Country Italy Frazioni Le Rughe Time zone CET (UTC+1) Elevation 225 m Local time Tuesday 10:45 PM | Region Lazio Demonym(s) Formellesi Dialing code 06 Postal code 00060 | |
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Weather 8°C, Wind N at 6 km/h, 74% Humidity Province Metropolitan City of Rome Capital | ||
Formello is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Rome. It is located southwest of the Monti Sabatini, within the Regional Park of Veii. The communal territory is mostly composed by tuff, and is intensively cultivated.
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Map of 00060 Formello Rome, Italy
History
The area has been settled since prehistoric times. As an Italian comune, it includes some of the archaeological sites associated with the former Etruscan city of Veii, north of the village of Isola Farnese, south of Formello. Settlement in the region declined after Veii's destruction in 396 BC. About 780, with newly peaceful conditions, Pope Adrian I assembled a great estate of which this territory formed part, his Domusculta Capracorum, in contrast with the power of the Abbey of Farfa, but it was destroyed by Saracen attacks in the ninth century. The domus' territories included a fundus Formellum, where a settlement developed that was first mentioned in 1027.
In the 11th century it was a possession of the Roman Basilica of San Paolo fuori le Mura, and was probably fortified in the same period. In 1279 it became a fief of the Orsini family, who sold it to the Chigi in 1661.
Main sights
Sport
Formello is home to the training grounds and base of Italian Serie A side S.S. Lazio.