Affile

Infobox CityIT
img_coa = Affile-Stemma.png official_name = Comune di Affile
name = Affile
region = Latium
province = Rome (RM)
elevation_m = 684
area_total_km2 = 15.0
population_as_of = Dec. 2004All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.]
population_total = 1631
population_density_km2 = 109
timezone = CET, UTC+1
coordinates = coord|41|53|N|13|5|E|type:city(1,631)_region:IT
frazioni =
telephone = 0774
postalcode = 00021
gentilic = Affilani
saint = Santa Felicita
day =
mayor = Diego Moriconi
website = [http://www.affile.org/ www.affile.org]
mapy = 13.0961
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Affile is a "comune" (municipality) in the province of Rome in the Italian region Latium, located about 50 km east of Rome.

Affile borders the following municipalities: Arcinazzo Romano, Bellegra, Rocca Santo Stefano, Roiate, Subiaco.

History

Archaeology has showed the existence of a pre-Roman centre here, on the border of the lands of the Hernici and the Aequi. In the 1st century AD it is mentioned as "oppidum Afile" by Frontinus. It was crossed by the Via Sublacense.

In the 10th century a village existed in the former Roman "oppidum", centred on the church of St. Peter. In 1013 a castle ("castrum") is cited in Affile, which in 1109 was ceded by Pope Paschal II to the Abbey of St. Scholastica of Subiaco. Later it was a possession of the Altieri and Braschi families.

Main sights

*Roman cistern. In 999 emperor Otto III founded in the site a church, which had however already disappeared in the 16th century.
*Church of St. Peter, known from the early 6th century. The last renovation is from the 15th century.
*Church of St. Mary (known from 1005). It has frescoes from the 13th and 16th-17th centuries.
*Church of Santa Felicita (13th century)
*"Castrum", site on a different hill of the originary site of Affile around St. Peter's church. It had once numerous towers, gates and massive walls, of which little traces remain.

Demographic evolution

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References

External links

* [http://www.affile.org/ Official website]