Acquapendente
Sign in to saveAcquapendente is a city and comune in the province of Viterbo, in Lazio (Italy). Acquapendente is a centre for the agricultural production of vegetables and wine, and has a tradition of pottery craftsmanship. Its frazione of Torre Alfina is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").
Key facts
- Italian comune.name
- Acquapendente
- Italian comune.official_name
- Comune di Acquapendente
- Italian comune.image_skyline
- Acquapendente.jpg
- Italian comune.image_map
- Map of comune of Acquapendente (province of Viterbo, region Lazio, Italy).svg
- Italian comune.map_caption
- Acquapendente within the Province of Viterbo
- Italian comune.region
- Lazio
- Italian comune.province
- Viterbo (VT)
- Italian comune.frazioni
- Torre Alfina, Trevinano
- Italian comune.mayor
- Alessandra Terrosi (since Oct 5, 2021)
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 131.61
- Italian comune.population_total
- 5308
- Italian comune.population_as_of
- 01 January 2024
- Italian comune.population_demonym
- Aquesiani
- Italian comune.elevation_m
- 420
- Italian comune.saint
- Saint Hermes
- Italian comune.day
- August 28
- Italian comune.postal_code
- 01021
- Italian comune.area_code
- 0763
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Acquapendente is a city and comune in the province of Viterbo, in Lazio (Italy). Acquapendente is a centre for the agricultural production of vegetables and wine, and has a tradition of pottery craftsmanship. Its frazione of Torre Alfina is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").
==History== The area of modern Acquapendente was settled by Etruscans in Roman times, as archaeological finds have shown. However, the first historical document of the modern city dates from the 9th century AD, with a town named Farisa or Arisa along the Via Francigena. A document from Emperor Otto I, dated 964, contains the first recorded use of the name Acquapendentem which means "hanging water", from several small waterfalls in the Paglia river on the boundary between Lazio and Tuscany. thumb|left|Historical view towards Acquapendente (1640) thumbnail|left|Torre Alfina, about 8 kilometers east of Acquapendente