Roccasecca
Sign in to saveRoccasecca is a town and comune in the Province of Frosinone, in the Lazio region of central Italy. It is the birthplace of Thomas Aquinas.
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Roccasecca is a small town located in the Lazio region of central Italy, in the Province of Frosinone. It is historically significant as the birthplace of Thomas Aquinas, one of the most important figures in medieval Catholic theology and philosophy.
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Key facts
- Italian comune.name
- Roccasecca
- Italian comune.official_name
- Comune di Roccasecca
- Italian comune.image_skyline
- Roccasecca.jpg
- Italian comune.image_caption
- View of the historical center of Roccasecca.
- Italian comune.image_shield
- Roccasecca-Stemma.gif
- Italian comune.region
- Lazio
- Italian comune.province
- Frosinone (FR)
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 43
- Italian comune.population_total
- 7043
- Italian comune.population_as_of
- 1 March 2021
- Italian comune.population_demonym
- Roccaseccani
- Italian comune.elevation_m
- 205
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Roccasecca is a town and comune in the Province of Frosinone, in the Lazio region of central Italy. It is the birthplace of Thomas Aquinas.
==History== The history of Roccasecca is tightly bound to its strategic position, a "dry rocca" at the entrance to two narrow defiles that give access to the Valle di Comino below the slopes of Monte Asprano, whose elevation at provides a natural position to control the wide Valle del Liri. Remains of archaic perimeter walling attest to an early fortified presence around the site. Roccasecca served as a way station for ancient Roman legions and invading armies crossing the River Melfa, spanned by three ancient bridges there, remains of which still exist. However, the Medieval commune truly began in the early Middle Ages.