San Rocco (disambiguation)

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San Rocco is the Italian name of Saint Roch. San Rocco may also refer to the following places in Italy:

San Rocco di Piegara Frazione in Veneto, Italy

San Rocco di Piegara is a frazione of Roverè Veronese (VR) which is one of the 13 ancient Cimbrian towns. Roverè Veronese has been an autonomous municipality since the 14th century.

San Rocco al Porto Comune in Lombardy, Italy

San Rocco al Porto is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Lodi in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 50 kilometres (31 mi) southeast of Milan and about 25 kilometres (16 mi) southeast of Lodi. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,383 and an area of 30.7 square kilometres (11.9 sq mi).

San Rocco may also refer to the following churches in Italy:

Capranica, Lazio Comune in Lazio, Italy

Capranica is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Viterbo in the Italian region Lazio, located about 55 kilometres (34 mi) northwest of GRA, 66 kilometres (41 mi) from Rome’s centre, and 24.5 kilometres (15.2 mi) southeast of Viterbo.

Castel del Monte, Abruzzo Comune in Abruzzo, Italy

Castel del Monte is a medieval and Renaissance hill town and comune in the province of L'Aquila in northern Abruzzo, Italy. Located in the heart of the Gran Sasso mountain range, the town is set into a steep hillside nestled beneath mountain peaks near the high plain of Campo Imperatore. Castel del Monte sits opposite the ancient mountaintop fortress of Rocca Calascio and faces Monte Sirente in the distance. It is located in the Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park.

San Rocco is a Roman Catholic church in Circello, Province of Benevento, region of Campania, Italy.

San Rocco may also refer to the following fortifications in Malta:

San Rocco Battery

San Rocco Battery was an artillery battery in Kalkara, Malta, built by Maltese insurgents during the French blockade of 1798–1800. It was the last in a chain of batteries, redoubts and entrenchments encircling the French positions in Marsamxett and the Grand Harbour. It was built to control the entrance to the harbour as well as the French occupied Fort Ricasoli. The battery was continually being fired upon from the French at Ricasoli.

San Rocco Redoubt

San Rocco Redoubt was a redoubt in Kalkara, Malta. It was built by Great Britain during the French blockade of 1798-1800. It was part of a chain of batteries, redoubts and entrenchments encircling the French positions in Marsamxett and the Grand Harbour.

Fort Saint Rocco

Fort Saint Rocco, also known as Fort Saint Roca on some maps, is a polygonal fort in Kalkara, Malta. It is located east of Rinella Battery and seaward of the village of Santu Rokku, and forms part of the complex of shore batteries built by the British to defend the coast east of the mouth of Grand Harbour between the 1870s and 1900s.

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Saint Roch was a Christian saint who lived c.1295–1327.

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