Velletri

Velletri (; ; ) is an Italian comune in the Metropolitan City of Rome, approximately 40 km to the southeast of the city centre, located in the Alban Hills, in the region of Lazio, central Italy. Neighbouring communes are Rocca di Papa, Lariano, Cisterna di Latina, Artena, Aprilia, Nemi, Genzano di Roma, and Lanuvio. Its motto is: ('Liberty of pope and empire is given to me').

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Velletri is a town in the Metropolitan City of Rome, located about 40 kilometers southeast of Rome in the Alban Hills region of central Italy. It is historically significant enough to have its own civic motto reflecting medieval themes of religious and political authority.

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Italian comune.name: Velletri
Italian comune.official_name: Comune di Velletri
Italian comune.image_skyline: Velletri.JPG
Italian comune.image_caption: Panorama of Velletri
Italian comune.image_shield: Velletri-Stemma.svg
Italian comune.image_map: Map of comune of Velletri (province of Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg
Italian comune.map_caption: Velletri within the Metropolitan City of Rome
Italian comune.region: Lazio
Italian comune.metropolitan_city: Rome (RM)
Italian comune.mayor_party: Fdl
Italian comune.mayor: Ascanio Cascella
Italian comune.area_total_km2: 113
Italian comune.population_total: 52911
Italian comune.population_as_of: 31 May 2021
Italian comune.population_demonym: Veliterni
Italian comune.elevation_m: 380
Italian comune.saint: Saint Clement
Italian comune.day: November 23

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Velletri
Demonym: velletrani
Population: 52528
Area: 118.23
Elevation: 332
Official website: www.comune.velletri.rm.it
Image: Velletri.JPG (cropped).jpg
Dialing code: 06
Licence plate code: ROMA

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Commons category: Velletri
postal code: 00049
Commons gallery: Velletri
maximum capacity: 400
native label: Velletri
P8168: Aspidoras albater

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Physical geography
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Velletri was an ancient city of the Volsci tribe. Legendarily it came into conflict with the Romans during the reign of Ancus Marcius, the fourth king of Rome; then again in the fifth and fourth centuries BCE, during the early Roman Republic. Velletri was also the home of the Octavii, the paternal family of the first Roman Emperor Augustus. In the Middle Ages, it was one of the few "free cities" in Lazio and central Italy. It was the site of two historic battles in 1744 and 1849. During the Second World War, it was at the centre of fierce fighting between the Germans and the allies in 1944 after the Anglo-American landing at Anzio.