Altitude 241 m (790 feet). 4,900 abitanti
It is set
on a tufa terrace between two valleys crossed by the arches of the Aqua Claudia aqueduct
According
to tradition it was founded by St. Gallicanus consul at the time of Constantine
(306/337) and martyred in Alexandria
The city
was maybe built in the tenth century AD in the area of the Latin city of Pedum conquered by Rome before
Coriolanus by the beginning of the fifth century BC and then finally in 338 BC
It was
under the rule of the Colonna family
Baronial
Palace
Built over
the ancient Castle of the Colonna family, of which there are only two towers
left, having been destroyed in 1526 by the papal troops
Today it
houses the LIBRARY and the HISTORICAL ARCHIVES
S.
Rocco
St.
Roch
1628 for a
vow made because, since the beginning of the seventeenth century, the plague
struck all of the land south east of Rome except for Gallicano
The local
people convinced that St. Roch had protected them from that scourge, decided to
build a church in his honor
Cappella di S. Maria di
Cavamonte
Chapel
of St. Mary of Cavamonte
Near the
junction to Zagarolo, amongst impressive walls of tufa
Nearby it
is possible to see the ruins of the Ponte
del Fico (Bridge of the Fig-Tree), of the age of Sulla (88/80 BC), built
with a single arch
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