Monterotondo

Monterotondo is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Rome, central Italy.

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Monterotondo is a town located in the Rome metropolitan area of central Italy. It serves as a local administrative center (comune) within the region surrounding Italy's capital city.

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Key facts

Italian comune.name: Monterotondo
Italian comune.official_name: Comune di Monterotondo
Italian comune.image_skyline: Duomo-monterotondo-lato.JPG
Italian comune.image_caption: The Cathedral of Monterotondo
Italian comune.image_shield: Monterotondo logo.jpg
Italian comune.image_map: File:Map of comune of Monterotondo (province of Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg
Italian comune.map_caption: location of Monterotondo in the Metropolitan City of Rome
Italian comune.pushpin_map: Lazio#Italy#European Union
Italian comune.region: Lazio
Italian comune.metropolitan_city: Rome (RM)
Italian comune.mayor_party: Partito Democratico
Italian comune.mayor: Riccardo Varone
Italian comune.area_total_km2: 40
Italian comune.population_total: 41140
Italian comune.population_as_of: 30 November 2017
Italian comune.population_demonym: Eretini or Monterotondesi
Italian comune.elevation_m: 165
Italian comune.saint: Sts. Philip and James

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Official website

Comune di Monterotondo - Monterotondo

Sito ufficiale del Comune di Monterotondo - Provincia di Roma.

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Monterotondo is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Rome, central Italy.

==History== According to some historians, Monterotondo is the heir of the ancient Sabine town of Eretum, although the modern settlement appeared in the 10th-11th centuries in a different location. The name derives from the medieval corruption (then Mons Teres, then Monte Ritondo) of the original Mons Eretum. thumb|left|Monterotondo seen from the Tiber Valley. In the Middle Ages, due to its location across the Via Salaria, Monterotondo was a strategic point for the defense of Rome. Initially under the Capocci family, it was sold in the 12th century to the Orsini, who held it until the 18th century. In 1432, it was seized by the condottiero Niccolò Fortebraccio, and in 1485, it was set on fire by the Orsini.

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