in Sabina

Cantalupo in Sabina is a picturesque village situated on a hill between the Apennines and…

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Italy, Castel Gandolfo

Castel Gandolfo lies on the western side of Lake Albano, and is part of the…

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Italy, Collalto Sabino

Collalto Sabino is a small medieval village along the Turano Valley and has been selected…

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Italy, Concerviano

Overlooking the Valle del Salto, Concerviano, originally called "Collis cervinus", is a small town in…

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Italy, Fara in Sabina

The roots of the town lie in the history of Sabina, in the area of…

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Italy, Fiamignano

The territory of Fiamignano consists mainly of mountains covered with beech, fir and oak trees…

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Italy, Forano

Forano is located on a hill in the Tiber valley north of Rome, and its…

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Italy, Frasso Sabino

Frasso Sabino is located on a hill on the left bank of the river Farfa.…

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Italy, Greccio

The medieval village of Greccio is perched on a rocky rampart at the foot of…

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Italy, Longone Sabino

Longone Sabino is located on a hill in one of the most beautiful areas of…

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Italy, Magliano Sabina

The history of Magliano Sabina is closely linked with the ancient Sabino people who lived…

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Italy, Marcetelli

Marcetelli is a very ancient centre in the province of Rieti, quoted by Livy, and…

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Italy, Micigliano

Micigliano is located in the upper valley of the Velino. There is not much information…

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Italy, Mompeo

According to tradition this was the site of the villa of the Roman general Pompey,…

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Italy, Monte San Giovanni in Sabina

Monte San Giovanni is located in the mountains separating the plain of Rieti from the…

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Italy, Montebuono

The name comes from the particular atmosphere that is created in this area under the…

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Italy, Monteleone Sabino

Being defensible and well positioned on high ground, Monteleone Sabino was formed in the early…

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Italy, Montenero Sabino

Castrum Montis Nigri, the current Montenero, is a small town on a ridge of the…

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Italy, Montopoli di Sabina

On the crest of a green and secluded hillside Montopoli enjoys a sweeping view. Montopoli…

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Italy, Morro Reatino

This small mountain village takes its name from the settlement of Roman Marruvio which in…

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Italy, Nespolo

Around the thirteenth century on the highest part of a hill, Nespolo was formed by…

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Italy, Petrella Salto

The name of this mountain town is derived from the Latin word 'petra' for stone…

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Italy, Poggio Bustone

The town is a medieval village perched on the slopes of Mount Rosato. It is…

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Italy, Poggio Catino

Although the area was used since the Romans for their rural villas, the village dates…

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Italy, Poggio Mirteto

Poggio Mirteto is located on a 'hill' which dominates the surrounding area in a countryside…

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Italy, Poggio Moiano

The origins of Poggio Moiano perhaps come from a settlement of woodcutters carrying coal to…

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Italy, Pescorocchiano

Pescorocchiano is located in the mountains of Abruzzo in the inner area that has an…

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Italy, Poggio San Lorenzo

Roman records reveal how well this Sabina area was known since antiquity, but the current…

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Italy, Pozzaglia Sabina

The name of the town should derive from Pozzo Gallo as depicted in the municipal…

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Italy, Rivodutri

The history of this town is not well known though it should go back to…

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Italy, Rocca Sinibalda

The history of Rocca Sinibalda coincides with the history of the castle, one of the…

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Italy, Roccantica

Like many centres of Sabina, Roccantica started life as a Roman villa. Strabo describes it…

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Italy, Salisano

The first documents about Salisano appear in the "Summary Farfense" in 840, where it is…

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Italy, Scandriglia

In this place in Sabina, the Greeks had their Mefila colony which then became Roman.…

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Italy, Stimigliano

Stimigliano was developed around a Roman villa, the 'Massa Septimina', belonging to the Settimia families,…

