Affile
Comune
Comune di Affile
Affile Location o Affile in Italy
Coordinates: 41°53′3″N 13°5′49″E / 41.88417°N 13.09694°E / 41.88417; 13.09694
Kintra	Italy
Region	Lazio
Province	Roum (RM)
Govrenment
• Mayor	Ercole Viri
Area
• Total	15.0 km2 (5.8 sq mi)
Elevation	684 m (2,244 ft)
Population  (2008)[1]
• Total	1,595
• Density	110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Affilani
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	00021
Diallin code	0774
Patron saunt	Santa Felicita
Website	Offeecial wabsteid

Affile (Laitin: Afilae^[2]) is a comune (municipality) in the province o Roum in the Italian region Lazio, locatit aboot 50 km east o Roum.

History

Airchaeologie haes shawn the existence o a pre-Roman centre here, on the border o the launds o the Hernici an the Aequi. In the 1st century AD it is mentioned as oppidum Afile bi Frontinus. It wis crossed bi the Via Sublacense.

In the 10t century a veelage existit in the umwhile Roman oppidum, centred on the kirk o St. Peter. In 1013 a castle (castrum) is citit in Affile, that in 1109 wis cedit bi Pape Paschal II tae the Abbey o St. Scholastica o Subiaco. Later it wis a possession o the Altieri an Braschi faimilies.

Main sichts

• Roman cistern. In 999 emperor Otto III foondit in the steid a kirk, that haed housomeivver awready disappeared in the 16t century.
• Kirk o St. Peter, kent frae the early 6t century. The last renovation is frae the 15t century.
• Kirk o St. Mary (kent fraem 1005). It haes frescoes frae the 13t an 16t-17t centuries.
• Kirk o Santa Felicita (13t century)
• Castrum, steid on a different hill o the oreeginar steid o Affile aroond St. Peter's kirk. Ance, it haed numerous touers, gates an massive waws, few traces o it remain.