History

Where the Belvedere («La Ringhiera») in Piazza Marconi is today stood the village’s old cemetery, attached to the Parish Church of San Felice Circeo dedicated to the...

The Acropolis, built in one of the most fascinating and evocative places on the promontory, began as a fortified citadel consisting solely of the marvellous and impo...

Today’s Historic Centre stands on the site of the ancient city of Circeii, following its original perimeter. The layout of the ancient city was very simple: a rectan...

Between roughly the 5th and 11th centuries, the Roman town of Circeii was abandoned by the local population, by then very small, who settled mainly along the slopes...

The only building in the historic centre of San Felice Circeo that can be attributed with certainty to the Knights Templar, built between 1239/1240 and 1259 on a bas...

Distinctive six-hour clock installed on the tower in the early 19th century by Prince Stanisław Poniatowski: the dial shows only six numbers and the single hand make...

Next to the Templar Tower, this room is one of the architectural testimonies linked to the presence of the Knights of the Temple in the historic centre of San Felice...

Historic green space in the centre of San Felice Circeo, once a vineyard belonging to the baronial court and now a public garden and belvedere, one of the best-loved...

Façades and exterior elevations of the Baronial Palace, built in the 14th-15th centuries by the Caetani family and completed in its current form during the 17th cent...

Interior rooms of the Baronial Palace of San Felice Circeo, the historic residence of the noble families who governed the fief in turn – the Caetani, Ruspoli, Orsini...

The Ancient Gate, which opens onto one of the most characteristic corners of the Historic Centre with a wonderful view over the Agro Pontino towards the Gulf of Gaet...