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Blera

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Blera is a small town and comune in the northern Lazio region of Italy. It was known during the Middle Ages as Bieda, an evolved form of its ancient name, which was restored in the twentieth century. It is the birthplace of Pope Sabinian; Pope Paschal II was also originally thought to be from here.

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Blera is a small Italian town in the northern Lazio region that has medieval and ancient roots, once called Bieda before its original name was restored in the twentieth century. The town is historically significant as the birthplace of Pope Sabinian and was long thought to be the birthplace of Pope Paschal II.

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Key facts

Italian comune.name
Blera
Italian comune.official_name
Comune di Blera
Italian comune.image_skyline
Blera.jpg
Italian comune.image_caption
Blera and the Fascist built bridge.
Italian comune.image_shield
Blera-Stemma.png
Italian comune.region
Lazio
Italian comune.province
Viterbo (VT)
Italian comune.frazioni
Civitella Cesi
Italian comune.mayor
Nicola Mazzarella
Italian comune.area_total_km2
92.92
Italian comune.population_total
3316
Italian comune.population_as_of
30 April 2017
Italian comune.population_demonym
Blerani
Italian comune.elevation_m
270
Italian comune.saint
St. Viventius
Italian comune.day
December 11
Italian comune.postal_code
01010
Italian comune.area_code
0761

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Encyclopedic overview

5 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Main sights
  • Selvasecca di Blera
  • References
  • External links

Blera is a small town and comune in the northern Lazio region of Italy. It was known during the Middle Ages as Bieda, an evolved form of its ancient name, which was restored in the twentieth century. It is the birthplace of Pope Sabinian; Pope Paschal II was also originally thought to be from here.

It is situated on a long, narrow tongue of rock at the junction of two deep glens.

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

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