In habitants: 1400 (rovianesi)
Province: Roma (to kilometres. 45)
Altitude: M. 523
Square Kilometre.: 8.38

They roviano: LA STORIA
The l country, that until to the my half of the XIX century it has been a farm poor centre, today it depends above all on the economy of Capitale who it is put a call through to the railway Rome -Pescara to, to in 1888, and with A -24 (Mandela's going out signalman's lodge). Dal 1890 lo stemma del paese è una colonna coronata su campo azzurro, come l'antico sigillo seicentesco della Comunità. Planted by sentry of Alta Valle of the Aniene, above a small calcareous col in 523 metres, a drift one's name by the Roman family of Rubri, taken office in the zone then the subjugation of Equi. Safely built-up area in the neolitico period, in his territory they have already been found repeatable ceramics fragments for Bronze Age. Territory of Equi, a preserve stays of "oppida" from still studying. The Roman conquest, happened in the 304 a.c., favoured in the territory the where to rise in "country country houses" round which it himself unwound the farm activity and too the summer holiday of the patrician to. Rest has been uncovered in the locality "Gnora Colomba", "house Passera" (Ii-i sec. to. C.), "Necks". The territory was lived too by the numerous slave and used workers for the construction in the Roman waterworks, which emerges the rest in all the valley of. In the country, in front to a house private, they keep Augusto's iugeriali two cippi together in a mile post of the ancient Valeria and in a funeral altar of the I sec. d. C. It scattered in varied places of the country there are other Roman testimonies: a sarcophagus, a metope, a fontanina, a capital, fragments with enrolments. Appartenuto initially territory to Abbazia of Subiaco, was strengthened in X° a century. He passed by to Ottaviani of Roviano round to 1252. Few years then, it was conquered by Landolfo Colonna of Riofreddo, that in 1287 approved of Statuto publicly. In course of centuries the feud became property in the varied branches in family Colonna, and for short periods it has belonged too to Orsino as tenants (1458) and to Barberini (1625). The castle and the numerous baronial possession were bought from Massimo (1872), then from Brancaccio (1902) and, in the end, from Comune (1979). The characteristic centre -historical develops lungo the col for broken concentric lines by an alleys maze and is closed, in north -west, in the Gothic "he brings a skirmish". In the baronial ancient mill of the "Montano", on the square of "J'orzéro", has a seat the town library. On the peak of mountain S. one Elia (995 m) himself keep, besides, scarce testimonies of the romitorio and it enjoys a smashing eyesight on the valley, on Simbruini, on Lucretili and further mountains Ruffi. In the territory they are present caves of speleological interest, as that larger it dictates than "Fra' Alessio", in west.
They roviano: I MONUMENTI
Polygonal tacks -in the margins of the residential modern installation of the "Leveta", are great numbers two rows of smashing tacks polygonal long further twenty metres, probable constructions gone up again at the end in the fair civilization or in the primo period of the Roman occupation. In the front and small stalls they have been dug basins and walls from medieval Roman epoch.
	Scotonico Ponte -in east of the territory, in nearness of Km 58 then the fork for Arsoli, resists majestic the ancient Ponte Scotonico of Roman epoch, it leaves some "nova" Valeria. Restored by the emperor Nerva (97 d. C.), it still keeps integral unitedly to the road to basole of local limestone. Olstenio called him "Stratonico", Promis "Scutonico". Its name could derived from the Latin scutum (shield) or from the Greek skotos (dark). It is wide further seven metres, while the diameter of the bow is eight metres about. Recently he has been restored from Soprintendenza Archeologica. Some ancient Valeria, among Roviano and Cineto, they stay but only scarce testimonies.
Castle -on the ancient village he polls powerful the baronial Palazzo. Initially fortified fort in work of Abazia of Subiaco, in course of centuries has some subìto extensions and remarkable remaking for work of Colonna and some varied families patricians of Rome that possessed it, in particular Maffeo Barberini Colonna of Sciarra, Camillo Massimo and Marcantonio Brancaccio. Entrance with Gothic portal and arms coat in terracotta of Massimo, the the ancient nucleus is at pentagonal plant with paved and wide court, a marble well, an embattled donjon in 1880, windows mullioned windows with two lights, hanging garden, illustrated rooms with sour landscapes in tempera. In particular relief some sixteenth-century frescoes of the cycle "Giuditta and Oloferne" kept in ex -chapel. Verso la fine dell'Ottocento, il principe Massimo fece merlare anche il lungo muro del giardino pensile che dà su via di Porta Scaramuccia. The castle gives hospitality to Museo of Civiltà Contadina of Valle of the Aniene. Distribuito su due piani, il Museo demo - etno - antropologico è il più "antico" della Regione Lazio. Founded at the end of 1975 it was opened in 1980. He gives hospitality to dedicated sections to the farming (cycle of the wheat, grapevine, olive, hemp), to the some miners of tunnel, to the breeding, to the house and to family, to the mass, to the religiousness, to the craftwork (joiner, blacksmith), to the history in the castle and some territory. Are shown you further five hundred objects and provenienti work tool from all the valley of the Aniene, further to photo and explanatory graphs.
