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Encyclopedia > Velletri
Comune di Velletri
Coat of arms of Comune di Velletri
Municipal coat of arms
Country Flag of Italy Italy
Region Lazio
Province Rome
Mayor Bruno Cesaroni (since June 2004)
Elevation 332 m
Area 113 km²
Population
 - Total (as of 2004-12-31) 50,324
 - Density 436/km²
Time zone CET, UTC+1
Coordinates 41°42′N 12°41′E
Gentilic Veliterni
Dialing code 06
Postal code 00049
Patron San Clemente
 - Day November 23
Website: www.comune.velletri.rm.it

Velletri is a comune in the province of Rome, on the Alban Hills, in Lazio (Latium) - Italy. It is bounded by other communes of Rocca di Papa, Lariano, Cisterna di Latina, Artena, Aprilia, Nemi, Genzano di Roma, Lanuvio. Image File history File links Velletri-Stemma. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... The Regions of Italy were granted a degree of regional autonomy in the 1948 constitution, which states that the constitutions role is: to recognize, protect and promote local autonomy, to ensure that services at the State level are as decentralized as possible, and to adapt the principles and laws... Lazio (Latium in Latin) is a regione of central Italy, bordered by Tuscany, Umbria, Abruzzo, Marche, Molise, Campania and the Tyrrhenian Sea. ... In Italy, the province (in Italian: provincia) is an administrative division of an intermediate level, between municipality (comune) and region (Regione). ... Rome (It. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Time zones of Europe: Light colours indicate countries not observing daylight saving Central European Time (CET) is one of the names of the time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. ... Central European Time West Africa Time British Summer Time* Irish Summer Time* Western European Summer Time* Category: ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with ethnonym. ... Here are a list of area codes in Italy. ... November 23 is the 327th day of the year (328th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 38 days remaining. ... In Italy, the 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 or municipality. ... Rome (It. ... The Alban Hills (It. ... Lazio (Latium in Latin) is a regione of central Italy, bordered by Tuscany, Umbria, Abruzzo, Marche, Molise, Campania and the Tyrrhenian Sea. ... Latium (Lazio in Italian) is a region of central Italy, bordered by Tuscany, Umbria, Abruzzo, Marche, Molise, Campania and the Tyrrhenian Sea. ... Rocca di Papa is a town and commune in the province of Rome, Italy. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... The town of Cisterna in Italy provided the theatre of the Battle of Cisterna in January 1944. ... This article needs to be updated. ... Aprilia is a town and municipality in the province of Latina, in the Lazio region of central Italy. ... Nemi, an old town and comune of Italy, is in the province of Rome, on the Alban Hills, in central Lazio, 41°43′N 12°43′E, at 521 metres (1709 ft) above sea-level overlooking Lake Nemi. ... Genzano di Roma is a town and commune in the province of Rome, in the Lazio region of central Italy. ... Country Italy Region Latium Province Province of Rome (RM) Mayor Elevation 324 m Area 43. ...


Velletri is renowned as one of the main centres for wine production in the Latium. A glass of red wine This article is about the alcoholic beverage. ...

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History

The origins of Velletri (ancient Velitrae) are uncertain. A settlement existed on the site from pre-historic times, though scholars debate if its inhabitants were Etruscan, Latin or Volscian. During the First Latin War, the city was conquered by the Romans under their king Ancus Marcius and called Velitrae, from the Volscian term Velcester. The Roman captured in again in 494 BCE and in 338 BCE. From this date Velletrae became a Roman town ("municipium"). During the Roman period, patricians built several villas in it. The city had also several temples and an amphitheatre. Map showing the extent of the Etruscan civilization and the twelve Etruscan League cities. ... The Latins were an ancient Italic people of Latium Vetus (Old Latium), who migrated to the area in the 2nd millenium B.C. from the north []. Although they lived in independent city-states, the Latins had a common language (Latin), common religious beliefs and a close sense of kinship, expressed... The Volsci were an ancient Italic people, well known in the history of the first century of the Roman Republic. ... The Latin War (340-338 BC) was a conflict between the Roman Republic and its neighbors the Latin peoples of ancient Italy. ... YOU ARE GAY ... Ancus Marcius (r. ... Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC Decades: 540s BC 530s BC 520s BC 510s BC 500s BC - 490s BC - 480s BC 470s BC 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC Years: 499 BC 498 BC 497 BC 496 BC 495 BC - 494 BC - 493 BC 492 BC... Centuries: 5th century BC - 4th century BC - 3rd century BC Decades: 380s BC 370s BC 360s BC 350s BC 340s BC - 330s BC - 320s BC 310s BC 300s BC 290s BC 280s BC 343 BC 342 BC 341 BC 340 BC 339 BC - 338 BC - 337 BC 336 BC 335... This is an article about the privileged class in ancient Rome. ... The Roman Empire contained many kinds of villas. ... The Colosseum in Rome, Italy. ...


