Altitude 225 m (1,070 feet). 12,000 inhabitants
Medieval
village located in between some tuffaceous ridges
In 1279 it
was granted as a fief to the Orsini family who in 1661 sold it to the Chigi
Since 1997 the
area of the town is home to the sports center of the glorious S.S. Lazio, the
first football team in Rome
Palazzo
Chigi
Chigi
Palace
Mentioned
in the sources for the first time in the eleventh century
Restored
and modifed in 1663 by Felice Della Greca (1626/77)
for the Chigi family: he raised it with one extra floor and changed the façade
Restored in
the 1980s
S.
Lorenzo
St.
Lawrence
Mentioned
in the sources for the first time in 1033
Bell tower
of the fifteenth century, covered with zinc in 1677
1574 restoration
and construction of the side naves
MAIN ALTAR
1744
LEFT NAVE
"Virgin
Mary enthroned with Child and Saints" and "Exaltation of the
Cross" about 1575 maybe by Donato Palmieri aka Donato da Formello (about
1550/about 1580)
S.
Michele Arcangelo
St.
Michael the Archangel
Known since
1236. Deconsecrated
Romanesque
bell tower and traces of thirteenth-century frescoes in the nave
Villa Chigi
Chigi Villa
1666/74 Carlo Fontana (1634/1714)
for the Cardinal Flavio Chigi
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