Sacrofano

Sacrofano
Comune
Comune di Sacrofano

Coat of arms
Sacrofano

Location of Sacrofano in Italy

Coordinates: 42°6′N 12°27′E / 42.100°N 12.450°E
Country Italy
Region Latium
Province Rome (RM)
Government
  Mayor Valter Casagrande
Area
  Total 28.5 km2 (11.0 sq mi)
Elevation 260 m (850 ft)
Population (2008)[1]
  Total 7,719
  Density 270/km2 (700/sq mi)
Demonym Sacrofanesi
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 00060
Dialing code 06
Patron saint St. Blaise and Geminianus
Saint day February 3
Website Official website

Sacrofano is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Rome in the Italian region Latium, located about 25 kilometres (16 mi) 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.

An ancient tower in Sacrofano.

History

They were 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 the 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

Transportation

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

References

  1. All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.