Formello | |
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| Comune di Formello | |
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  Formello Location o Formello in Italy | |
| Coordinates:42°5′N12°24′E / 42.083°N 12.400°E /42.083; 12.400 | |
| Kintra | Italy |
| Region | Lazio |
| Province | Roum |
| Frazioni | Le Rughe |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Giacomo Sandri |
| Area | |
| • Total | 31 km2 (12 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 243 m (797 ft) |
| Population (2008) | |
| • Total | 12,016 |
| • Density | 390/km2 (1,000/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Formellesi |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 00060 |
| Diallin code | 06 |
| Patron saunt | Saunt Lawrence |
| Saunt day | August 10 |
| Website | Offeecial wabsteid |
Formello is a toun ancomune in theprovince o Roum. It is locatit soothwast o theMonti Sabatini, athin the Regional Pairk oVeii. The communal territory is maistly componit bituff, an is intensively cultivatit. This toun is kent tae be ane o the few tae hae a fitbaa club inSerie A:S.S. Lazio.
The aurie haes been settled since prehistoric times. As an Italiancomune, it includes some o the airchaeological steids associatit wi the umwhile Etruscan ceety oVeii, north o the veelage o Isola Farnese, sooth o Formello. Dounset in the region declined efter Veii's destruction in 396 BC. Aboot 780, wi newly peaceful condeetions,Pape Adrian I assembled a great estate o which this territory formit pairt, hisDomusculta Capracorum, in contrast wi the pouer o theAbbey o Farfa, but it wis destroyed bi Saracen attacks in the nint century. The domus' territories includit afundus Formellum, whaur a dounset developit that wis first mentioned in 1027.[1]
In the 11t century it wis a possession o the RomanBasilica o San Paolo fuori le Mura, an wis probably fortifeed in the same period. In 1279 it became a fief o theOrsini faimily, who sauld it tae theChigi in 1661.
Formello is hame tae the trainin grunds an base o ItalianSerie A sideS.S. Lazio.