The family (gens) Octavia, to which the first Roman Emperor Augustus belonged, came from Velitrae, and the future emperor spent his youth there. GENS is an open source emulator for the Sega Genesis (Sega Megadrive). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... For other persons named Octavian, see Octavian (disambiguation). ...


Velletri began to decay after its sack by Alaric the Goth in 410 CE. In the 5th century it was the seat of a bishopric and in the following one it became an imperial city after the Byzantine reconquest of Italy. In the Middle Ages it started a difficult recover, culminating in the 12th century with its declaration as a free commune. In the 14th and in the first half of the 15th centuries Velletri fought against the commune of Rome and the barons of Lazio, and later became part of the Papal States. Alaric, (also known as Alaricus, Alaric the Goth, Alaric, King of the Visigoths and Alaric I) (about AD 370-410), the first Germanic leader to take the city of Rome, was likely born about 370 on an island named Peuce (the Fir) at the mouth of the Danube. ... Events Alaric I deposes Priscus Attalus as Roman Emperor. ... Europe in 450 The 5th century is the period from 401 - 500 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian Era. ... Combatants Byzantine Empire Ostrogoths Franks Visigoths Commanders Belisarius Narses Mundalias Germanus Justinus Liberius Theodoric the Great Witigis Totila The Gothic War, was a war fought in Italy in 535-552. ... (11th century - 12th century - 13th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 12th century was that century which lasted from 1101 to 1200. ... Defensive towers at San Gimignano, Tuscany, bear witness to the factional strife within communes. ... This 14th-century statue from south India depicts the gods Shiva (on the left) and Uma (on the right). ... (14th century - 15th century - 16th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 15th century was that century which lasted from 1401 to 1500. ... A simplified plan of the city of Rome from the 15th-century illuminated manuscript Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry. ... Map of the Papal States. ...


The first pawnshop of the world was opened in Velletri in the 15th century. Modern pawnbroker storefront A Pawnbroker is a person who offers loans to individuals who use their personal property as collateral. ...


In 1744 Velletri and its surroundings were the theatre of a battle between the Spanish and the Austrian Army, during the war between the Habsburg and the Bourbon. After the French Revolution, Velletri rebelled and it was proclaimed a Republic. Later changed side and 900 of its citizens resisted in Castelgandolfo the siege by Joachim Murat. The Republic lasted till 1814, and was briefly revamped in 1849. Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy; also used as the flag of the Austrian Empire until the Ausgleich of 1867. ... Also see:  Early Modern France The House of Bourbon is an important European royal house. ... Castel Gandolfo is a small Italian town, about 30km south-east of Rome, mostly known because it is the summer residence of the Italian) is a 17th century building designed by Carlo Maderno for Pope Urban VII. Castel Gandolfo is also known for its lake (Lago Albano). ... Joachim Murat, King of Naples, Marshal of France Murat portrait, by François Pascal Simon, Baron Gérard, c. ... Military flag of the Roman Republic. ...


Between September 2, 1943, and June 2, 1944, Velletri was heavily bombed by the Allied Powers. Many of the monuments were destroyed and many people died. September 2 is the 245th day of the year (246th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... June 2 is the 153rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (154th in leap years), with 212 days remaining. ... Year 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ...

Image:Velletri Cathedral.jpg
Detail of the Cathedral of St. Clement.

Main sights

  • The Palazzo Comunale (Town Hall), with a porch entrance, was began in 1572 by Giacomo della Porta on a design by Vignola, end finished in 1741 by Filippo Barigioni. It houses the City's Archaeological Museum. It was destroyed during World War II and rebuilt in 1956.
  • The 16th century Oratory of Santa Maria del Sangue ("St. Mary of the Blood").
  • The church of Sant'Antonio Abate (14th century).
  • The lofty campanile of S. Maria in Trivio, erected in 1353 in Lombard-Gothic style, in gratitude for the liberation of the city from a plague which devastated it in 1348.
  • The Cathedral of St. Clement, erected in the 4th century over the ruins of an ancient temple. It has three naves and was rebuilt in the current form in 1659-1662. The Renaissance gate is by Traiano da Palestrina (1512). The interior has several frescoes, while the Capitular Museum houses important relics, vessels and paintings including works by Gentile da Fabriano and Antoniazzo Romano.
  • The Tempietto Bramantesco ("Bramantesque temple"), constructed by Alessandro da Parma in 1523.

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Twin cities

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Velletri - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (562 words)
Velletri (ancient Velitrae) is a commune in the province of Rome, on the Alban Hills, in Lazio (Latium) - Italy.
In the 14th and in the first half of the 15th centuries Velletri fought against the commune of Rome and the barons of Lazio, and later became part of the Papal States.
In 1774 Velletri and its surroundings were the theatre of a battle between the Spanish and the Austrian Army, during the war between the Habsburg and the Bourbon.
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