Bassano Romano est une commune italienne d'environ 4 750 habitants, située dans la province de Viterbe, dans la région Latium, en Italie centrale.Bassano Romano se trouve à 30 km du chef-lieu Viterbe et à 35 km du grand contournement de Rome.
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Bassano Romano is a town and comune situated in the hills of Monti Sabatini in the province of Viterbo, in northern Lazio.
With its origins about 1000 as the agricultural hamlet of Bassano di Sutri the village's future was founded in 1160 by the wealthy landowner Enotrio Serco, who initiated the construction at the top of the slope of a fortified residence that over the centuries became a princely dwelling, frescoed by famous artists. In 1482 Pope Sixtus IV assigned the Foedus Bassani to the Anguillara, Roman patricians. The growth of the comune redoubled after 1565, when the signory was reassigned by Pope Clement VIII to the Giustiniani, merchants of Genoese origin settled at Rome. In 1605 the signory was raised to a marquessate: a hunting lodge called "La Rocca", granaries, a stone bridge and the church dedicated to San Vincenzo were all constructed. During the Giustiniani residence, artists were commissioned to carry out frescoes: Francesco Albani, Domenico Zampieri "Domenichino" and Antonio Tempesta are all represented. In 1644, a bulla of Pope Innocent X made the marchese of Bassano a prince, and the flock of papal and noble visitors included James Stuart, pretender to the thrones of England and Scotland. In 1735, under Giustiniani patronage the maiolica manufactory of Bartolomeo Terchi was transferred here from Siena.
Various epidemics struck Bassano during the 18th century, in 1709, 1770 and 1786. In 1799, the French forces of Napoleon attacked Bassano no less than four times.
In 1854 the fief passed from the Giustiniani to the Odescalchi. During World War II Bassano was the site of several conflicts. In 1964 the commune's name was changed to Bassano Romano.
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Capranica is a comune in the Province of Viterbo in the Italian region Lazio, located about 55 kilometres northwest of GRA, 66 kilometres from Rome’s centre, and 24.5 kilometres southeast of Viterbo.
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The Diocese of Bagnoregio is a former Catholic territory, located in the modern Province of Viterbo in the Italian region of Lazio, located about 90 kilometres northwest of Rome. Prior to the creation of the Kingdom of Italy, it belonged to the Papal States, and was located in the region of Umbria. It had been given to the Papal States by the Emperor Louis I in 822. In terms of religious administration, it was directly dependent upon the Holy See. The pope appointed an Apostolic Administrator for the diocese of Bagnoregio on 8 June 1970, and the bishop was not replaced when he died in 1971. The diocese was suppressed on 30 September 1986 by Pope John Paul II.
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Monte Raschio is a mountain belonging to the mountain group of the Monti Sabatini. Located in the municipality of Oriolo Romano in the Province of Viterbo within the Parco naturale regionale di Bracciano-Martignano, it is a state-owned forest complex covering approximately 150 ha, transferred from the former ASFD to the Region of Lazio toward the end of the 1970s.
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The Imperial Villa of Vicarello was an ancient Roman villa that belonged to the emperors starting from Domitian. It is situated close to the north shore of Lake Bracciano and near the village of Vicarello and the modern town of Trevignano Romano. The current private Vicarello estate is a park of about 2000 hectares in which the Roman remains of the villa and associated monumental baths were discovered in the 19th century, some of which are still preserved. The two main ancient centres are:
the village which includes the now-disused 17th century Villa Valadier overlooking the lake, built on the remains of the Roman villa or vicus.
the remains of the baths adjacent to the natural springs, the Aquae Apollinares, which had also been a healing sanctuary to Apollo since Etruscan times as evidenced by the many votive objects found.
Vicarello was also an estate in the Roman period called the Vicus Aurelius, the origin of the name "Vicarello", as it had later belonged to the emperor Marcus Aurelius.
In 1999, the area became protected as part of the Regional Natural Park of Bracciano-Martignano.
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