Romentino
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Romentino is a town of about 5000 inhabitants in the province of Novara
, Piedmont
(Northern Italy
) 8 km East of Novara
and 40 km West of Milano. It has an area of about 18 square kilometres.
According to local historian Luigi Baldi, Romentino was founded by the Romans
after their conquest of Cisalpine Gaul
(Northern Italy) in 2nd Century BC. The name of the town was Roma apud Ticinum, that means Rome
near Ticino
River, though other hypotheses about the original name exist.
Province of Novara
Novara is a province in the Piedmont region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Novara.It has an area of 1,339 km², and a total population of 365.156 . There are 88 communes in the province.-External links:*...
, Piedmont
Piedmont
Piedmont is one of the 20 regions of Italy. It has an area of 25,402 square kilometres and a population of about 4.4 million. The capital of Piedmont is Turin. The main local language is Piedmontese. Occitan is also spoken by a minority in the Occitan Valleys situated in the Provinces of...
(Northern Italy
Italy
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) 8 km East of Novara
Novara
Novara is the capital city of the province of Novara in the Piedmont region in northwest Italy, to the west of Milan. With c. 105,000 inhabitants, it is the second most populous city in Piedmont after Turin. It is an important crossroads for commercial traffic along the routes from Milan to Turin...
and 40 km West of Milano. It has an area of about 18 square kilometres.
According to local historian Luigi Baldi, Romentino was founded by the Romans
Ancient Rome
Ancient Rome was a thriving civilization that grew on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 8th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean Sea and centered on the city of Rome, it expanded to one of the largest empires in the ancient world....
after their conquest of Cisalpine Gaul
Cisalpine Gaul
Cisalpine Gaul, in Latin: Gallia Cisalpina or Citerior, also called Gallia Togata, was a Roman province until 41 BC when it was merged into Roman Italy.It bore the name Gallia, because the great body of its inhabitants, after the expulsion of the Etruscans, consisted of Gauls or Celts...
(Northern Italy) in 2nd Century BC. The name of the town was Roma apud Ticinum, that means 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...
near Ticino
Ticino River
The river Ticino is a left-bank tributary of the Po River. It has given its name to the Swiss canton through which its upper portion flows.-The course:...
River, though other hypotheses about the original name exist.