Greccio

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Greccio is a small medieval hill town in central Italy renowned as the place where Saint Francis of Assisi created the first live Nativity scene.

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Label Occurrences
Greccio canonical 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf hill town ⓘ
municipality ⓘ
settlement ⓘ
areaCode +39 0746 ⓘ
associatedWith Franciscan Order ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
distanceFrom about 16 km from Rieti ⓘ
about 90 km from Rome ⓘ
elevation about 705 metres above sea level ⓘ
governedBy Mayor of Greccio ⓘ
hasBuildingStyle medieval architecture ⓘ
hasDemonym Grecciani ⓘ
hasEconomySector agriculture ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasEvent first live Nativity scene in 1223 ⓘ
hasFeast Christmas Nativity celebrations ⓘ
hasFeature narrow medieval streets ⓘ
stone houses ⓘ
hasMunicipalStatus comune ⓘ
hasPatronSaint Saint Michael the Archangel ⓘ
linked to: Saint Michael
hasPopulation around 1500 inhabitants ⓘ
hasRegionCode RI ⓘ
hasReligiousSite Franciscan sanctuary of the Nativity ⓘ
Sanctuary of Greccio ⓘ
hasSaint Saint Francis of Assisi ⓘ
hasTraditionalActivity Christmas Nativity reenactments ⓘ
heritageDesignation Franciscan Sites in Italy ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site component ⓘ
historicalEra Middle Ages ⓘ
knownFor association with Saint Francis of Assisi ⓘ
first live Nativity scene ⓘ
locatedIn Lazio ⓘ
Province of Rieti ⓘ
central Italy ⓘ
locatedInValley Rieti Valley ⓘ
locatedNear Rieti ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
locatedOn rocky spur ⓘ
officialLanguage Italian ⓘ
partOf Diocese of Rieti ⓘ
Sabine Mountains ⓘ
postalCode 02040 ⓘ
religiousTradition Roman Catholicism ⓘ
timeZone Central European Summer Time ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ
tourismType cultural tourism ⓘ
religious tourism ⓘ

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Province of Rieti → contains → Greccio ⓘ