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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").

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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Wikidata facts

Instance of
comune of Italy
Official name
Acquapendente
Demonym
aquesiani
Country
Italy
Official language
Italian
Population
5266
Area
131.61
Elevation
420
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Shares border with
Castel Viscardo
Image
Acquapendente.jpg
Dialing code
0763
Licence plate code
VT
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postal code
01021
topic's main category
Category:Acquapendente
Commons category
Acquapendente
twinned administrative body
Vinje
Commons gallery
Acquapendente
category for people born here
Q9228284
native label
Acquapendente
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Encyclopedic overview

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  • Geography
  • Main sights
  • Personalities
  • References
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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

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Acquapendente” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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