Anagni

Anagni
Comune
Città di Anagni
The skyline of Anagni
Coat of arms
Anagni within the Province of Frosinone
Anagni Location of Anagni in Italy
Coordinates: 41°45′N 13°09′E / 41.750°N 13.150°E / 41.750; 13.150
Country	Italy
Region	Lazio
Province / Metropolitan city	Frosinone (FR)
Frazioni	Ara Stella, Castellone, Cucugnano, Collacciano, Faito, Osteria della Fontana, Pantanello, San Filippo, San Bartolomeo, San Filippo, Tufano-Vallenova, Vignola-Monti
Government
• Mayor	Fausto Bassetta
Area
• Total	113 km2 (44 sq mi)
Elevation	475 m (1,558 ft)
Population (31 December 2014)
• Total	21,441
• Density	190/km2 (490/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Anagnini
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	03012
Dialing code	0775
Patron saint	St. Magnus
Saint day	August 19
Website	Official website

Anagni is an ancient town and comune in Frosinone Province, Latium, central Italy, in the hills east-southeast of Rome. It is a historical center in Ciociaria.

Anagni still maintains the appearance of a small medieval hill town (475 meters above sea level), with small twisting streets and steep lanes. It is built inside Roman boundary walls.

The built-up area initially included only the acropolis (the north-east zone comprising the Cathedral, Tufoli gate, and Piazza Dante) and partially defended by walls in opus quasi-quadratum (almost squared work). Under Roman domination, the map of the city changed, starting from the modification of the boundary walls. The archaic inhabited places spread out protected by the so-called Servian walls, made with stone blocks placed in alternate lines and dating back to the beginning of the 3rd century BC. Most of the boundary walls have been subjected to rebuilding and restoration in the course of the first millennium AD; but the most remarkable re-arrangement took place in the 16th century.

The municipality borders with Acuto, Ferentino, Fumone, Gavignano (RM), Gorga (RM), Montelanico (RM), Paliano, Piglio and Sgurgola.

The town is divided into eight districts, or contrade of Castello, Cerere, Colle Sant'Angelo, Piscina, Torre, Trivio, Tufoli and Valle Sant'Andrea.

It counts the hamlets (frazioni) of Ara Stella, Castellone, Cucugnano, Collacciano, Faito, Osteria della Fontana, Pantanello, San Filippo, San Bartolomeo, San Filippo, Tufano-Vallenova and Vignola-Monti.

The first human settlements date back to more than 700,000 years, according to the dating of some Palaeolithic hand-made fragments recently recovered; while the historical sources (Livy, Virgil, Servius, Silius Italicus) mention Anagni only once, the city had already been introduced into the Roman orbit. Several objects made of bone and flint stone and also two human molars and incisors belonging to fossil Homo erectus have been found in Fontana Ranuccio.