Moricone
Encyclopedia
Moricone is a comune
(municipality) in the Province of Rome
in the Italian
region Latium
, located about 35 km northeast of Rome
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Moricone borders the following municipalities: Monteflavio
, Montelibretti
, Montorio Romano
, Palombara Sabina
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Moricone is known for its fresh produce and olive oil
.
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
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
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 35 km northeast 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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Moricone borders the following municipalities: Monteflavio
Monteflavio
Monteflavio is a comune in the Province of Rome in the Italian region Latium, located about 35 km northeast of Rome.Monteflavio borders the following municipalities: Licenza, Montorio Romano, Moricone, Palombara Sabina, San Polo dei Cavalieri, Scandriglia.- Festival:During the "Polenta"...
, Montelibretti
Montelibretti
Montelibretti is a town and comune in the Province of Rome in the Italian region Lazio, located about 30 km northeast of Rome on the slopes of Monti Sabini....
, Montorio Romano
Montorio Romano
Montorio Romano is a comune in the Province of Rome in the Italian region Latium, located about 35 km northeast of Rome.Montorio Romano borders the following municipalities: Monteflavio, Montelibretti, Moricone, Nerola, Scandriglia....
, Palombara Sabina
Palombara Sabina
- Main sights:*Savelli-Torlonia Castle, built from the 11th century by the Ottaviani, a branch of the Crescentii family of Rome. Antipope Innocent III was arrested here in 1180. It was acquired by Luca Savelli, a nephew of pope Honorius III, in 1250, whence the current name...
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Moricone is known for its fresh produce and olive oil
Olive oil
Olive oil is an oil obtained from the olive , a traditional tree crop of the Mediterranean Basin. It is commonly used in cooking, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and soaps and as a fuel for traditional oil lamps...
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