
Albano Laziale is located along the Via Appia, and owes its name to the famous city of Alba Longa, the mythical sacred city of Alba, florid mother of Rome in 1000 BC. In its coat of arms he one can see a white sow (Alba) suckling thirty pigs (thirty cities of the Latin League) under an ancient oak tree on the edge of the lake and of Mount Albano, where Jupiter Laziale had his headquarters and his most important temple. The story is also told in Virgil's Aeneid. From the fifth century BC, with Roman control, the area became enriched with temples and shrines, especially in Lucus Ferentinae, the sacred place where the federation of the Latin League met. For its natural and logistic advantages, Albano was chosen by many illustrious men of Rome for their villas, such as Pompey the Great, in the Roman Republic, and the emperors Tiberius, Claudius, Domitian, Septimius Severus (Settimio Severo). The asset of the topographic structure of Albano resulted in the formation of the camp of the Second Parthian Legion, 6,000 soldiers with families and service personnel, required by Emperor Septimius Severus in the II century AD. With Christianity, Albano became a bishopric and the city began a new urban life with the construction of numerous churches, convents, monasteries and rural and Christian communities. Many pilgrims from all over Europe came here to venerate the relics of saints and martyrs. In the Middle Ages, to protect themselves from the Barbarian invasions, the city became fortified, under the rule of the Savelli family who built a castle, a baronial mansion, defensive walls and towers. Albano was among the first municipalities in Lazio to enjoy a certain freedom as a commune. In the sixteenth century the city enjoyed a revival with the construction of new squares, streets and numerous palaces of the new Roman patricians. In 1816 it became a possession of the Apostolic Chamber and became the capital of Comarca until the independence of Italy. In the nineteenth century, Albano was visited by illustrious tourists like Goethe, Stendhal, Gogol, D'Annunzio.
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Porta Pretoria Remains
Between the end of the second and third centuries AD, Emperor Settimio Severo built the…

Amphitheatre
This elliptical structure was built by the workers of the Parthian Legion, in the early…

Catacombs of San Senator
The catacombs have been created within an existing quarry pozzolan and have been used as…

Church of Santa Maria della Rotonda
The Romanesque church was converted from a nymph of the villa of Emperor Domitian built…

Tomb of the Orazi and Curiazi
The tomb of the Orazi and Curiazi is considered the symbol of Albano. It is…

Convent and Church of San Paolo
The complex was built in 1282 by Cardinal Giacomo Savelli, later to become Pope Onorio…

Church of St. Peter the Apostle
The church was built by Pope Ormisda (514-523) over a large Roman bathroom created by…

Church of Santa Maria della Stella
The church was built on the ruins of the early Christian church of San Salvatore.…

Convent and Church of the Capuchins
The building dates back to 1619 and the church has a nave, fully reflecting the…

The Cathedral of San Pancrazio
It is here that the Emperor Constantine built his first basilica and in the crypt…
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Albano Music Festival
The Albano Music Festival was born in the bicentenary of Mozart's death to spread chamber…

Festival of San Pancrazio
On 12 May is the celebration of the patron saint San Pancrazio with a celebration…

Franz Liszt Festival
The Festival was created to highlight the relationship that Liszt had with Albano during his…

Park Villa Doria Pamphili
Villa Doria Pamphili is a public park and was built in the eighteenth century in…

Museum of the Second Parthian Legion
The museum is dedicated to the Second Parthian Legion created by the emperor Septimius  Severus…

Albano Civic Museum
The museum is housed in the neoclassical Villa Ferraioli surrounded by a beautiful park. The…