CASTELLI ROMANI
Tusculum The ancient Frascati,older than Rome itself (Archeological area).
FRASCATI Famous for the wine and its magnifificent villas,ancient Cardinal residences Aldobrandini (G.Della Porta 1598); Falconieri (16 th Century with central palace by Borromini); Torlonia (16 TH Century,public park with teatro delle Acque-water spectacle designed by G.Maderno; Rufinella (with 18 th Century palace by Vanvitelli).
GROTTAFERRATA Town famous for the S.Nilo abbey founded in the 11 th Century by Greek monks with frescoes of Byzantine artists and Domenichino 17 th Century. Villa Grazioli residence of the Cardinals Acquaviva and Carafa (1580) with painted Gallery of Pannini.
CASTELGANDOLFO The ancient Alba Longa, Summer residence of the Popes over the lake Albano. ARICCIA Church of S.Maria dell'Assunta (17 th Century by Bernini) and Palazzo Chigi Museum. NEMI Pitcuresque town on the lake homonymus famous for strawberry cultivation,the ruins of Diana's Temple and the old Roman ship museum .
VIA DEI LAGHI Magnetic field (natural wonder) on the Panoramic road connecting two lakes.