Alban Hills, Lazio, Province of Rome, Italy
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Velletri is an Italian town of 53,298 inhabitants. It is a comune in the Province of Rome, on the Alban Hills, in Lazio (Latium) - Italy. It is bounded by other communes of Rocca di Papa, Lariano, Cisterna di Latina, Artena, Aprilia, Nemi, Genzano di Roma, Lanuvio. Its motto is: Est mihi libertas papalis et imperialis.

Main Sights:
  • The Tower of the Trivium
  • The Cathedral of St. Clement
  • The belltower of Santa Maria in Trivio
  • Church of the Holy Savior
  • Church of San Michele Arcangelo
  • Church of St. Martin of Tours
  • Church of St. Anthony of Padua
  • Church of St. Francis of Assisi
  • Church of San Lorenzo
  • Church of the Most Holy Peter and Bartholomew
  • Church of St. Clare of Assisi
  • Church of Santa Teresa
  • Church of Sant'Antonio Abate
  • Church of San Crispino
  • Church of the Chaplet
  • Church of St. Silvstro
  • Church of Our Lady of the Snows
  • Oratorio di Santa Maria del Sangue
  • Holy Trinity Church
  • Church of St. Apollonia
  • Church of San Giovanni in plagis
  • Church of San Giovanni Battista
  • Church of St. Mary of the Garden
  • Church of Santa Maria degli Angeli
  • Church of the Holy Cross on Mount Calvary
  • Church of Saint Stephen
  • Church of Santa Maria del Carmine
  • Church of Regina Pacis
 
Civic Architecture:
There are numerous public fountains in Velletri, some of them monumental. They are all served by the city aqueduct, which was built in the 17th century by the engineer Giovanni Fontana.
 
  • Fontana di Piazza Giuseppe Garibaldi, was built around 1912;
  • Fountain of Piazza Benedetto Cairoli, built in 1622
  • Piazza Giuseppe Mazzini fountain, built in 1612
  • The Palazzo Comunale (Town Hall)
  • Palazzo Vecchio, begun in 1822 as headquarters for the Delegation of Velletri
  • Palazzo Toruzzi
  • Palazzo Borgia
  • Palazzo Alfonsi
  • Corsini palace
 
Military Architecture:
  • Porta Napoletana was built in 1511
  • Porta Romana but rebuilt in 1573 
  • War Memorial, designed by Emanuele Cannigia, was inaugurated on June 2, 1927
 
Archaeological sites:
  • The Oreste Nardini Civic Archeological Museum of Velletri
  • Roman amphitheatre in Velitrae
  • San Cesareo was identified the site of the Villa degli Ottavi, sub-urban residence of the gens Octavia and Octavian Augustus

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