Riofreddo
Sign in to saveRiofreddo is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Rome in the Italian region Lazio, located about northeast of Rome. The name is derived from the Latin "Rivus frigidus," meaning "cold river" or "cold stream."
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Riofreddo is a small municipality located in the Rome metropolitan area in central Italy, with a name that comes from Latin meaning "cold river." While it is primarily of local geographic and historical interest, it represents one of the many small towns that make up the administrative divisions of the greater Rome region.
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- Italian comune.name
- Riofreddo
- Italian comune.official_name
- Comune di Riofreddo
- Italian comune.image_skyline
- Panorama di Riofreddo.jpg
- Italian comune.image_caption
- View of Riofreddo in 2015
- Italian comune.image_shield
- Riofreddo-Stemma.png
- Italian comune.region
- Lazio
- Italian comune.metropolitan_city
- Rome (RM)
- Italian comune.mayor
- Giorgio Caffari
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 12.5
- Italian comune.population_total
- 868
- Italian comune.population_as_of
- 2008
- Italian comune.population_demonym
- Riofreddani
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Riofreddo is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Rome in the Italian region Lazio, located about northeast of Rome. The name is derived from the Latin "Rivus frigidus," meaning "cold river" or "cold stream."
It was an ancient Roman fortress guarding the ancient Via Valeria of which a few sections remain with the typical Roman paving and a bridge attributed to the Emperor Nerva. It also preserves three necropolises, the most interesting and oldest dating to 1000 BC.