Lanuvio

• Name — Lanuvio • Official Name — Comune di Lanuvio • Region — Lazio • Metropolitan City — Rome (RM) • Frazioni — Campoleone, Bellavista, Colle Cavaliere, Casale della Corte, Malcavallo, Mantovano, Monte Giove, Pascolare, Pietrara, Sambuco, Stragonello • Mayor Party — FdI • Mayor — Andrea Volpi • Area Total Km2 — 43.9 • Population Total — 13605 • Population As Of — 1 January 2017 • Population Demonym — Civitani • Elevation M — 324 • Saint — St. Peter the Apostle • Day — April 7 • Postal Code — 00075 • Area Code — 06

In ancient times Lanuvium was an important town in the hinterland of Imperial Rome. The emperors Antoninus Pius and Commodus were born here. It decayed after the reign of Theodosius I (late 4th century AD), and was mostly abandoned due to the shutting down of its polytheistic sanctuaries. It is mentioned again in the 11th century, when it was a seat of a Benedictine monastery. In the early 15th century it was acquired by the Colonna family, to whom it belonged until 1564. On 17 February 1944, during World War II, it was bombed by sea and air by the Allies, and almost entirely destroyed.

• Collegiate church • Sanctuary of Madonna delle Grazie • History center with walls, including four towers • Temple of Juno Sospita • Remains of the ancient Roman bridge Ponte Loreto • Regional Park of the Castelli Romani • Civic Museum of Lanuvio

• Vincenzo Seratrice the Elder (1851–1922), painter

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