Agosta is a comune

Comune

In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...

(municipality) in the Province of Rome

Province of Rome

The Province of Rome , is a province in the Lazio region of Italy. The province can be viewed as the extended metropolitan area of the city of Rome, although in its more peripheral portions, especially to the north, it comprises towns surrounded by rural landscape.-Geography:The Province of Rome...

 in the Italian

Italy

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 region Latium

Latium

Lazio is one of the 20 administrative regions of Italy, situated in the central peninsular section of the country. With about 5.7 million residents and a GDP of more than 170 billion euros, Lazio is the third most populated and the second richest region of Italy...

, located about 45 km east of Rome

Rome

Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...

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Agosta borders the following municipalities: Canterano

Canterano

Canterano is a comune in the Province of Rome in the Italian region Latium, located about 45 km east of Rome. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 363 and an area of 7.3 km²....

, Cervara di Roma

Cervara di Roma

Cervara di Roma is a comune in the province of Rome in the Italian region Latium, located about 50 km east of Rome. Cervara di Roma borders the following municipalities: Agosta, Arsoli, Camerata Nuova, Marano Equo, Rocca di Botte, Subiaco.It was by Benedictine monks in the 8th or 9th century...

, Marano Equo

Marano Equo

Marano Equo is a comune in the Province of Rome in the Italian region Latium, located about 45 km east of Rome. It stands on a steep slope descending to the Aniene valley with the Monti Simbruini located nearby....

, Rocca Canterano

Rocca Canterano

Rocca Canterano is a comune in the Province of Rome in the Italian region Latium, located about 45 km east of Rome. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 230 and an area of 15.8 km²....

, Subiaco

Subiaco, Italy

Subiaco is a town and comune in the Province of Rome, in Lazio, Italy, from Tivoli alongside the river Aniene. It is mainly renowned as a tourist and religious resort for its sacred grotto , in the St. Benedict's Abbey, and the other Abbey of St. Scholastica...

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History

The area of Agosta was inhabited since prehistoric times. It is mentioned in Augustus

Augustus

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's Res Gestae

Res gestae

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as the source of the Aqua Marcia

Aqua Marcia

The Aqua Marcia was the longest of the 11 aqueducts that supplied the city of ancient Rome. The still-functioning Acqua Felice from 1586 runs on long stretches along the route of the Aqua Marcia....

 aqueduct, and after that it took its name from the Roman emperor. In 1051 AD a castle is mentioned here, which later was a possession of the monastery of Subiaco.

Main sights

• Medieval castle
• Arch of the Cardinal o della Porta, built in 1503 near a bridge which at the time crossed the Aniene
  Aniene
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  river.
• Sanctuary of Madonna del Passo (17th century)

External links

• Official website