Borgorose | |
Official Name: | Comune di Borgorose |
Coordinates: | 42.1931°N 13.2347°W |
Region: | Lazio |
Province: | Rieti (RI) |
Frazioni: | Cartore, Castelmenardo, Collefegato, Collemaggiore, Colleviati, Collorso, Corvaro, Grotti, Pagliara, Poggiovalle, Ponte Civitella, Santa Anatolia, Santo Stefano, Spedino, Torano, Villerose, Villette |
Mayor: | Michele Pasquale Nicolai |
Area Total Km2: | 148.8 |
Population Total: | 4597 |
Population As Of: | 30 April 2008[1] |
Population Demonym: | Borghiani |
Elevation M: | 732 |
Postal Code: | 02021 |
Area Code: | 0746 |
Borgorose (Italian: label=[[Sabino dialect|Sabino]]|Ju Burgu) is a Italian: [[comune]] (municipality) in the Province of Rieti in the Italian region of Lazio, located about 70km (40miles) northeast of Rome and about 40km (30miles) southeast of Rieti.
Borgorose borders the following municipalities: L'Aquila, Lucoli, Magliano de' Marsi, Pescorocchiano, Sante Marie, Tornimparte. The frazione of Corvaro was the birthplace of Antipope Nicholas V.
Until 1960, the town was denominated Borgocollefegato. Near the town is the ruins of the Romanesque church and crypt of San Giovanni in Leopardis.