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Roccasecca is a town and comune in the Province of Frosinone, in the Lazio region of central Italy. It is the birthplace of Thomas Aquinas.

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Roccasecca is a small town located in the Lazio region of central Italy, in the Province of Frosinone. It is historically significant as the birthplace of Thomas Aquinas, one of the most important figures in medieval Catholic theology and philosophy.

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Key facts

Italian comune.name
Roccasecca
Italian comune.official_name
Comune di Roccasecca
Italian comune.image_skyline
Roccasecca.jpg
Italian comune.image_caption
View of the historical center of Roccasecca.
Italian comune.image_shield
Roccasecca-Stemma.gif
Italian comune.region
Lazio
Italian comune.province
Frosinone (FR)
Italian comune.area_total_km2
43
Italian comune.population_total
7043
Italian comune.population_as_of
1 March 2021
Italian comune.population_demonym
Roccaseccani
Italian comune.elevation_m
205
Italian comune.postal_code
03038
Italian comune.area_code
0776

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
comune of Italy
Official name
Roccasecca
Demonym
roccaseccani
Population
6866
Area
43.33
Elevation
245
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Shares border with
Rocca d'Arce
Image
Roccasecca.jpg
Dialing code
0776
Licence plate code
FR
Patron saint
Peter of Verona
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Commons category
Roccasecca
postal code
03038
topic's main category
Category:Roccasecca
twinned administrative body
Belcastro
native label
Roccasecca
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Roccasecca is a town and comune in the Province of Frosinone, in the Lazio region of central Italy. It is the birthplace of Thomas Aquinas.

==History== The history of Roccasecca is tightly bound to its strategic position, a "dry rocca" at the entrance to two narrow defiles that give access to the Valle di Comino below the slopes of Monte Asprano, whose elevation at provides a natural position to control the wide Valle del Liri. Remains of archaic perimeter walling attest to an early fortified presence around the site. Roccasecca served as a way station for ancient Roman legions and invading armies crossing the River Melfa, spanned by three ancient bridges there, remains of which still exist. However, the Medieval commune truly began in the early Middle Ages.

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