Cantalupo in Sabina is one of several Italian comuni named "Cantalupo" ("song of the wolf"). Cantalupa in Sabina, near Rieti in the Sabine Hills of Lazio, is famous as the reputed origin of the muskmelon called a cantaloupe melon. In Italy, the commune (comune, plural comuni) is the basic administrative unit of both provinces and regions, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township. ... Latium (now Lazio in Italian) is a region of central Italy, bordered by Tuscany, Umbria, Abruzzo, Molise, Campania and the Tyrrhenian Sea. ... Binomial name Cucumis melo reticulatus ITIS 22362 2002-09-03 A Cantaloupe (Cucumis melo, or Cucumis melo reticulatus), also spelled cantaloup, also called rockmelon, is actually the North American name for a variety of muskmelon. ... Trinomial name Cucumis melo reticulatus ITIS 22362 2002-09-03 A Cantaloupe , also cantaloup or rockmelon (Cucumis melo reticulatus), is the North American name for a variety of muskmelon; cantaloupe comes from the animal antilopia or better known as antelope. ...

Cantalupo in Imperial Roman times housed a scattering of villas, one belonging to the Tullii, the family of the orator Marcus Tullius Cicero, but in the Migrations period the inhabitants were protected by a walled castle at the high point of a rocky spur, which was in possession of the counts of Cuneo. Cantalupo was not mentioned however, until an 11th century register reported the walled village as a possession of the abbots of Farfa. Though in 1278 the comune's representatives swore fealty to the Papacy, its borderlands position in the marches of Lazio (governed from Rome) and Umbria, Cantalupo passed from one feudatory lord to another. The rocca commanding the town was expanded into a residence for the counts of Sant'Eustachio in the 13th and 14th centuries, and then passed to the Savelli family in the 15th century before it was further enlarged by a series of successive holders of the feodo. It is now a museum. The comune preserves its picturesque character. A villa was originally a Roman country house built for the upper class. ... For other uses see Cicero (disambiguation) Marcus Tullius Cicero (January 3, 106 BC - December 7, 43 BC) was an orator and statesman of Ancient Rome, and is generally considered the greatest Latin prose stylist. ... The German term Völkerwanderung (lit. ... Feudalism refers to a general set of reciprocal legal and military obligations among the warrior nobility of Europe during the Middle Ages, revolving around the three key concepts of lords, vassals and fiefs. ... Mark or march (or various plural forms of these words) are derived from the Germanic word marko (boundary) and refer to an area along a border, e. ... Latium (now Lazio in Italian) is a region of central Italy, bordered by Tuscany, Umbria, Abruzzo, Molise, Campania and the Tyrrhenian Sea. ... Umbria is a mountainous region of central Italy, in the valley of the river Tiber. ...

In the Papal States, Cantalupo was governed by a direct representative of the Apostolic Camera. The Papal States (Gli Stati della Chiesa or Stati Pontificii, States of the Church) is one of the historical states of Italy before its unity under the crown of Savoy and comprised those territories over which the Pope was the ruler in a civil as well as a spiritual sense...

Other comuni Cantalupo:

• Cantalupo nel Sannio (Molise)
• Cantalupo Ligure (Alessandria)

External links

• Cantalupo in Sabina (http://www.webtourist.net/touristinformation/about-cantalupo_in_sabina-italy.html)
• Cantalupo in Sabina (http://www.sabina.it/comuni/cantalupo.html) (in Italian)