Monte Compatri

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Country Italy Demonym(s) Monticiani Dialing code 06 Local time Saturday 12:42 AM Region Latium		Elevation 576 m (1,890 ft) Time zone CET (UTC+1) Area 24.4 km² Postal code 00040 Dialling code 06

Frazioni La Cucca, Laghetto, Molara, Pantano, Pratarena Weather 9°C, Wind E at 8 km/h, 79% Humidity Province Metropolitan City of Rome Capital (RM)

Monte Compatri is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Rome in the Italian region Latium, located about 20 kilometres (12 mi) southeast of Rome on the Alban Hills. It is one of the Castelli Romani.

Map of 00040 Montecompatri Rome, Italy

History

Monte Compatri has been identified with the ancient Labicum, a colony of Alba Longa. In the Middle Ages it was a fief of the Counts of Tusculum, then of the Annibaldi, the Altemps and the Borghese.

Main sights

Parish church of Santa Maria Assunta in Cielo (1630–33), erected by will of Scipione Borghese. The campanile is the former communal tower. The façade was designed by Carlo Rainaldi

Palazzo Borghese, the current town hall

Gabii

San Silvestro monastery

Famous people

Marco Mastrofini (1763–1845), philosopher and mathematician

Cardinal Pompeo Colonna (1479–1530)

Giuseppe Ciaffei (1904–1982). Diplomat

Alessandro Moreschi (1858–1922) last castrato singer in the Sistine Chapel

Twin cities

Calahorra, Spain

References

Monte Compatri Wikipedia

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