Altitude 420 m (1,400 feet). 12,000 inhabitants
The name dates
back to 1873
Since 1151
the town was called Montefortino and
the name was changed because it was linked to its reputation as a city of
bandits
It was feud
of the families Tuscolani, Colonna, Orsini and Borghese since 1614 with the
Cardinal Scipione Borghese Caffarelli (1577/1633)
For the
particular shape of the town it is considered to be the largest pedestrian area in Europe
Palazzo
Borghese
Borghese
Palace
1615/18 designed
by Jan Van Santen aka Giovanni Vasanzio (1550/1621)
for the Cardinal Scipione Borghese with PORTAL maybe by Martino Longhi il Giovane (1602/60)
Frescoes by
Paul Brill (1554/1626)
On the same
square of the palazzo there is the PALAZZETTO DEL GOVERNATORE (small palace of
the governor) also by Jan Van Santen aka Giovanni
Vasanzio, used in the past as a courthouse and also as a prison
Museo
Civico Archeologico
Archaeological
Museum
The museum
building was originally the GRANAIO BORGHESE, the Borghese barn. Besides being
a museum it now houses the headquarters of the City Council and it is used for
cultural events
Objects
found in the territory of Artena dating back from the Neolithic period until
the ninth century AD
Collegiata
di S. Croce
Collegiate
Church of the Holy Cross
Built in
the twelfth century. It was rebuilt in 1661 for Cardinal Scipione Borghese with
two short bell towers on either side of the façade
Site
of the ancient city of Fortinum
Archaeological
area of about 30 hectares (74 acres) dating back to 500 BC at PIANO DELLA
CIVITA (630 m - 2000 feet), 1.5 km from Artena
A town (oppidum) of the Volsci people
hypothetically called Fortinum for a
population called Fortineii that
lived in this territory
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