Velletri
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Velletri ([velˈleːtri]; Latin Velitrae[1]) is a Italian toun o 53,298 indwallers.[2] It is a comune in the province o Roum, on the Alban Hills, in Lazio (Lazio) - Italy. It is boondit bi ither communes o Rocca di Papa, Lariano, Cisterna di Latina, Artena, Aprilia, Nemi, Genzano di Roma, Lanuvio. Its motto is: Est mihi libertas papalis et imperialis.
It wis a auncient ceety o the Volsci tribe, an its status wis influential in the time o King Ancus Marcius, enough tae be on a par wi Roum. It haes been the steid o twa historical battles, in 1744 an 1849. In the Middle Ages, it wis ane o the few “free ceeties” in Lazio an central Italy.
The day, Velletri is hame tae a circuit court an a preeson, in addeetion tae several colleges an heich schuils. It is the terminus o the Roum-Velletri railwey, inauguratit bi Pape Pius IX in 1863, an the ceety is ane o the centres which the Via Appia Nuova passes throu.
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