Blera
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| Comune di Blera | |
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 Municipal coat of arms |
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| Country |  Italy |
| Region | Lazio |
| Province | Viterbo (VT) |
| Mayor | Pietro Mazzarella (since April 2004) |
| Elevation | 270 m (886 ft) |
| Area | 92.78 km² (36 sq mi) |
| Population (as of 2001) | |
| - Total | 3,208 |
| - Density | 35/km² (91/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET, UTC+1 |
| Coordinates | |
| Gentilic | Blerani |
| Dialing code | 0761 |
| Postal code | 01010 |
| Frazioni | Civitella Cesi |
| Patron | San Vivenzio |
| - Day | December 11 |
| Website: www.comune.blera.vt.it | |
Blera is a small town and comune of the northern Lazio Italy near Rome, known during the Middle Ages as Bieda, an evolved form of its ancient name, which was restored in the 20th century. It is the birthplace of Pope Sabinian and Pope Paschal II.
It is situated on a long, narrow tongue of rock at the junction of two deep glens.
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[edit] History
In ancient times, Blera was an Etruscan town on the Via Clodia. It was of little importance, and is only mentioned by geographers and in inscriptions.
[edit] Main sights
Some remains of the town walls still exist, and also two ancient bridges, both belonging to the Via Clodia, and many tombs hewn in the rock with small chambers imitating the architectural forms of houses, and beams and rafters represented in relief. (See G. Dennis, Cities and Cemeteries of Etruria, i.207.) There was another Blera in Puglia, on the road from Venusia to Tarentum.
[edit] External links
- Official site of the comune of Blera
- George Dennis on Blera (Chapter 17 of Cities and Cemeteries of Etruria)
[edit] References
- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
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