Ficana

Ficana was an ancient city of Latium, which figures in Roman history only on the occasion of its conquest by Ancus Marcius, who is said to have moved the inhabitants to Rome, and destroyed the city itself.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Santi Cirillo e Metodio and San Leonardo da Porto Maurizio ad Acilia.

Santi Cirillo e Metodio

Church

Santi Cirillo e Metodio is a 20th-century parochial church and titular church near to Ostia, Rome dedicated to Cyril and Methodius. Santi Cirillo e Metodio is situated 1½ km southwest of Ficana.

San Leonardo da Porto Maurizio ad Acilia

Church

Photo: Pufui PcPifpef, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The church of San Leonardo da Porto Maurizio ad Acilia is a church in Rome located at Acilia District, dedicated to Leonard of Port Maurice. Pope Francis instituted this church as a seat of the cardinal title of S. Leonardo da Porto Maurizio. San Leonardo da Porto Maurizio ad Acilia is situated 1½ km south of Ficana.

San Francesco d’Assisi ad Acilia

Church

The Church of Saint Francis of Assisi in Acilia is a Roman Catholic titular church in Acilia, a northwestern suburb of Rome, built as a parish church in the 1950s. San Francesco d’Assisi ad Acilia is situated 2 km south of Ficana.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Acilia and Vitinia.

Acilia

Town

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Acilia is a neighborhood and a frazione of Rome, Italy, located about half- way between Rome and Ostia, along the Via Ostiense. With a population 66,932 in 2008 it is the third largest Italian frazione after Ostia and Mestre.