Vallepietra | |
Official Name: | Comune di Vallepietra |
Coordinates: | 41.9333°N 27°W |
Region: | Lazio |
Metropolitan City: | Rome (RM) |
Mayor: | Francesco Palmieri |
Area Total Km2: | 51.5 |
Population Total: | 318 |
Population As Of: | 1 January 2010 |
Population Demonym: | Vellepietrani |
Elevation M: | 825 |
Postal Code: | 00020 |
Area Code: | 0774 |
Vallepietra is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Rome in the Italian region Lazio, located about 60km (40miles) east of Rome, in the Monti Simbruini area.
Vallepietra borders the following municipalities: Camerata Nuova, Cappadocia, Filettino, Jenne, Subiaco, Trevi nel Lazio.
Sanctuary of the Santissima Trinità, probably a rock settlement from the Neolithic era, and later a place of popular adoration connected to the Benedictine abbeys in Subiaco. It is still today the end of pilgrimages, often led by feet. The object of the popular adoration is a fresco portraying the Trinity, dating probably from the 12th century, and which has strong Byzantine influences.