Canale Monterano
Encyclopedia
Canale Monterano is a comune
(municipality) in the Province of Rome
in the Italian
region Latium
, located about 40 km northwest of Rome
.
Canale Monterano borders the following municipalities: Blera
, Manziana
, Oriolo Romano
, Tolfa
, Vejano
.
Comune
In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...
(municipality) in the Province of Rome
Province of Rome
The Province of Rome , is a province in the Lazio region of Italy. The province can be viewed as the extended metropolitan area of the city of Rome, although in its more peripheral portions, especially to the north, it comprises towns surrounded by rural landscape.-Geography:The Province of Rome...
in the Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
region Latium
Latium
Lazio is one of the 20 administrative regions of Italy, situated in the central peninsular section of the country. With about 5.7 million residents and a GDP of more than 170 billion euros, Lazio is the third most populated and the second richest region of Italy...
, located about 40 km northwest of Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
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Canale Monterano borders the following municipalities: Blera
Blera
Blera is a small town and comune in the northern Lazio region of Italy near Rome, known during the Middle Ages as Bieda, an evolved form of its ancient name, which was restored in the 20th century...
, Manziana
Manziana
Manziana is a comune in the Province of Rome in the Italian region Latium, located about 40 km northwest of Rome.Manziana borders the following municipalities: Bracciano, Canale Monterano, Oriolo Romano, Tolfa.-External links:* *...
, Oriolo Romano
Oriolo Romano
Oriolo Romano is a comune in the Province of Viterbo in the Italian region Latium, located about 40 km northwest of Rome and about 30 km south of Viterbo on a hilly area near the ancient Via Clodia.-Main sights:...
, Tolfa
Tolfa
Tolfa is a town and comune of the province of Rome, in the Lazio region of central Italy; it lies to the ENE of Civitavecchia by road.It is the main center in the Monti della Tolfa, an extinct volcanic group between Civitavecchia and the Lake of Bracciano....
, Vejano
Vejano
Vejano is a comune in the Province of Viterbo in the Italian region Latium, located about 60 km northwest of GRA and about 40 km south of Viterbo on the Mignone river....
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Main sights
- Giardini Botanici di StiglianoGiardini Botanici di StiglianoThe Giardini Botanici di Stigliano are botanical gardens located in Canale Monterano, province of Rome, Latium, centralItaly. They form a part of the Grandi Giardini Italiani....
- Ruins of the former village which was set to fire, together with its population, by French army at the end of the 18th century;