Monte Compatri

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| name = Monte Compatri

| official_name = Comune di Monte Compatri

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| image_skyline = Abside Assunta Monte Compatri.JPG

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| image_caption = Apse of the Assunta Baroque parish church.

| image_shield = Monte Compatri-Stemma.svg

| shield_size = 100px

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| coordinates = {{coord|41|48|29|N|12|44|14|E|region:IT_type:city|display=inline,title}}

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| region = Lazio

| metropolitan_city = Rome (RM)

| frazioni = La Cucca, Laghetto, Molara, Pantano, Pratarena

| mayor_party = Democratic Party

| mayor = Francesco Ferri

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| area_total_km2 = 24.57

| population_footnotes = All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.

| population_total = 12144

| population_as_of = 30 October 2017

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| population_demonym = Monticiani

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| elevation_m = 576

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| day = 19 March

| postal_code = 00040

| area_code = 06

| website = {{official website|http://www.comune.montecompatri.roma.it/}}

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Monte Compatri ({{IPA|it|ˈmonte ˈkɔmpatri}}) is a {{lang|it|comune}} (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Rome in the Italian region of Latium, located about {{convert|20|km|mi}} southeast of Rome on the Alban Hills. It is one of the Castelli Romani.

History

Monte Compatri has been identified with the ancient Labicum, a colony of Alba Longa. In the Middle Ages it was a fief of the Counts of Tusculum, then of the Annibaldi, the Altemps and the Borghese.

Main sights

  • Parish church of Santa Maria Assunta in Cielo (1630–33), erected by will of Scipione Borghese. The campanile is the former communal tower. The façade was designed by Carlo Rainaldi
  • Palazzo Borghese, the current town hall
  • Gabii
  • San Silvestro monastery

People

Twin cities

Statesboro, Georgia, US

References

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