
Anguillara Sabazia sits on the shores of Lake Bracciano, its foundations dating back to the republican period of ancient Rome, the first or second century BC. Here a rich Roman patrician, Rutilia Polla, owned a villa on the shore, just below the Collegiate, and caught fish from the lake to supply the market of Rome. The villa is built on a corner and is called "Angularia" and from here derives the name Anguillara. The suffix Sabazia, the name of the zone, was added to distinguish it from a homonym town in Padua. The area was completely rebuilt in the sixteenth century and many houses retain medieval structure with large overlapping rooms connected by a central staircase.
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Roman villa of Santo Stefano Mura
Roman Villa on the Via Clodia was built at the end of the second century…

Collegiate Church of Santa Maria Assunta
The collegiate church is situated on the highest point of the promontory in the heart…
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Exhibition Centre of the Neolithic
In "The Marmot" a Neolithic village was discovered dating from about 8,000 years ago, now…

Claudia Water Source
Anguillara is the source of the naturally sparkling water spring of Clavdia (Claudia). The bottling…