Gavignano
Gavignano | |
|---|---|
| Comune di Gavignano | |
  Gavignano Location o Gavignano in Italy | |
| Coordinates: 41°42′N 13°3′E / 41.700°N 13.050°E | |
| Kintra | Italy |
| Region | Lazio |
| Province | Rome (RM) |
| Frazioni | Rossilli |
| Area | |
| • Total | 14.89 km2 (5.75 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 404 m (1,325 ft) |
| Population (31 Mey 2002)[1] | |
| • Total | 1,993 |
| • Density | 130/km2 (350/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Gavignanesi |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 00030 |
| Diallin code | 06 |
| ISTAT code | 058041 |
| Patron saunt | St. Roch |
| Saunt day | 16 August |
Gavignano is a hill top toun o 1,982 inhabitants in the Province o Roum, Lazio, central Italy. Gavignano is approximately 50 km sooth east o Roum in the Lepini Muntains.
The name o the toun is believit tae be derivit frae the Roman consul an general Aulus Gabinius, a friend o Pompey an ally o Julius Caesar.
The nearest train station is locatit in the toun o Colleferro. Nearbi, athin the communal territory, is a airchaeological steid o a Roman villa frae the Republican era, the villa "Rossilli", believit tae be a kintra hame o the Julii faimily. At Rossilli thare is a historical abbey an aw, biggit bi the Benedictines in the 12t century.
Pape Innocent III wis born thare in 1160.
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