Monterotondo

Monterotondo is a town and comune within the Metropolitan City of Rome, crucial Italy. According to some historians, Monterotondo is the heir of historic Sabine city of Eretum, although the contemporary settlement appeared inside the 10^th - 11^th centuries in a specific area. The call derives from the medieval corruption of the authentic Mons Eretum. In the Middle Ages, due to its region across the Via Salaria, Monterotondo turned into a strategic point for the defense of Rome. Initially below the Capocci own family, it turned into bought inside the 12^th century to the Orsini, who held it until the 18^th century.

In 1432, it was seized by the condottiero Niccolò Fortebraccio, and in 1485, it was set on fireplace by using the Orsini. In 1634 the Barberini obtained the city, restoring or enlarging several edifices, and building the Cathedral. On 28 April 1864 the Rome and Monterotondo Rail Road changed into opened for carrier. In 1943, after the Italian armistice with the Allies, 800 German paratroopers tried unsuccessfully to reconquer it.