Marino in Latium
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Vatican Observatory

The Vatican Observatory (Specola Vaticana) is an astronomical research and educational institution supported by the Holy See. Originally based in the Roman College of Rome, its headquarters are now in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, and an observatory at the Mount Graham International Observatory in the United States. The Director of the Observatory is Father José Gabriel Funes an Argentinian Jesuit. Many distinguished scholars have worked at the Observatory.

Located at 41.7472, 12.6506 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Astronomical observatories in Italy, Holy See, Roman Catholicism and science

Lake Albano

Lake Albano is a small volcanic crater lake in the Alban Hills of Lazio, at the foot of Monte Cavo, 20 kilometres southeast of Rome. Overlooking it is Castel Gandolfo, where the Pope has a palace. It was known to the Roman Empire as Albanus Lacus. In its vicinity stood Alba Longa. The lake is the deepest, about 170 m, in Lazio.

Located at 41.75, 12.665 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Castelli Romani, 1960 Summer Olympic venues, Olympic canoeing venues, Olympic rowing venues, Lakes of Lazio, Volcanic calderas of Italy, Crater lakes

Villa Sciarra

Not to be confused with the Villa Sciarra in Rome. The Villa Sciarra is a villa in Frascati, Italy. Also called Villa Bel Poggio, the Villa Sciarra was built in 1570 at the orders of Ottaviano Vestri. The portal gate of the gardens is to ascribe to Nicola Salvi. The main edifice of the villa was destroyed when Frascati was bombed by Americans on September 8, 1943. The gardens are now a public park.

Located at 41.8044, 12.673 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Houses in Italy

Villa Grazioli

Villa Grazioli is a villa in Frascati, Italy, now in Grottaferrata communal territory. It was built at the end of the 16th century by Cardinal Carafa, projected by architect Domenico Fontana. The villa was enlarged by the new property, the family Acquaviva of Aragon, of the House of Atri. In 1843 the Grazioli family bought the villa. In some rooms Agostino Ciampelli (1565-1630) pictured the villa with decoration works, the paintings show rural life and rustic scene.

Located at 41.7993, 12.6775 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Villas in Italy, Buildings and structures in Lazio, Province of Rome

Villa Muti

Villa Muti is a rather plain appearing villa (from the outside) in Frascati, Italy, now in the communal territory of Grottaferrata.

Located at 41.8017, 12.6726 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Houses in Italy, Buildings and structures in Lazio, 1580s architecture

Villa Torlonia (Frascati)

The Villa Torlonia in Frascati is a villa belonging to the Torlonia family in Frascati, Italy. The land on which the villa was built originally belonged to the Abbey of Grottaferrata, which donated it in 1563 to Annibal Caro, who commissioned a small villa where he spent the last years of his life, translating the Aeneid. (In 1896, Prince Leopoldo Torlonia placed a memorial stone to remember this event.

Located at 41.8034, 12.6795 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Villas in Italy, 1560s establishments, Buildings and structures in Lazio

Alba Longa

Alba Longa (occasionally written Albalonga in Italian sources) was an ancient city of Latium in central Italy, 12 miles southeast of Rome, in the Alban Hills. Founder and head of the Latin League, it was destroyed by Rome around the middle of the 7th century BC. In legend, Romulus and Remus, founders of Rome, had come from the royal dynasty of Alba Longa.

Located at 41.7469, 12.6503 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Roman sites in Lazio, Former populated places in Italy

Papal Palace of Castel Gandolfo

The Apostolic Palace of Castel Gandolfo (from the Italian name, Palazzo Apostolico di Castel Gandolfo ‒ also known as the Papal Palace of Castel Gandolfo) is a 17th-century papal palace located within the town of Castel Gandolfo in the Province of Rome, Italy. It serves as a summer residence and vacation retreat for the pope, the leader of the Catholic Church.

Located at 41.7471, 12.6503 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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17th-century architecture, Episcopal palaces, Official residences in Italy, Palaces in Lazio, Properties of the Holy See, Province of Rome