Sacrofano

Infobox CityIT
img_coa = Sacrofano-Stemma 2.jpg
official_name = Comune di Sacrofano
name = Sacrofano
region = Latium
province = Rome (RM)
elevation_m = 260
area_total_km2 = 28.5
population_as_of = Dec. 2004All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.]
population_total = 6446
population_density_km2 = 226
timezone = CET, UTC+1
coordinates = coord|42|6|N|12|27|E|type:city(6,446)_region:IT
frazioni =
telephone = 06
postalcode = 00060
gentilic = Sacrofanesi
saint = St. Blaise and Geminianus
day = february 3
mayor = Valter Casagrande
website = [http://www.comunedisacrofano.it/ www.comunedisacrofano.it]
mapy = 12.4500
mapx = 42.1000

Sacrofano is a "comune" (municipality) in the Province of Rome in the Italian region Latium, located about 25 km north of Rome. Located near the Monti Sabatini, at the feet of an extinct volcano, it is included in the Regional Park of Veii.

Sacrofano borders the following municipalities: Campagnano di Roma, Castelnuovo di Porto, Formello, Magliano Romano, Riano, Rome.

History

The are originally part of the territory of the Etruscan city of Veii. Later it was home to numerous Roman villas, which were abandoned in the 5th-6th centuries. A "fundus Scrofanum" is mentioned for the first time in 780. A castle was built here probably in the 10th-11th century; in the 13th century it was a possession of the Prefetti di Vico, and later of the Savelli and Orsini, who acquired it under the reign of Pope Gregory XI (1370-1377). Apart a short conquest by Cesare Borgia (1503-1516), they kept Sacrofano for nearly three centuries: in 1560 it was included in the Duchy of Bracciano. In 1662 the Orsini ceded it to the Chigi family.

Main sights

*The "Rocca" (castle)
*The church of "San Giovanni Battista", dating from the 12th century but restored in the 15th century. It has a tuff bell tower from the 14th century. The church has an irregular plan, with a single nave. The 1515 altar, in polychrome marbles, houses the relic of St. Justin Martyr.

Transportation

Sacrofano has a a station on the Roma-Viterbo regional railway. It can be reached by car from Rome in c. 20 minutes through the Via Flaminia and the Via Sacrofanese.

Demographic evolution

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