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Italy, Tarano

The first documentary evidence of Tarano is from 952 of the Abbey of Farfa who…

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Italy, Toffia

Toffia has been inhabited since Roman times and many ancient artifacts can be seen in…

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Italy, Torri in Sabina

The area of Torri in Sabina has been inhabited since Roman times with the establishment…

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Italy, Torricella in Sabina

An ancient legend tells that the name of the country derives from that of a…

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Italy, Turania

In ancient times called Petescia, Turania is located at 700 meters above sea level and…

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Italy, Vacone

Vacone is a medieval village that overlooks the Tiber Valley. It was inhabited by the…

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Italy, Varco Sabino

The name Varco refers to its status as a 'pass', pass between two mountain ranges'…

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Italy, Amaseno

The area around the river and the Amaseno valley has very ancient origins and is…

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Italy, Aprilia

Aprilia is one of the 'cities of foundation' and was inaugurated in 1937 during the…

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Italy, Aquino

Aquino is located in the Liri Valley, halfway between Rome and Naples along the ancient…

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Italy, Castel Madama

Castel Madama is on a hill above the valley of the River Aniene. This was…

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Italy, Castelforte

Castelforte is located on a natural terrace of limestone rock that dominates the plain of…

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Italy, Cineto Romano

Cineto Romano was the ancient city of Equa Ferrata conquered by the Romans who, in…

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Italy, Cisterna

The town stretches on a volcanic origins floodplain strongly shaped by reclamation of the Pontine…

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Italy, Fiuggi

The history of the Roman period is not known for certain: we know that Felcia…

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Italy, Genzano di Roma

Genzano di Roma is located on the outer side of the crater of Lake Nemi.…

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Italy, Lenola

Lenola is located in the Ausoni Mountains a few kilometers from the coast, and it…

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Italy, Formia

Formia dates back to pre-Roman population of the Aurunci and its history is also linked…

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Italy, Grottaferrata

In Roman times, this area was occupied by the rich aristocratic Roman villas such as…

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Italy, Guidonia Montecelio

Guidonia is a 'Fascist Planned Town' inaugurated in 1937 and that was formed around the…

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Italy, Labico

Probably the city was formed where a town known as "Labicum" already existed although this…

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Italy, Ladispoli

The first evidence of Ladispoli date back to the late Neolithic with arrowheads found in…

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Italy, Licenza

Its name is linked to that of the river that runs near the village, the…

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Italy, Montasola

In the Roman period this area was already inhabited, but the first documented settlements date…

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Italy, Monte San Biagio

In this area the Romans defeated the Samnites in 315 BC and, during the Second…

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Italy, Nazzano

The first document in the archives of the Abbey of Farfa tells of the medieval…

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Italy, Nettuno

Nettuno is located on the coast and is practically joined to the beach town of…

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Italy, Orvinio

Orvinio is located on a slope of Lucretili Mountains and is included in the list…

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Italy, Paganico Sabino

Paganico Sabino is located at 720 metres above the Lake of Turano. Its name comes…

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Italy, Palombara Sabina

Palombara probably corresponds to the ancient city of Cameria or Regillum. In the eighth century…

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Italy, Poggio Nativo

The medieval village was founded around the tenth century on a steep rocky spur where…

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Italy, Pontinia

Pontinia is a 'planned city', i.e. one of the five cities founded during the fascist…

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Italy, Posta

Posta is crossed by the ancient consular road Via Salaria, as evidenced traits of the…

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Italy, Riano

Riano is located between Via Flaminia and Via Tiberina, along the Tiber river valley. Riano…

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Italy, Rocca di Papa

Rocca di Papa, 'Fortress', climbs the outer slopes of the crater of Albano. The area…

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Italy, Tivoli

Ancient Tivoli, that Virgil called Tibur Superbum in the Aeneid, has an origin and a…

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Italy, Albano Laziale

Albano Laziale is located along the Via Appia, and owes its name to the famous…

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Italy, Arce

Arce is located at the foot of Mount Arcano along the Liri Valley, and here…

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Italy, Arnara

According to some studies the name Arnara derives from the Lombard Arnhari, Latinized into Arnarius.…

