CICILIANO

Altitude 619 m (2,030 feet). 1206 inhabitants

Among the Ruffi, Prenestini and Tiburtini Mountains

Ancient Trebula Suffenas mentioned by Pliny in Sabine territory bordering the territories of the Equi people and Tivoli

The medieval village coincides with the fortified oppidum (military camp) with remains of polygonal walls

The pagus (village) of the Suffenates people was in the lower area in correspondence with the Passo della Fortuna (Pass of Luck)

Among the buildings excavated the most important is a BATHING COMPLEX of the Trajan period (98/117), from which comes the mosaic with the myth of Phrixus and Elle now in the Fountain of Proserpine at Villa d'Este in Tivoli

CHURCH OF THE ASSUMPTION OF THE VIRGIN MARY 1795

THEODOLI CASTLE

It dates back to the twelfth century

It was modified for defensive purposes in the fifteenth century by the Colonna family with two towers and crenellations