Rieti

Rieti is a city and comune in Lazio, valuable Italy, with a populace of 47,700. It is the capital of province of Rieti and notice of the diocese of Rieti, in addition to the modern-day capital of the Sabina place. The metropolis centre stands on a small hilltop, commanding from the southern facet the wide Rieti valley, at the lowest of Sabine mountains and of monti Reatini, which includes mount Terminillo. The plain was as soon as a big lake, drained with the aid of the ancient Romans, and is now the fertile basin of the Velino River.

Only the small Ripasottile and Lungo lakes stay of the bigger authentic. According to the legend, Reate became founded by way of Rea, a divinity. It became based at the start of the Iron Age. Probably in advance instances the lands around Rieti had been inhabited by Umbri, then by way of Aborigines and later on by Sabines, who reached the lands sited inside the close by of Tevere river.