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Palombara Sabina

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Country
  
Italy

Province / Metropolitan city
  
Rome

Elevation
  
372 m (1,220 ft)

Area
  
75 km²

Postal code
  
00018

Region
  
Lazio

Frazioni
  
Stazzano, Cretone

Demonym(s)
  
Palombaresi

Local time
  
Tuesday 4:33 PM

Patron saint
  
Saint Blaise

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Weather
  
21°C, Wind SW at 10 km/h, 51% Humidity

Palombara Sabina is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Rome, Italy.

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Map of 00018 Palombara Sabina Rome, Italy

Main sights

  • Savelli-Torlonia Castle, built from the 11th century by the Ottaviani, a branch of the Crescentii family of Rome. Antipope Innocent III was arrested here in 1180. It was acquired by Luca Savelli, a nephew of pope Honorius III, in 1250, whence the current name. It was rebuilt in the 16th century by Troilo Savelli, who commissioned his friend Baldassarre Peruzzi the frescoes which are still visible inside, including portraits of Roman famous men, allegories of the Liberal Arts and grotesque decorations. It is now home to a library, an exhibition of Roman statues found nearby Palombara in 2008, and a natural sciences museum.
  • Abbey of Saint John in Argentella
  • Church of Santa Maria Annunziata (14th century)
  • Church of St. Blaise (1101), in Romanesque style.
  • Fortified village of Castiglione, in the Monti Lucretili park, at 750 metres (2,460 ft).
  • Convent of St. Michael, in rural Romanesque style. It was built over a Roman villa, of which traces of opus reticulatum remain.

    • References

    Palombara Sabina Wikipedia
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