Formello
Formello | |
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| Comune di Formello | |
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  Formello Location o Formello in Italy | |
| Coordinates: 42°5′N 12°24′E / 42.083°N 12.400°E | |
| Kintra | Italy |
| Region | Lazio |
| Province | Roum |
| Frazioni | Le Rughe |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Giacomo Sandri |
| Area | |
| • Total | 31 km2 (12 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 243 m (797 ft) |
| Population (2008) | |
| • Total | 12,016 |
| • Density | 390/km2 (1,000/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Formellesi |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 00060 |
| Diallin code | 06 |
| Patron saunt | Saunt Lawrence |
| Saunt day | August 10 |
| Website | Offeecial wabsteid |
Formello is a toun an comune in the province o Roum. It is locatit soothwast o the Monti Sabatini, athin the Regional Pairk o Veii. The communal territory is maistly componit bi tuff, an is intensively cultivatit. This toun is kent tae be ane o the few tae hae a fitbaa club in Serie A: S.S. Lazio.
History
The aurie haes been settled since prehistoric times. As an Italian comune, it includes some o the airchaeological steids associatit wi the umwhile Etruscan ceety o Veii, north o the veelage o Isola Farnese, sooth o Formello. Dounset in the region declined efter Veii's destruction in 396 BC. Aboot 780, wi newly peaceful condeetions, Pape Adrian I assembled a great estate o which this territory formit pairt, his Domusculta Capracorum, in contrast wi the pouer o the Abbey o Farfa, but it wis destroyed bi Saracen attacks in the nint century. The domus' territories includit a fundus Formellum, whaur a dounset developit that wis first mentioned in 1027.[1]
In the 11t century it wis a possession o the Roman Basilica o San Paolo fuori le Mura, an wis probably fortifeed in the same period. In 1279 it became a fief o the Orsini faimily, who sauld it tae the Chigi in 1661.
Main sichts
- Kir o San Lorenzo (10t-11t centuries). It receivit a bell touer in the fifteent century, an wis renovatit in 1574 wi the addeetion o the twa aisles. The left ane hooses frescoes bi Donato Palmieri.
- Palazzo Chigi. It wis biggit bi the Orsini, probably ower the pre-existin castrum mentioned in the eleivent century. It hooses the Airchaeological Museum o the Kintraside o Veii
- Kirk o San Michele Arcangelo.
- The ruined Villa Chigi-Versaglia, biggit bi cardinal Flavio Chigi in the 17t century.
Sport
Formello is hame tae the trainin grunds an base o Italian Serie A side S.S. Lazio.
Notes
- ↑ J.B. Ward-Perkins, "Etruscan Towns, Roman Roads and Medieval Villages: The Historical Geography of Southern Etruria" The Geographical Journal 128.4 (December 1962:389-404) p. 402
Photo gallery
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Formello Storic Centre -
San Lorenzo Kirk (internal) -
Paintin bi Domenico Palmieri (1570 approx.) -
San Michele Arcangelo Church -
San Michele Arcangelo Church -
"Torre Colombaia", remainin biggin o villa Chigi-Versaglia
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