Papal Palace of Castel Gandolfo
The Papal Palace of Castel Gandolfo, or the Apostolic Palace of Castel Gandolfo from its Italian name Palazzo Apostolico di Castel Gandolfo, is a 135-acre complex of buildings in a garden setting in the city of Castel Gandolfo, Italy, including the principal 17th-century villa, an observatory and a farmhouse with 75 acres of farmland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Palace
- Description: 17th-century papal palace in the city of Castel Gandolfo, Italy
- Also known as: “Apostolic Palace of Castel Gandolfo”, “Castel Gandolfo”, “Palace of Castel Gandolfo”, and “Palazzo Apostolico di Castel Gandolfo”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Castel Gandolfo railway halt and Collegiata di San Tommaso.
Castel Gandolfo railway halt
Railway station
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Castel Gandolfo railway halt is a railway station, which is situated 160 metres east of Papal Palace of Castel Gandolfo.
Collegiata di San Tommaso
Church
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Collegiata di San Tommaso is a church, which is situated 100 metres southeast of Papal Palace of Castel Gandolfo.
Lake Albano
Lake
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Lake Albano is a small volcanic crater lake in the Alban Hills of Lazio, at the foot of Monte Cavo, 20 km southeast of Rome. Castel Gandolfo, overlooking the lake, is the site of the Papal Palace of Castel Gandolfo.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Castel Gandolfo and Albano Laziale.
Castel Gandolfo
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Castel Gandolfo is a city in the province of Rome. It is in the area southeast of Rome known as the Castelli Romani and is mainly known as the summer residence of the Pope.
Albano Laziale
Town
Albano Laziale, sometimes known simply as Albano, is a comune in the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, on the Alban Hills, in the Italian region of Lazio. Rome is 25 kilometres distant.
Marino
Town
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Marino is an Italian comune with 46,676 inhabitants located in the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital in Lazio. Situated south of the capital, on the Alban Hills in the area of the Roman Castles, nestled between Rocca di Papa, Castel Gandolfo, and… Marino is situated 2½ km north of Papal Palace of Castel Gandolfo.
Papal Palace of Castel Gandolfo
- Categories: palace of the Popes, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Vatican, Rome, Metropolitan Rome, Lazio, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Papal Palace of Castel Gandolfo” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Պապական ամրոց Կաստել Գանդլֆո”
- Basque: “Castel Gandolfoko jauregia”
- Belarusian: “Папскі палац Кастэль-Гандольфа”
- Catalan: “Palau de Castel Gandolfo”
- Chinese: “岡道爾夫堡教宗別墅”
- Chinese: “甘多爾福堡教宗別墅”
- Czech: “Papežský palác v Castel Gandolfu”
- Czech: “Pontifikální palác v Castel Gandolfu”
- Dutch: “Castel Gandolfo”
- Dutch: “Pauselijke zomerresidentie Castel Gandolfo”
- Esperanto: “Kastelo Gandolfo”
- French: “palais des papes de Castel Gandolfo”
- French: “Palais des papes de Castel Gandolfo”
- German: “Päpstlicher Palast in Castel Gandolfo”
- Hebrew: “אחוזת האפיפיור בקסטל גנדולפו”
- Hungarian: “pápai palota, Castel Gandolfo”
- Indonesian: “Istana Kepausan Castel Gandolfo”
- Italian: “Castel Gandolfo”
- Italian: “Palazzo Pontificio di Castel Gandolfo”
- Italian: “Palazzo Pontificio”
- Japanese: “ガンドルフォ城”
- Portuguese: “Palácio de Castel Gandolfo”
- Russian: “Папский дворец Кастель-Гандольфо”
- Slovak: “Pápežský palác v Castel Gandolfo”
- Slovenian: “papeška palača Castel Gandolfo”
- Slovenian: “Papeška palača Castel Gandolfo”
- Spanish: “Palacio de Castel Gandolfo”
- Spanish: “Palacio de Castelgandolfo”
- Swedish: “Apostoliska palatset i Castel Gandolfo”
- Tagalog: “Palasyo ng Castel Gandolfo”
- Ukrainian: “Палац Кастель-Гандольфо”
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