Monterotondo
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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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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.