Bracciano

Bracciano is a small town inside the Italian vicinity of Lazio, 30 kilometres northwest of Rome. The town is well-known for its volcanic lake and for a mainly well-preserved medieval citadel Castello Orsini-Odescalchi. The lake is widely used for crusing and is famous with travelers; the castle has hosted a number of occasions, especially weddings of actors and singers. The city is served by way of an urban railway which connects it with Rome in about 55 mins. Close to it lie the 2 medieval towns of Anguillara Sabazia and Trevignano Romano. There is no certain facts approximately the origins of Bracciano, at the Via Cassia overlooking the lake.

It probable rose from one of the severa towers built in the 10^th century as a defence against the Saracen assaults, as implied by the historic call of Castrum Brachiani. In the 11^th century the neighbouring territory became received by way of the Prefetti di Vico circle of relatives, who became the tower right into a fort. Ferdinand Gregorovius dated the ownership of Bracciano by way of the Orsini to 1234. The place turned into later received by the Roman hospital of Santo Spirito in Sassia and, from 1375, become a Papal ownership.