Mentana
Sign in to saveMentana is a town and comune, former bishopric and present Latin Catholic titular see in the Metropolitan City of Rome, Lazio, central Italy. It is located north-east of Rome and has a population of about 23,000.
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Mentana is a town of about 23,000 people located northeast of Rome in central Italy that was historically important as a Catholic bishopric. Today it serves as a titular see for the Latin Catholic Church while functioning as a modern Italian municipality in Rome's metropolitan area.
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- Mentana
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- Comune di Mentana
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- 75px
- Italian comune.region
- Lazio
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- Rome (RM)
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- Casali, Castelchiodato, Mezzaluna
- Italian comune.mayor
- Marco Benedetti
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- 24.27
- Italian comune.population_total
- 23219
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Mentana is a town and comune, former bishopric and present Latin Catholic titular see in the Metropolitan City of Rome, Lazio, central Italy. It is located north-east of Rome and has a population of about 23,000.
== History == Mentana is a town located in the region of Lazio in central Italy. The town's name in ancient times was Nomentum, to which the Via Nomentana led from Rome. According to Livy, the town was part of the Latin League, which went to war with Rome during the reign of Rome's king Lucius Tarquinius Priscus. Nomentum was one of a number of towns captured by Tarquinius.