Villa della Palombara
The Villa della Palombara was a large, sumptuous ancient Roman villa. It is now an archaeological site located within the pine forest of Castel Fusano near Ostia, Italy.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cristoforo Colombo railway station and Villa Sacchetti at Castelfusano.
Cristoforo Colombo railway station
Railway station
Photo: Blackcat, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cristoforo Colombo railway station is situated 2 km west of Villa della Palombara.
Villa Sacchetti at Castelfusano
Castle
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The Villa Sacchetti, also called Castello Chigi, is a historical building at Castelfusano, near Ostia Antica, Rome, Italy. It was built in 1624-1629 for the Sacchetti family, close associates of Pope Urban VIII, and was the first architectural work of Pietro da Cortona. Villa Sacchetti at Castelfusano is situated 3½ km northwest of Villa della Palombara.
Castelfusano
Forest
Castelfusano is an urban park in the comune of Rome. It divides the sea quarter of Ostia and the neighborhood of Casalpalocco. The castle and the park were founded in the 17th century by the Sacchetti family. Castelfusano is situated 3 km northwest of Villa della Palombara.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Infernetto and Ostia.
Infernetto
Photo: GAL13, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Infernetto is a suburban zone of Rome, Italy. Infernetto is under Rome Municipio X administration. Infernetto is located in Municipio X, the southern area of the city, close to Ostia Lido and the coast, it's almost completely surrounded by Castelfusano pinewood and the Presidential Estate of Castelporziano.
Ostia
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Ostia is in Lazio, Italy, close to Rome's major airport of Fiumicino. This article covers both the archaeological site Ostia Antica at the south-western end of Rome's district with the same name, and the nearby beach area Lido di Ostia.
Capocotta
Locality
Photo: Angela Stefanoni, CC BY 3.0.
The beach of Capocotta is the area of the Roman coast between Castel Porziano and Torvaianica, one of the best preserved stretches of dunes in Italy. With an extension of 45 hectares, since 1996 it is part of the Litorale Romano State Nature Reserve. Capocotta is situated 7 km southeast of Villa della Palombara.
Villa della Palombara
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: Roman villa and archaeological site
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Municipio Roma X, Rome, Metropolitan Rome, Lazio, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
41.71098° or 41° 42′ 40″ northLongitude
12.34704° or 12° 20′ 49″ eastOpen location code
8FHJP86W+9ROpenStreetMap ID
way 1471083730OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q104841638
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In Other Languages
“Villa della Palombara” goes by many names.
- Italian: “Villa della Palombara”
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