Riofreddo

Riofreddo is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Rome in the Italian region Lazio, located about northeast of Rome. The name is derived from the Latin "Rivus frigidus," meaning "cold river" or "cold stream."

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Riofreddo is a small municipality located in the Rome metropolitan area in central Italy, with a name that comes from Latin meaning "cold river." While it is primarily of local geographic and historical interest, it represents one of the many small towns that make up the administrative divisions of the greater Rome region.

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Italian comune.name: Riofreddo
Italian comune.official_name: Comune di Riofreddo
Italian comune.image_skyline: Panorama di Riofreddo.jpg
Italian comune.image_caption: View of Riofreddo in 2015
Italian comune.image_shield: Riofreddo-Stemma.png
Italian comune.region: Lazio
Italian comune.metropolitan_city: Rome (RM)
Italian comune.mayor: Giorgio Caffari
Italian comune.area_total_km2: 12.5
Italian comune.population_total: 868
Italian comune.population_as_of: 2008
Italian comune.population_demonym: Riofreddani
Italian comune.elevation_m: 705
Italian comune.postal_code: 00020
Italian comune.area_code: 0774

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Official name: Riofreddo
Demonym: Riofreddani
Population: 737
Area: 12.38
Elevation: 669
Official website: www.comunediriofreddo.it
Image: Panorama di Riofreddo.jpg
Dialing code: 0774
Licence plate code: ROMA

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Commons category: Riofreddo
postal code: 00020
native label: Riofreddo

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It was an ancient Roman fortress guarding the ancient Via Valeria of which a few sections remain with the typical Roman paving and a bridge attributed to the Emperor Nerva. It also preserves three necropolises, the most interesting and oldest dating to 1000 BC.