| Comune di Greccio | |
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| Country |  Italy |
| Region | Lazio |
| Province | Rieti (RI) |
| Elevation | 705 m (2,313 ft) |
| Area | 17 km² (7 sq mi) |
| Population (as of 2007) | |
| - Total | 1,503 |
| - Density | 88/km² (228/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET, UTC+1 |
| Coordinates | |
| Gentilic | |
| Dialing code | 0746 |
| Postal code | 02040 |
Greccio is an old hilltown and comune of the province of Rieti in the Italian region of Lazio, 42°27N 12°45E, at 705 meters (2313 ft) above sea-level overhanging the Velino river on a spur of the Monti Sabini, a sub-range of the Apennines, about 16 km (10 mi) by road NW of Rieti, the nearest large town. 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 Rieti (Provincia di Rieti is a province in the Latium region of Italy. 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 In Italy, the comune, (plural comuni) is the basic Administrative division of both provinces and regions and may be properly approximated in The Province of Rieti (Provincia di Rieti is a province in the Latium region of Italy. 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 Rieti (Reate is a town in Lazio, Italy, with a population of 47332 The population of the comune was 1500 as of the 2003 census. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar.
History and Monuments
- The town first makes its appearance as Grecce or Grezze in the 11th century, when it had a castle. The castle has now disappeared except for a single tower, which is now the belfry of the church of S. Michele.
- Greccio is notable as the place where, in December 1223, St. Francis devised the first living crib (in Italian: presepe). A nativity scene may be used to describe any depiction of the Nativity of Jesus in art, but in the sense covered here also called a crib or manger in the The idea was to discourage would-be pilgrims to go to Bethlehem, as it was a risky adventure, the Holy Land being then under the control of the Turks. Bethlehem ( بيت لحم,, lit "House of Meat" Βηθλεέμ Bethleém בית לחם Beit Lehem, lit "House of Bread" is a The Holy Land ( Arabic: الأرض المقدسة al-Arḍ ul-Muqaddasah;Ancient Aramaic: ארעא קדישא Ar'a Qaddisha; Hebrew: ארץ_הקודש The Turkish people (Türk Halkı also known as " Turks " ( Türkler) are defined mainly as being speakers of Turkish as a First language The tradition continues there to this day, and a memorial of St. Francis, the Santuario di S. Francesco, may be visited.
Greccio today
The actual town of Greccio has been depopulating, and the administrative functions of the comune are now in the frazione of Limiti di Greccio. A frazione, in Italy, is the name given in administrative law to a type of territorial subdivision of a Comune; for other Administrative