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The Aniene River (in Latin: Anio, formerly called the Teverone) is a 98 km river in Lazio, Italy. It flows down from the mountains at Trevi nel Lazio and goes westward past Subiaco, Vicovaro, and Tivoli into the Tiber. In antiquity, most of the Roman aqueducts had their sources either from the Aniene or from streams flowing into it. For the Second World War frigate class, see River class frigate The Murray River in Australia A river is a large natural waterway. ... Latium (now Lazio in Italian) is a region of central Italy, bordered by Tuscany, Umbria, Abruzzo, Molise, Campania and the Tyrrhenian Sea. ... Trevi nel Lazio (in Antiquity, Treba Augusta), an ancient town and comune of the province of Frosinone in the Italian region of Lazio, 41°52N 13°15E, at 821 meters (2694 ft) above sea-level in the upper valley of the Aniene river. ... Subiaco is the name of at least three towns: Subiaco, Italy, the one most often meant, the site of St. ... Tivoli, Italy, called Tibur in ancient times, was a favored site for Roman villas that was taken up again by the aristocrats of the Renaissance. ... Tiber River in Rome The River Tiber (Italian Tevere), the third-longest river in Italy (disputed — see talk page) at 406 km (252 miles) after the Po and the Adige, flows through Rome in its course from Mount Fumaiolo to the Tyrrhenian Sea, which it reaches in two branches that... City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC mythical, 1st millennium BC Region Latium Mayor Walter Veltroni (Democratici di Sinistra) Area  - City Proper  1290 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 2,546,807 almost 4,000,000 1... Pont du Gard, France, a Roman era aqueduct circa 19 BC, it is one of Frances top tourist attractions at over 1. ...

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The Aniene valley and Villa Gregoriana in Tivoli - UNESCO World Heritage Centre (1563 words)
The Aniene River is the territory's most important stream; it originates at the boundary between the Latium and Abruzzo regions, in the Simbruini Mountains, unwinds through the valley to reach Tivoli and, after the drop in height over the large waterfall, arrives, through the Roman campagna (countryside), to Rome, where it flows into the Tiber.
Collection of the waters of the Aniene began in the mid-2nd century BC with the first aqueduct built by the praetor Quintus Marcius, to which two more were added during the age of the Claudii, along the same axis and overlapping or parallel in some points.
The bond between the Aniene and the town of Tivoli is ancient and deeply rooted.
Aniene - Wikipedia (852 words)
Il fiume Aniene genera da due rami principali: l'Aniene propriamente detto e il Simbrivio.
Il suo nome attuale è Aniene, in latino Anio, perché secondo la leggenda Anio, re della Toscana, volendo perseguitare Cetego, rapitore di sua figlia, nel passare questo fiume vi restò sommerso.
L'abbondanza e la continuità delle acque che lo alimentano fanno dell'Aniene un fiume di buona portata, che fu infatti utilizzato fin dall'antichità per alimentare acquedotti, e successivamente come risorsa per la produzione industriale locale e per la produzione di energia elettrica.
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