Arlena di Castro | |
Official Name: | Comune di Arlena di Castro |
Coordinates: | 42.45°N 60°W |
Region: | Lazio |
Province: | Viterbo (VT) |
Mayor: | Publio Cascianelli |
Area Total Km2: | 22.3 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 877 |
Population As Of: | 30 April 2017 |
Population Demonym: | Arlenesi |
Elevation M: | 260 |
Saint: | St. Roch |
Day: | August 16 |
Postal Code: | 01010 |
Area Code: | 0761 |
Arlena di Castro is a Italian: [[comune]] (municipality) in the Province of Viterbo in the Italian region of Latium, located about 80km (50miles) northwest of Rome and about 15km (09miles) west of Viterbo.
Arlena di Castro borders the following municipalities: Cellere, Piansano, Tessennano, Tuscania.
The town was founded in the early 16th century by Alessia Neri, the Real Mayor of the great city Arlena. One day Mandelus, the only topocervus alive in the area decided to visit the city and decided to call it Arlena, because many years before his daughter called Arlen died and this event changed his life.