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 Introduction
Frascati is particularly renowned for its white wine, the Frascati (wine). It is also an important historical and artistically centre. The town is situated 1056 ft. above the sea-level, on the Northern slopes of the outer crater ring of the Alban Hills, and commands a very fine view of the Campagna of Rome.
Frascati is also known by the beauty of its villas. It faces Rome and you can also view a wide landscape of the Tirreno Sea to the area called “Monti della Sabina”.
The town is full of good eating places, and you won't leave feeling hungry. Try some of the Frascati wine, which tastes particularly good in its hometown. There are also countless wine shops where you can sample and purchase the area's Frascati DOC.
Arrival By Plane
Nearest airport is the Leonardo da Vinci Airport in Rome. The airport is very well connected to Roma Termini station by the Leonardo Express train, with departures every 30 minutes or by metro FM1, with some stops, to Roma Tiburtina. Between 11.30pm and 5am there is a Cotral night bus linking Fiumicino to Stazione Termini and Stazione Tiburtina.
By Train
Take a train from Leonardo da Vinci Airport to Termini Station in Rome; from Termini station take a train to Frascati.
By Car
From the airport follow signs to “ROMA”, this will lead you to the Fiumicino-Rome motorway. After about 11 km, take the slip road with signpost “NAPOLI”. This will lead to the outer lane of the Rome motorway ring, called G.R.A. (Grande Raccordo Anulare), heading South, anti clockwise around Rome. After about 20 km take the slip road with signpost “Frascati” and follow “Via Tuscolana” to Frascati.
By Bus
Frascati from Rome is easily reachable by public transport. Cotral buses run frequently from Anagnina metro station.
History and Culture
According to the Liber Pontificalis, in the 9th century Frascati was a little village, probably founded two centuries earlier. The name of the city probably comes from a typical local tradition of collecting firewood (“frasche” in Italian): many place-names around the town refer to trees or wood. After the destruction of Tusculum in 1191, the town population increased and the bishopric moved out from Tusculum to Frascati. Pope Innocent III endorsed the city as a feudal possession of the basilica of San Giovanni in Laterano, but in the following centuries its territories were ravaged by frequent raids that impoverished it. It was a possession of various baronal families, including the Colonna, until, in 1460; Pope Pius II fortified the place with walls.
At the beginning of the sixteenth century Pope Julius II gave Frascati as a feudal possession to the condottiero Marcantonio I, who lived there from 1508 together with his wife Lucrezia della Rovere (1485-1552), nephew of Pope Julius II.
In 1856 the city was chosen as the terminus of the first railway (Rome and Frascati Rail Road) to be built by the Papal State. The last section of the railway line was inaugurated in 1884; 14 years after the city became part of the new Kingdom of Italy. On December 17, 1901 the first electricity reached Frascati from a hydroelectric plant in Tivoli.
In 1943, during World War II, Frascati was heavily bombed (Frascati bombing raid September 8, 1943). Approximately half of its buildings, including many of monuments, villas and houses, were destroyed. Many people died in that air strike and in a second air strike on January 22, 1944, the day of the battle of Anzio (Operation Shingle). The city was liberated from the Nazi German occupation on June 4, 1944 by 85th Infantry Division.
In 1944-1945 the ruins of the buildings were carried to fill in a valley, now in that place there is the “8 September Stadium”.
Churches and Museums
The Cathedral of San Pietro built in 1600 stands with its baroque facade, in the square San Pietro in the centre of Frascati. The inside Dome is divided into three aisles and has eight altars. There are many art pieces inside such as the Carrara marble high-relief (altorilievo) of the main altar, the porphyry marble columns and the precious marbles that decorate the chapel of Gonfalone, a bronze cross that contains a wooden cross donated by Pio IX to the Cardinal Duke of York.
Chiesa del Gesu
This church has two main characteristics: the simple but elegant travertine facade and the fully decorated inside halls with a barrel vault, side chapels and altars. The Church offers the extraordinary prospective of a false vault. In fact inside, it offers the most homogeneous example of architectural features and paintings, kept in very good condition in the entire area of the Roman Castles.
Chiesa di Santa Maria in Vivario
This is the oldest church in Frascati found in the ruins of a Roman Villa. The actual look is due to a renewal in order to give back his ancient architectural look that the Cardinal of Estouteville gave in 1400. Ancient paintings have being recovered from the ruins like those in the side chapel and in the arch.
Church and Capucine Monastery
The Church in the Monastery of the Cappuccini was built on a terrace in the country side where there is a view up to Monte Soratte. The church was dedicated to San Francesco Of Assisi and was built in 1575. Its structure was made of only a single aisle and in the side chapels are several paintings. On its left there is the Ethiopic museum and on its right the Monastery.
Ethiopic museum
It was opened in 1909 in honour to Cardinal Guglielmo Massaia, inside the Monastery. It is small but very interesting to visit.
Historical buildings and monuments
This is the biggest Villa in Frascati just above Piazza Roma that shows off its beauty, it was built in 1598 by Giacomo Della Porta, terminated by Carlo Moderno and Giovanni Fontana.
Villa Rufinella
It is placed in the tallest part where Villa Cicerone was. Its look today is due to the work of Vanvitelli during the mid eighteenth century.
Villa Falconieri
The most ancient of all Tuscolanian villas referring to all Roman Castles Towns, is today part of CEDE (European Centre of Education).
Villa Torlonia
It became public park after the bombs in the Second World War totally destroyed its buildings.
Villa Lancellotti
From the main Tuscolo road this villa shows off its reddish strong fence where the entrance is just at the town level where people live.
Events
Parades and celebrations are held in Frascati.
Festa dei SS Filippo e Giacom - May
A festival in honor of the town's patron saints.
Sagra della lumaca - 23 June
A snail-eating outdoor feast.
Sagra del vino - October
Wine festival is held annually.
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