Palombara Sabina

Palombara Sabina
Comune
Comune di Palombara Sabina
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Coat of arms
Location of Palombara Sabina
Palombara Sabina Location of Palombara Sabina in Italy Palombara Sabina Palombara Sabina (Lazio)
Coordinates: 42°04′N 12°46′E
Country	Italy
Region	Lazio
Metropolitan city	Rome (RM)
Frazioni	Stazzano, Cretone
Government
• Mayor	Alessandro Palombi
Area
• Total	75.8 km2 (29.3 sq mi)
Elevation	372 m (1,220 ft)
Population  (31 December 2017)
• Total	13,200
Demonym	Palombaresi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	00018
Dialing code	0774
Patron saint	Saint Blaise
Saint day	3 February
Website	Official website

Palombara Sabina (Romanesco: Palommara) is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Rome, Italy.

Main sights

• Savelli Castle, built from the 11th century by the Ottaviani, a branch of the Crescentii family of Rome. Antipope Innocent III was arrested here in 1180. It was acquired by Luca Savelli, a nephew of pope Honorius III, in 1250, whence the current name. It was rebuilt in the 16th century by Troilo Savelli, who commissioned his friend Baldassarre Peruzzi the frescoes which are still visible inside, including portraits of Roman famous men, allegories of the Liberal Arts and grotesque decorations. It is now home to a library, an exhibition of Roman statues found nearby Palombara in 2008, and a natural sciences museum.
• Abbey of Saint John in Argentella (6th century)
• Church of Santa Maria Annunziata (14th century)
• Church of St. Blaise (1101), in Romanesque style.
• Fortified village of Castiglione, in the Monti Lucretili park, at 750 metres (2,460 ft).
• Convent of St. Michael, in rural Romanesque style. It was built over a Roman villa, of which traces of opus reticulatum remain.