Collalto Sabino Explained

Collalto Sabino
Official Name:Comune di Collalto Sabino
Coordinates:42.1333°N 16°W
Region:Lazio
Province:Rieti (RI)
Frazioni:Ricetto, San Lorenzo
Mayor:Maria Pia Mercuri
Area Total Km2:22.2
Population Total:421
Population As Of:30 June 2017[1]
Population Demonym:Collaltesi
Elevation M:980
Saint:St. Gregory the Great
Day:3 September
Postal Code:02022
Area Code:0765

Collalto Sabino (Italian: label=[[Sabino dialect|Sabino]]|Collartu) is a Italian: [[comune]] (municipality) in the Province of Rieti in the Italian region of Latium, located about 50km (30miles) northeast of Rome and about 35km (22miles) southeast of Rieti. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").[2]

Collalto Sabino borders the following municipalities: Carsoli, Collegiove, Marcetelli, Nespolo, Pescorocchiano, Turania. It is located near the Lake Turano. It is home to a baronial Castle, which was owned by the Savelli, Strozzi, Soderini and, from 1641, by the Barberini families. The town is surrounded by a 15th-century line of walls.

Among the sites to the town are Palazzo Latini and the small church of Madonna della Speranza.

Twin towns

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Notes and References

  1. All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
  2. Web site: Lazio. 1 August 2023. it.