Leonessa
Sign in to saveLeonessa is also the name of a frazione of Bassano Romano. Leonessa is a town and comune in the far northeastern part of the Province of Rieti in the Lazio region of central Italy. Its population in 2008 was around 2,700.
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Leonessa is a small town located in the northeastern part of Italy's Rieti Province, in the Lazio region, with a population of approximately 2,700 people as of 2008. The name is also used for a frazione (small subdivision) of another Italian municipality called Bassano Romano.
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- 250px
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- Town square
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- Italian comune.region
- Lazio
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- Rieti (RI)
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- Italian comune.mayor
- Gianluca Gizzi
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- 205
- Italian comune.population_total
- 2648
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Leonessa is also the name of a frazione of Bassano Romano. Leonessa is a town and comune in the far northeastern part of the Province of Rieti in the Lazio region of central Italy. Its population in 2008 was around 2,700.
Situated in a small plain at the foot of Mt. Terminillo, one of the highest mountains of the Apennine range, in the winter Leonessa is known mostly as a low-key staging center for the ski slopes of the Terminillo, and in the summer as a weekend vacation town frequented for the most part by Romans with local roots.