Poggio Mirteto

Poggio Mirteto is a comune (municipality) and former episcopal see in the Province of Rieti (formerly in the province of Perugia) in the Italian region Latium, about 45 km northeast of Rome and about 20 km southwest of Rieti, situated on a pleasant height, by the River Sole, in a fertile region, where pot-herbs, cereals, grapes and pastures are cultivated, and where ancient ruins of villas and of aqueducts are numerous; the villa of Terentius Varro was in this neighbourhood.

As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 5,440 and an area of 26.4 km2. Poggio Mirteto borders the following municipalities: Filacciano, Forano, Montopoli di Sabina, Poggio Catino, Salisano and Torrita Tiberina.