Città del Vino
Città del Vino in Lazio
6 towns
Lazio has 6 Città del Vino communes in our index. They cluster in the Roma, Frosinone, and Latina provinces.
The three most recognised in our catalogue are Nemi, Sabaudia, and Atina. 3 more towns carry the mark alongside them.
Nemi
Province: Roma · 521 m
The smallest comune in the Castelli Romani, perched at 521 meters above a volcanic crater lake the Romans called the mirror of Diana.
Sabaudia
Province: Latina · 17 m
A rationalist city built in 253 days on drained Pontine marshland, founded 15 April 1934 between Lago di Paola and the Tyrrhenian dunes.
Atina
Province: Frosinone · 500 m
A polygonal-walled town in the Val di Comino at the foot of the Mainarde, and the DOC that makes Cabernet in central Italy.
Velletri
Province: Roma · 332 m
The Castelli Romani town where Augustus grew up, now the largest wine commune in the Alban Hills.
Anagni
Province: Frosinone · 424 m
The hill town in Ciociaria where Sciarra Colonna struck Pope Boniface VIII in September 1303, ending the medieval claim to papal supremacy.
Ariccia
Province: Roma · 412 m
The Castelli Romani town where you go for porchetta — a Bernini-designed Baroque ensemble (palazzo + Santa Maria dell'Assunzione + Piazza di Corte) on a volcanic crater rim 25 km south of Rome, with the most concentrated cluster of fraschette porchetta restaurants in Italy and Lago di Albano below.
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