	Rovianello -the small "Castrum Rubianelli" of medieval epoch, whose ruins, together in the few houses, they himself find in Roviano west, it was delighted with administrative autonomy and had some one's borders territorial. He was destroyed by Muzio Colonna among 1585 and 1590. Has been at ritenuto wrong a brigands' lair. Really one he paid the rebellion to the baronial outrage. He originariamente perhaps belonged to Massa to given Lamnas by Costantino to Battistero Lateranense under I Silvestro. It is cited in 967 in the confirmation diploma of good of the I emperor Ottone to the monastery of Subiaco; he results in the censuari castles of Comune of Tivoli (XIV secant.); already in 1430 is strong decadence, in 1437 it is rented to Orsino of Tagliacozzo and in 1473 it results mortgaged.
He brings a skirmish -to the end of the wide road of the "Toti", he polls Porta Scaramouch (the name goes up again at an armed conflict of 1570 with Colonna and Arsoli gentleman for the possession of Acqua Meliga), built in the second half of Xiv° a century, when himself enlarged the country. The door, with arch at sesto sharp and arms coat of Colonna in keystone, was knocked down from Comune in 1878 and rebuilt in 1880, then a meeting with opposition controversy, by Camillo Massimo. In the same period, the prince made to build the standing above blackbirds, he placed on the bow one's arms coat, walled up the marble memory and put a call through to a loggiatino Porta with the hanging garden. Su una pietra del piedritto di destra è incisa la scritta: "Anno di peste-1743".
	Church of S. one Giovanni Battista Decollato -of forehead to the castle, to the square seven -nineteenth-century, himself raises the church of S. one Giovanni Battista Decollato, with front Baroque, enlarged to more took up in 1606 to 1709. Of it, they already have a news in the XIII century. To a nave alone, shows five altars: the greater one and four right and a left half-backs dedicated to Madonna of Graces (1606), to S. one Atanasio (1659), S. one Antonio of Padua (1606) and S. one Rocco (1675). Unfortunately all the paintings that enriched the altars have been stolen. A valuable fontanina of Roman epoch adorns an angle with the church. Underneath the altar, in 1834, she is placed the ballot-box with S body. Rinvenuto and lucky martyr in Catacombe of S. one Callisto to Rome in 1833. The growing cult one for this boy martyr, contribute do titrate, from 1984, the church too as Santuario.
Church Madonna of Rosario -on the square main called "J'orzero", in 1947 in 1951, using the fondi too for the indemnification of the extra chiesolina -muros of S. one Antonio Abate destroyed by the bombardments in May 1944, has been built the church to Madonna of Rosario. With front in Romanesque style, he has three naves with roof in trusses. From 1992 the side altars have been dedicated to S. one Anna, to Sacro Cuore and to Madonna of Rosario. He has suffered different remaking and embellishments in the course in the years. In 1981 it has been frescoed by the painter German M. one Dietrich and, recentemente, in the apse it has been realized a smashing mosaic is representing the descent of Spirito Santo.
	Church and Romitorio of S. one Maria of Oliva -the foundation legend that's done one where to date back to S. one Francesco. Really one the church and romitorio of S. one Maria of Oliva, near the entrance fork in the country on Tiburtina Valeria, already results existing in 867 (a regest sublacense) with the title of S. one Maria and perhaps it was built by the acting monks basiliani in Valle. Only in the XVII century appears the definition of S. one Maria of Oliva in work of B. Theuli. The church, small with frescoed walls and with different altars, to be more times destroyed by the Saracens. The cloister was equally small, with cloister and cistern. He was shut in 1653 because he had not some private incomes maintain more of five friars. In S. one Maria they were buried Roviano's dead people. In 1817 good passed by to prince Maffeo Barberini Colonna of Sciarra and, recentemente, he has been bought from Comune of Roviano.
Pischera L' an ancient fountain call "Pischèra" was built by Alfonso Colonna round at the prima half of the XVI sec. in the locality "Leveta", above to some springs that distinguish from under calcareous rocks. She was repaired in 1679, but in 1683 he still poured in very bad conditions. She was beautified with times to barrels, basin and cinnamon by Francesco Sciarra Colonna in 1724. Since then he began being contested among Comunità and the prince. It was shut arbitrariamente by Maffeo Barberini Colonna of Sciarra in 1825 and the water he condottata to the new Pischèra on way one Mazzini. In 1989 the second Pischèra has been moved in P.za of Repubblica.