Subiaco | |
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Comune di Subiaco | |
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Coordinates: 41°56′N 13°06′E / 41.933°N 13.100°E | |
Kintra | Italy |
Region | Lazio |
Province | Roum |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor | Francesco Pelliccia (syne Mey 2011) |
Area | |
• Total | 63 km2 (24 sq mi) |
Elevation | 408 m (1,339 ft) |
Population (30 June 2010) | |
• Total | 9,404 |
• Density | 150/km2 (390/sq mi) |
Demonym(s) | Sublacensi |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 00028 |
Diallin code | 0774 |
Patron saunt | St. Benedict |
Saunt day | March 21 |
Website | Offeecial wabsteid |
Subiaco is a toun an comune in the Province o Roum, in Lazio, Italy, 40 kilometre (25 mi) frae Tivoli alangside the river Aniene. It is mainly renouned as a tourist an releegious resort for its saucrit grotto (Sacro Speco), in the medieval St. Benedict's Abbey, an for the Abbey o St. Scholastica.
At a time when several German monks haed been assigned tae the monastery, German printers established a printin press in the toun. They printit the first beuks in Italy in the late 15t century.