Affile

Affile (Latin: Afilae^[2]) is a comune (municipality) in the province of Rome in the Italian region Latium, located about 50 km east of Rome.

History

Archaeology has showed the existence of a pre-Roman centre here, on the border of the lands of the Hernici and the Aequi. In the 1st century AD it is mentioned as oppidum Afile by Frontinus. It was crossed by the Via Sublacense.

In the 10th century a village existed in the former Roman oppidum, centred on the church of St. Peter. In 1013 a castle (castrum) is cited in Affile, which in 1109 was ceded by Pope Paschal II to the Abbey of St. Scholastica of Subiaco. Later it was a possession of the Altieri and Braschi families.

Main sights

• Roman cistern. In 999 emperor Otto III founded in the site a church, which had however already disappeared in the 16th century.
• Church of St. Peter, known from the early 6th century. The last renovation is from the 15th century.
• Church of St. Mary (known from 1005). It has frescoes from the 13th and 16th-17th centuries.
• Church of Santa Felicita (13th century)
• Castrum, site on a different hill of the originary site of Affile around St. Peter's church. It had once numerous towers, gates and massive walls, of which little traces remain.

References

External links

• Official website