Highest
peak: Mount of Pianezze 1,332 m (4,370
feet)
Plateaus
of Arcinazzo
In between the
Affilani Mountains in the north and Mount
Scalambra 1,402 m (4,600 feet) in the southwest, at the border of the Province
of Rome
These
plateaus are part of the ERNICI MOUNTAINS with an altitude of about 840 m
(2,755 feet)
Karstic
valley about 3 km (1.8 miles) long and 1.5 km (0.9 miles) wide
Residential
development for the tourism industry
Villa
so called Trajan’s Villa
Abandoned
for centuries and used as a marble quarry
Excavated
between 1999 and 2002
Remains of an
ancient villa with two large terraces: in the inferior large rectangular garden
porch overlooked by, among other things, a triclinium and a nympheum
In the area
there is an antiquarium with archaeological finds
Affile
Altitude 684 m (2,250 feet). 1,650 inhabitants
Pre-Roman
settlement on the border of the territories of the Ernici with that of the Equi
In Medieval
times it belonged to the Abbey of Subiaco with the name of Effidis
Some major
attractions are the Roman Cistern, the Chapel of the Madonna del Giglio, the
Church of S. Felicita and the remains of polygonal walls
Arcinazzo Romano
Altitude
831 m (2,720 feet). 1,506 inhabitants
1.6 km (1
mile) from Affile
Formerly
known as Ponza d’Arcinazzo for the Pontia
family who had possessions here
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