Rocca dei Colonna

Rocca dei Colonna is a castle in Castel San Pietro Romano, Metropolitan Rome, Lazio. Rocca dei Colonna is situated nearby to the pitch Campo da bocce, as well as near the peak Monte Ginestro.

Photo: Museo diffuso Castel San Pietro Romano, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Church of San Pietro Apostolo and Temple of Fortuna Primigenia.

Church of San Pietro Apostolo

Church

Photo: Museo diffuso Castel San Pietro Romano, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Church of San Pietro Apostolo is situated 120 metres west of Rocca dei Colonna.

The temple of Fortuna Primigenia was an ancient Roman temple within the sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia, a religious complex in Praeneste. It was dedicated to the goddess Fortuna Primigenia and parents brought their newly-born first child to the temple in order to improve its likelihood of surviving infancy and perpetuating the gens. Temple of Fortuna Primigenia is situated 770 metres southwest of Rocca dei Colonna.

Museo archeologico nazionale

Museum

Photo: Blackcat, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Museo archeologico nazionale is a museum, which is situated 690 metres southwest of Rocca dei Colonna.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Palestrina and Rocca di Cave.

Palestrina

Town

Photo: Blackcat, CC BY-SA 3.0 it.

Palestrina is a modern Italian city and comune with a population of about 22,000, in Lazio, about 35 kilometres east of Rome. It is connected to the latter by the Via Prenestina.

Rocca di Cave

Village

Rocca di Cave is a comune in the Metropolitan City of Rome in the Italian region of Latium, located about 40 kilometres east of Rome. It is home to the remains of the Colonna family's castle, which today houses a Geo-Palaeontological Museum and an astronomical observation point. Rocca di Cave is situated 4 km east of Rocca dei Colonna.

Cave

Town

Photo: rgiannotti1, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Cave is a town and comune in the Latium region of Italy, 42 kilometres southeast of Rome. As of 2011 its population was 10,421. Cave is situated 4 km southeast of Rocca dei Colonna.

Rocca dei Colonna

Type: Castle
Description: Medieval fortification in the municipality of Castel San Pietro Romano
Categories: rocca, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Castel San Pietro Romano, Metropolitan Rome, Lazio, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude

41.84624° or 41° 50′ 46″ north

Longitude

12.89602° or 12° 53′ 46″ east

Inception

1200

Open location code

8FHJRVWW+FC

OpenStreetMap ID

way 180248273

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=castle

Wikidata ID

Q106529368

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From Italian to Spanish—“Rocca dei Colonna” goes by many names.

Italian: “Rocca dei Colonna”
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Highlights include Campo da bocce and Monte Ginestro.

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