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14-652: Ardea may refer to: Ardea, Lazio , a town in Lazio, Italy Ardea (bird) , a genus of large herons and some egrets Ardea (journal) , an ornithological journal published by the Netherlands Ornithologists' Union The Ardea , a condominium high-rise building in Portland, Oregon, USA Lancia Ardea , a small car produced by the Turin firm between 1939 and 1953 Aridaia ,

28-571: A frazione is officially called hameau in French . In South Tyrol , a frazione is called Fraktion in German and frazion in Ladin . The term frazioni refers to the villages or hamlets that often make up a comune (a type of municipal-level government) in rural Italian areas. Subdivision of a comune is optional; some comuni have no frazioni , but others have several dozen. The comune usually has

42-528: A frazione represents a former comune that was believed to be no longer viable. Until 2000, the central government established the frazioni and defined their borders, except in the case of the five autonomous regions (see regions of Italy ), where this was controlled at the regional level. By the Legislative Decree 267/2000 to implement amendments to Title V of the Italian Constitution,

56-520: A small town in Pella, Macedonia, Greece Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Ardea . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ardea&oldid=1014882379 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

70-566: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Frazione A frazione ( pl. : frazioni ) is a type of subdivision of a comune ( municipality ) in Italy, often a small village or hamlet outside the main town. Most frazioni were created during the Fascist era (1922–1943) as a way to consolidate territorial subdivisions in the country. In the autonomous region of the Aosta Valley ,

84-502: Is described as such in the Aeneid . In 509 BC Lucius Tarquinius Superbus , the king of Rome , sought unsuccessfully to take the town by storm, and then commenced a siege of the town. However, the siege was interrupted by the revolution which resulted in the overthrow of the king and the establishment of the Roman republic . One of the leaders of the revolution, Lucius Junius Brutus , came to

98-467: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Ardea, Lazio The economy is mostly based on agriculture, although, starting from the 1970s, industry has played an increasingly important role. Ardea is one of the most ancient towns in western Europe , founded during the 8th century BC . According to tradition it was the capital of the Rutuli , and it

112-609: The 9th century AD. Its castle in 1118 housed Pope Gelasius II and was later contended among various feudal barons of the area. In 1419 Pope Martin V assigned it to his kinsmen, the Colonna family , who sold it in 1564 to the Cesarini. In 1816 it became a frazione of Genzano . Starting from 1932, the surrounding area was drained and Ardea began to flourish again, becoming a frazione of Pomezia starting from its foundation around 1948 and an independent municipality in 1970. Remains of

126-461: The comune . Due to unusual circumstances or to the depopulation of the capoluogo , the town hall and its administrative functions can move to one of the frazioni : the comune still retains the name of the capoluogo . Historically, many frazioni came into being during the Fascist era, when a major effort was made to consolidate and rationalize the territorial subdivisions of the country. Sometimes,

140-419: The ancient city include the old defensive agger , dating to the 7th century BC and later ( 4th century BC ) updated to larger walls. Archaeological excavations have brought to light four temples, of unknown dedication. Part of the pavement of a basilica (c. 100 BC) have also been found in the area of the ancient Forum. Other sights include: Ardea is twinned with: This Lazio location article

154-629: The camp of the Roman army at Ardea and won the army's support for the revolution. In 443 BC the Volscians laid siege to Ardea. The siege was soon broken by Roman troops under the leadership of Marcus Geganius Macerinus . After the Roman conquest, Ardea was most often mentioned in connection with the Via Ardeatina , one of the consular roads , to which it gave its name. During the Second Punic War , it

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168-433: The individual comuni now define the frazioni within their borders. Under the former legislation, a frazione had the option of having a submayor ( prosindaco ), who was appointed by the mayor ( sindaco ) of the comune , often on the recommendation of deliberative bodies such as the communal council ( consiglio ) or the giunta , or as a result of a petition by enough residents of the frazione involved; although there

182-410: The same name of the capoluogo , but not always, in which case it is called a comune sparso . In practice, most frazioni are small villages or hamlets , occasionally just a clump of houses. Not every hamlet is classified as a frazione ; those that are not are often referred to as località , for example, in the telephone book. In some cases, frazioni are more populous than the capoluogo of

196-523: Was one of the few cities that refused military support to Rome, and, after the Roman victory, was deprived of its autonomy. In the 3rd – 2nd centuries BC it decayed until, in the Imperial Age , it was scarcely populated at all. The 1st century agricultural writer Columella possessed estates there. After the fall of the Western Roman Empire , Ardea was abandoned. It returned to grow only after

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