Formello

Comune

Comune di Formello

Coat of arms

Formello

Location of Formello in Italy

Coordinates: 42°5′N 12°24′E / 42.083°N 12.400°E

Country

Italy

Region

Lazio

Province / Metropolitan city

Rome

Frazioni

Le Rughe

Government

• Mayor

Sergio Celestino

Area

• Total

31 km² (12 sq mi)

Elevation

243 m (797 ft)

Population (2008)

• Total

12,016

• Density

390/km² (1,000/sq mi)

Demonym(s)

Formellesi

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

• Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

Postal code

00060

Dialing code

Patron saint

Saint Lawrence

Saint day

August 10

Website

Official website

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.

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.

Formello is home to the training grounds and base of Italian Serie A side S.S. Lazio.

Formello Storic Center

San Lorenzo Church (internal)

Painting by Domenico Palmieri (1570 approx.)

San Michele Arcangelo Church

"Torre Colombaia", remaining building of villa Chigi-Versaglia

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