Altitude 420 m (1,370 feet). 1,450 abitanti
It is
located on a spur of the PRENESTINI MOUNTAINS with medieval section in the southwest
area of town and section built in the seventeenth century in the northeast area
The village
was maybe built above the ancient city of Aesula
or Saxula. The Italian translation of
the ancient name was added to the modern name in 1870
It was
mentioned in the sources for the first time in 1249 as property of the monks of
Subiaco
It was property
of the Colonna family
The northeast
part (Borgo Pio) is an interesting example of urban planning of the seventeenth
century, built after the plague of 1656 for sanitary reasons by Carlo Pio di
Savoia
Castello
Brancaccio
Brancaccio
Castle
Almost
completely rebuilt over the ancient castle of the Colonna family
Frescoes by
Federico Zuccari (about 1542/1609) and his
school
It was transferred
to the municipality in 1989
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