Passo Corese

Coordinates: 42°9′25″N 12°39′10″E / 42.15694°N 12.65278°E / 42.15694; 12.65278
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Passo Corese
Dialing code
(+39) 0765
Patron saintSt. Cross
Saint day14 September

Passo Corese is an Italian town and hamlet (frazione) of Fara in Sabina, a municipality in the province of Rieti, Lazio. In 2011 it had a population of 3,573.[1]

History

Early history

Close to Passo Corese is the site of Cures Sabinorum, also called simply Cures. According to Roman historians, it was from here that the

Nomentum.[2][3][4] Cures Sabinorum is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see.[5]

Recent history

During

P.G. 54.[6]

It was the venue for the riding part of the modern pentathlon event for the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Geography

Located 35 km north of

the one of Rome. It is 8 km from Fiano Romano, 10 from Montelibretti and Farfa Abbey, 15 from Monterotondo and 16 from Fara in Sabina.[7]

Transport

The town is the seat of Fara Sabina-Montelibretti railway station, part of the Roman suburban railway line FL1 Orte–Fiumicino. It is crossed by the Italian state highway SS4 "Via Salaria", and is the starting point of the SS4 Dir, a short beltway that links Passo Corese with the A1 motorway Milan–Naples, on the northern Roman branch, at the exit "Fiano Romano".

See also

References

  1. ^ a b (in Italian) Passo Corese on italia.indettaglio.it
  2. ^ Gaetano Moroni, Dizionario di erudizione storico-ecclesiastica, vol. 19, pp. 27–28
  3. ^ Francesco Lanzoni, Le diocesi d'Italia dalle origini al principio del secolo VII (an. 604), vol. I, Faenza 1927, pp. 345–353
  4. ^ Giuseppe Cappelletti, Le Chiese d'Italia[permanent dead link], Venezia 1844, Vol. I, pp. 558–559
  5. ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1
    ), p. 950
  6. ^ World War II - PoW Escape Routes in Italy 1943/44 Archived 2012-01-31 at the Wayback Machine page 4
  7. ^ 1691189793 (x a j h) Passo Corese on OpenStreetMap

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