Altitude 250 m (820 feet). 7,500 inhabitants
Ancient
town of the Capenati people at first
and eventually Roman
The castle belonged
to the Savelli family from the thirteenth century until the seventeenth century,
and it became property of the Massimo Princes after that
The walls
of the medieval houses are dotted with Roman remains
Rocca
Borgia
Borgia
Fortress
It was
built during the fourteenth and fifteenth century for the Savelli family
Renovated
in 1501
Expropriated
in 1502 by Alexander VI (1492/1503)
The
following year it went back to the Savelli family
In 1607 it
passed to the Borghese, then to the Muti, to the Cesi and in 1799 to the Massimo
family
On the
square just outside the castle: "Cesare Borgia Cannon", actually
abandoned by the Lansquenets after the sack of Rome in 1527
Ss. Vincenzo
e Anastasio
Sts. Vincent
and Anastasius
Frescoes of
the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries
Under the main
altar the body of S. Prosperus is
exposed in a casket moved here from the CATACOMBS that branch out to the north
of the town
CHAPEL OF
THE CROSS
Last chapel
on the left with paintings maybe by Federico Zuccari (about
1542/1609) and Taddeo Zuccari (1529/66)
Canvas
"Madonna with Child and Saints" by Anastasio
Fontebuoni (1571/1626)
Ss. Abbondio e Abbondanzio
Sts. Abbondio and Abbondanzio
About 3 km (1.9
miles) outside town
It was built
in the Middle Ages on the square walls of a pagan temple
Bell tower
built in the twelfth century
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