Monte Compatri
Monte Compatri | |
|---|---|
| Comune di Monte Compatri | |
 Apse o the Assunta Baroque pairish kirk. | |
 Coat airms | |
  Monte Compatri Location o Monte Compatri in Italy | |
| Coordinates: 41°48′29″N 12°44′14″E / 41.80806°N 12.73722°E | |
| Kintra | Italy |
| Region | Lazio |
| Province | Roum (RM) |
| Frazioni | La Cucca, Laghetto, Molara, Pantano, Pratarena |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Marco De Carolis |
| Area | |
| • Total | 24.4 km2 (9.4 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 576 m (1,890 ft) |
| Population (30 September 2008)[1] | |
| • Total | 10,027 |
| • Density | 410/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Monticiani |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 00040 |
| Dialin code | 06 |
| Saunt day | 19 March |
| Website | Offeecial wabsteid |
Monte Compatri is a comune (municipality) in the Province o Roum in the Italian region Lazio, locatit aboot 20 km sootheast o Roum on the Alban Hills. It is ane o the Castelli Romani.
History[eedit | eedit soorce]
Monte Compatri haes been identifeed wi the auncient Labicum, a colony o Alba Longa. In the Middle Ages it wis a fief o the Coonts o Tusculum, then o the Annibaldi, the Altemps an the Borghese.
Main sichts[eedit | eedit soorce]
- Pairish kirk o Santa Maria Assunta in Cielo (1630-1633), erectit bi will o Scipione Borghese. The campanile is the umwhile communal touer. The façade wis designed bi Carlo Rainaldi
- Palazzo Borghese, the current toun haw
- Gabii
- San Silvestro monastery
Famous fowk[eedit | eedit soorce]
- Marco Mastrofini (1763 - 1845), filosofer an mathematician
- Cardinal Pompeo Colonna (1479 - 1530)
- Giuseppe Ciaffei (1904 - 1982). Diplomat
- Alessandro Moreschi (1858-1922) last castrato sangster in the Sistine Chaipel
Twin ceeties[eedit | eedit soorce]
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
Freemit airtins[eedit | eedit soorce]
- Offeecial wabsteid
- Centro Culturale Laghetto Archived 2005-03-24 at the Wayback Machine