Tusculum
Tusculum was an ancient Roman city in the Alban Hills, in the Latium region of Italy. Tusculum was most famous in Roman times for the many great and luxurious patrician country villas sited close to the city, yet a comfortable distance from Rome, notably the villas of Cicero and Lucullus.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Roman Theatre of Tusculum and St. Francis church, Frascati.
Roman Theatre of Tusculum
Archaeological site
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Roman Theatre of Tusculum is an archaeological site, which is situated 300 metres east of Tusculum.
St. Francis church, Frascati
Church
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St. Francis church, Frascati is situated 2 km west of Tusculum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Castelli Romani and Frascati.
Castelli Romani
Photo: Roundtheworld, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Roman Castles are a group of comuni in the Metropolitan City of Rome. They are located a short distance south-east of the city of Rome, at the feet of the Alban Hills, in the territory corresponding to the Old Latium.
Frascati
Photo: Simonfrascati, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Frascati is one of the Castelli Romani, historic hill towns southeast of Rome. It is a small relaxed town perfect for a getaway from the metropolis, world famous for its white wine which has won an array of awards.
Monte Compatri
Town
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Monte Compatri is a comune in the Metropolitan City of Rome in the Italian region of Latium, located about 20 kilometres southeast of Rome on the Alban Hills. It is one of the Castelli Romani. Monte Compatri is situated 3 km northeast of Tusculum.
Tusculum
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: ancient Latin and Roman city and archeological site in the Alban Hills of Latium, Italy
- Categories: ruins, Roman city, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Monte Porzio Catone, Metropolitan Rome, Lazio, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
41.79771° or 41° 47′ 52″ northLongitude
12.70704° or 12° 42′ 25″ eastElevation
615 metres (2,018 feet)Open location code
8FHJQPX4+3ROpenStreetMap ID
way 229696611OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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In Other Languages
From Ancient Greek to Ukrainian—“Tusculum” goes by many names.
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Τούσκουλον”
- Bulgarian: “Тускулум”
- Catalan: “Tusculum”
- Catalan: “Túsculum”
- Chinese: “图斯库鲁姆”
- Chinese: “特斯古林”
- Czech: “Tusculum”
- Czech: “Tuskulum”
- Danish: “Tusculum”
- Dutch: “Tusculum (Latium)”
- Dutch: “Tusculum”
- Egyptian Arabic: “توسكولوم”
- Esperanto: “Tusculum”
- Finnish: “Tusculum”
- French: “Tusculum”
- German: “Tusculaner”
- German: “Tusculum”
- German: “Tuskulum”
- Greek: “Τούσκλο”
- Greek: “Τούσκουλο”
- Greek: “Τούσκουλουμ”
- Hebrew: “טוסקולום”
- Hungarian: “Tusculum”
- Indonesian: “Tusculum”
- Italian: “Tuscolo”
- Italian: “Tusculum”
- Japanese: “トゥスクラム”
- Japanese: “トゥスクルム”
- Latin: “Tusculum”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Tusculum”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tusculum”
- Norwegian: “Tusculum”
- Persian: “توسکولوم”
- Polish: “Tusculum”
- Portuguese: “Túscia”
- Portuguese: “Túscolo”
- Portuguese: “Túsculo”
- Portuguese: “Tusculum”
- Romanian: “Tusculum”
- Russian: “Тускул”
- Russian: “Тускулум”
- Russian: “Тускульская усадьба”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Tusculum”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Tuskul”
- Spanish: “Tuscolo”
- Spanish: “Tusculo”
- Spanish: “Túsculo”
- Spanish: “Tusculum”
- Swedish: “Tusculum”
- Ukrainian: “Тускул”
- Ukrainian: “Тускулум”
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