Rieti

Market town and capital of Rieti province in Lazio region, west-central Italy, 65 km/40 mi northeast of Rome, at the foot of Mount Terminillo; population (1990 est) 44,300. Agricultural produce includes wheat, vegetables, fruit, and beetroot, and there are processing factories for flour, pasta, and sugar. Products include textiles (synthetics) and chemicals (fertilizers); engineering and wood processing are important. Rieti also serves as a winter sports resort.

Once the chief town of the Sabines, it has some fine Renaissance buildings, a 13th-century episcopal palace, and a cathedral with a 13th-century campanile.

The Roman writer Marcus Terentius Varro, the Roman emperor Vespasian, the artist Antonio Gherardi (1638–1702), and the poet Angelo Maria Ricci (1776–1850) were born here.

Rieti

Province of west central Italy in northeast Lazio region; capital Rieti; area 2,749 sq km/1,061 sq mi; population (2000 est) 150,600. The town of Rieti is on the River Velino.