Vallepietra
Encyclopedia
Vallepietra is a comune
(municipality) in the Province of Rome
in the Italian
region Lazio, located about 60 km east of Rome
, in the Monti Simbruini
area.
Vallepietra borders the following municipalities: Camerata Nuova
, Cappadocia
, Filettino
, Jenne
, Subiaco
, Trevi nel Lazio
.
era, and later a place of popular adoration connected to the Benedictine abbeys in Subiaco
. It is still today the end of pilgrimages, often led by feet. The object of the popular adoration is a fresco portraying the Trinity, dating probably from the 12th century, and which has strong Byzantine influences.
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 Lazio, located about 60 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...
, in the Monti Simbruini
Monti Simbruini
The Monti Simbruini are a mountain range in central Italy, part of Apennines, on the border between the Lazio and Abruzzo regions. They border with the Monti Cantari and the Ciociaria....
area.
Vallepietra borders the following municipalities: Camerata Nuova
Camerata Nuova
Camerata Nuova is a comune in the Province of Rome in the Italian region Latium, located about 50 km east of Rome.Camerata Nuova borders the following municipalities: Cappadocia, Cervara di Roma, Rocca di Botte, Subiaco, Vallepietra....
, Cappadocia
Cappadocia (Italy)
Cappadocia is a comune and town in the province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of central Italy. It is part of the Marsica....
, Filettino
Filettino
Filettino is a village located about 70 km east of Rome and about 30 km north of Frosinone. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 542 and an area of 77.5 km²....
, Jenne
Jenne, Italy
Jenne is a comune in the Province of Rome in the Italian region Lazio, located about 60 km east of Rome.Jenne borders the following municipalities: Arcinazzo Romano, Subiaco, Trevi nel Lazio, Vallepietra....
, 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...
, Trevi nel Lazio
Trevi nel Lazio
Trevi nel Lazio is a town and comune of the province of Frosinone in the Italian region of Lazio in the upper valley of the Aniene river. It is 17 km by road NE of Fiuggi and 23 km by road SE of Subiaco, the nearest larger towns....
.
Main sights
Sanctuary of the Santissima Trinità, probably a rock settlement from the NeolithicNeolithic
The Neolithic Age, Era, or Period, or New Stone Age, was a period in the development of human technology, beginning about 9500 BC in some parts of the Middle East, and later in other parts of the world. It is traditionally considered as the last part of the Stone Age...
era, and later a place of popular adoration connected to the Benedictine abbeys in 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...
. It is still today the end of pilgrimages, often led by feet. The object of the popular adoration is a fresco portraying the Trinity, dating probably from the 12th century, and which has strong Byzantine influences.