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| Country |  Italy |
| Region | Lazio |
| Province | Rome (RM) |
| Mayor | Maria Luisa Pecorari |
| Elevation | 420 m (1,378 ft) |
| Area | 54 km² (21 sq mi) |
| Population (as of 2007) | |
| - Total | 13,056 |
| - Density | 242/km² (627/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET, UTC+1 |
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| Gentilic | Artenesi |
| Dialing code | 06 |
| Postal code | 00031 |
| Patron | Mary Magdalene |
| - Day | 22 July |
| Website: http://www.artena.comnet.roma.it | |
Artena is a village of Italy, in the province of Rome, situated at the N. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest For the football club see SS Lazio Lazio ( Latium in Latin) is a regione of central In Italy, a Province (in Italian provincia) is an administrative division of intermediate level between Municipality ( Comune The Province of Rome (Provincia di Roma is a province and the Metropolitan area of Rome in the Lazio region of Italy, with an area Central European Time ( CET) is one of the names of the Time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+1 is used in the following locations Central European Time West Africa Time Western European Summer Time A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. A demonym or gentilic is a word that denotes the members of a People or the inhabitants of a place Here are a list of area codes in Italy. All numbers here begin with the country code (0039 Saint Mary Magdalen or Mary Magdalene is described both in the canonical New Testament and in the New Testament apocrypha, as a devoted Events 1099 - First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 N. W. extremity of the Monti Lepini, in the upper valley of the Sacco River; it is c. The Monti Lepini (Italian Lepini mountains) are a mountain range which belongs to the Anti-Apennines of the Lazio region of central Italy, between The Sacco is a river of central Italy, a right tributary of the Liri. 40 km S. E. by rail, and c. 30 km direct from Rome.
History
The name of the original village of the Volsci is uncertain; Ecetra or Fortinum are possible suggestions. The Volsci were an ancient Italic people, well known in the history of the first century of the Roman Republic.
In the Middle Ages it was a fief of various Roman baronal families, such as the Colonna, the Orsini and the Borghese. The Colonna family was a powerful noble family in medieval and Renaissance Rome, supplying one Pope and many other leaders The Orsini family was one of the most celebrated princely families in medieval Italy and Renaissance Rome, and which in former times had large possessions Borghese is the surname of a family of Italian noble and papal background originating in Siena as the Borghese or Borghesi where they came to prominence in the 13th century
The modern village was called Monte Fortino until 1873. Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common It owes its present name to an unproven identification of the site with the ancient Volscian Artena, destroyed in 404 BC. Events By place Greece The Athenian leader Cleophon continues to urge resistance against the Peloponnesians but the situation Another Artena, which belonged to the district of Caere, and lay between it and Veii, was destroyed in the period of the kings, and its site is unknown. For Caere Inc see OmniPage and Nuance Communications. Caere (also Caisra Veii (pron WAY-ee or VAY-ee also Veius) was in ancient times an important Etrurian city 16 km NNW of Rome, Italy; its site lies in the modern
Main sights
On the mountain (600 km) above the village are the fine remains of the fortifications of a city built in a very primitive style, in cyclopean blocks of local limestone. Within the walls are traces of buildings, and a massive terrace which supported some edifice of importance.
Other sights include the Palazzo Borghese (17th century), and the churches of Santa Maria delle Letizie, Santa Croce, Santo Stefano Protomartire and San Francesco.
Notes and references
- T. Ashby and G. J. Pfeiffer in Supplementary Papers of the American School in Rome, i. (transcribed at LacusCurtius)
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