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Italy, Atina

Atina is a medieval village on a hill overlooking the Comino Valley. The legend says…

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Italy, Manziana

Perhaps the name of Manzanita is related to beef, that also in the emblem of…

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Italy, Monte Compatri

Monte Compatri was formed at the time of the Barbarian invasions, when the inhabitants of…

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Italy, Montorio Romano

In 857 Montorio was already part of the possessions of the Abbey of Farfa, as…

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Italy, Morolo

Morolo was settled around the year one thousand when the inhabitants of the valleys sought…

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Italy, Roccagorga

Roccagorga is located on a spur of Monte Nero in entirety in the Lepine Mountains.…

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Italy, Roccasecca dei Volsci

Set on the foothills of Mount Curio, in the Lepine Mountains, was the ancient Volscian…

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Italy, Roiate

Roiate has a long history that starting from the Equi who had established their base…

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Italy, Roviano

Roviano dominates access to the high Aniene Valley to the east of Rome and its…

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Italy, Sacrofano

The area was part of the Etruscan city of Veii and the territory was crossed…

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Italy, San Cesareo

San Cesareo is one of the youngest municipalities in Italy, born from a rib of…

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Italy, San Giorgio a Liri

The town is located between the Aurunci Mountains and the Liri River, hence its name,…

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Italy, Sant’Apollinare

The village is situated on a small hill not far from the Liri River and…

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Italy, Selci

Selci was born on the ruins of the Roman fort of Campolungo, along the Via…

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Italy, Settefrati

The town is located in the beautiful Val Comino, and its name is derived from…

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Italy, Terelle

Terelle developed from the early twelfth century around the castle that Count Landolfo Aquinas built…

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Italy, Torrice

Torrice was founded around the tenth century around a fortified castle with towers from which…

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Italy, Trevignano Romano

It is a picturesque village on the north shore of Lake Bracciano, north of Rome,…

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Italy, Vallerotonda

The village of Vallerotonda dates back to the Middle Ages when the population retreated to…

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Italy, Vico nel Lazio

This area was inhabited since the Ernici and Romans probably for its controlling position over…

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Italy, Vicovaro

Vicovaro, east of Rome along the Via Tiburtina Valeria and the Aniene Valley, is the…

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Italy, Villa Latina

Villa Latina owes its name to the presence of important Roman archaeological remains of a…

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Italy,Villa Santa Lucia

The town is medieval and is perched on a ridge of Mount Cairo. The area…

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Italy, Villa Santo Stefano

This area has been inhabited since prehistoric times as can be seen from the achromic…

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Italy, Borbona

Borbona is located along the Via Salaria in a valley formed by the River Ratto,…

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Italy, Casaprota

Casaprota is located along the Via Salaria, the road that brought the salt from Sabina,…

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Italy, Casperia

At the foot of Monte Pizzuto and the highest of Sabina, it is considered one…

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Italy, Cittareale

Cittareale is located in Falacrina Valley near the ancient Vicus Phalacrinae, the village, in the…

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Italy, Colle di Tora

Colle di Tora appears perched on a peninsula that juts out into the waters of…

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Italy, Collegiove

The town is situated in the beautiful nature reserve of Mount Cervia and Mount Navegna.…

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Italy, Collevecchio

Collevecchio is located between the Tiber Valley and the Sabine Mountains chain on the border…

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Italy, Colli sul Velino

It is a small centre in the Sabine hills on the border with Umbria along…

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Italy, Configni

This medieval town is located in the hills of Sabina on the border with Umbria…

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Italy, Contigliano

Contigliano, is surrounded by nature and including chestnut and oak trees and is rich in…

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Italy, Sgurgola

The area around Sgurgola area was inhabited in ancient times, as evidenced by the tomb…

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