Architecture and monuments

Poli. Conti Palace

: Benedicta Lee; Category: Architecture and monuments; 09 February 2018; LAZIO • ROMA • Poli

At the beginning of the main street of Poli, is the Conti Palace - Palazzo Conti built between the thirteenth and fourteenth century. The palace...

: Benedicta Lee; Category: Architecture and monuments; 09 February 2018; LAZIO • ROMA • Palombara Sabina

In the old town of Palombara Sabina lies the Savelli Torlonia. The medieval castle is built on the highest point of the town and the first reports...

: Benedicta Lee; Category: Architecture and monuments; 09 February 2018; LAZIO • ROMA • Olevano Romano

This tower of Olevano Romano, called 'Jo Picocco', is what remains of the Colonna fortification. It is located on a rocky outcrop in a lookout...

: Benedicta Lee; Category: Architecture and monuments; 09 February 2018; LAZIO • ROMA • Nerola

The castle of Nerola stands on an earlier Sabine fortress around a thousand, when the inhabitants of the valley were seeking refuge at the top to...

Ruspoli Palace in Nemi was built in the Middle Ages by the Counts of Tusculo, and overlooks the town of Nemi. Its present form is from the...

: Benedicta Lee; Category: Architecture and monuments; 08 February 2018; LAZIO • ROMA • Nazzano

The original castle of Nazzano was built by Pope Innocent III but was destroyed by Emperor Henry V in 1122. From 1300 to 1400 it belonged to the...

: Benedicta Lee; Category: Architecture and monuments; 08 February 2018; LAZIO • ROMA • Morlupo

The present castle of Morlupo was rebuilt on the ashes of the medieval one destroyed in 1433 by Pope Martin V in the conflicts with soldiers of...

: Benedicta Lee; Category: Architecture and monuments; 08 February 2018; LAZIO • ROMA • Morlupo

The Borghese palace in Morlupo was built in the early seventeenth century by the Mattei family and acquired by the Borghese only in 1624. A simple...