Monte Terminillo is a massif in the Monti Reatini , part of the Abruzzi Apennine range in central Italy . It is located some 20 km from Rieti and 100 km from Rome and has a highest altitude of 2,217 metres (7,274 ft).
5-682: It is a typical Apennine massif, both for its morphology, articulated but not exceedingly sharp, and for the fauna and vegetation. Its slopes are separated by the neighbouring smaller massifs by deep valleys, including the Valle Leonina, leading to Leonessa , and the Ravara and Capo Scura valleys leading to that of the Velino River . On the opposite sides are the Valle dell'Inferno ("Hell's Valley") and Valle degli Angeli ("Angels' Valley") leading to Rieti's plain and
10-636: Is an art city of primarily medieval aspect, with a historical main square. Churches include: Albaneto, Casanova, Fontenova, Leonessa Colleverde, Cumulata, Sala, San Clemente, San Vito, Vallimpuni, Viesci, Vindoli, Volciano, Casale dei Frati, Villa Alesse, Villa Berti, Villa Bigioni, Villa Bradde, Villa Carmine, Villa Ciavatta, Villa Climinti, Villa Colapietro, Villa Cordisco, Villa Gizzi, Villa Lucci, Villa Massi, Villa Pulcini, Villa Zunna, Albaneto, Piedelpoggio, Villa Immagine, Corvatello, Sant'Angelo, Terzone, Casa Buccioli, Capodacqua, Ocre, Pianezza, San Giovenale, Vallunga This Lazio location article
15-512: The mounts of Cantalice . The Terminillo is an active ski resort . [REDACTED] Media related to Monte Terminillo at Wikimedia Commons This Lazio location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Leonessa Leonessa is a town and comune in the far northeastern part of the Province of Rieti in the Lazio region of central Italy . Its population in 2008
20-547: Was around 2,700. Situated in a small plain at the foot of Mt. Terminillo , one of the highest mountains of the Apennine range, in the winter Leonessa is known mostly as a low-key staging center for the ski slopes of the Terminillo, and in the summer as a weekend vacation town frequented for the most part by Romans with local roots. Historically, the town is known mostly as the birthplace of St. Giuseppe di Leonessa . Until 1927 it
25-548: Was part of the province of L'Aquila . The town suffered one of the worst German reprisals during World War II when the Wehrmacht and the SS killed 51 inhabitants in early April 1944. A monument dedicated to the dead was erected in 1959. Typical food production include the local variety of potato , known as patata di Leonessa . Leonessa is twinned with the French town of Gonesse . Leonessa
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