Arcinazzo Romano is a (municipality) in the

Metropolitan City of Rome Metropolitan City of Rome Capital () is an area of local government at the level of metropolitan city in the Lazio region of Italy. It comprises the territory of the city of Rome and 120 other ''comuni'' (: ''comune'') in the hinterland of the c ...

in the

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance languag ...

region of

Lazio Lazio ( , ; ) or Latium ( , ; from Latium, the original Latin name, ) is one of the 20 Regions of Italy, administrative regions of Italy. Situated in the Central Italy, central peninsular section of the country, it has 5,714,882 inhabitants an ...

, located about east of

Rome Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2, ...

. Arcinazzo Romano borders the following municipalities:

Affile Affile () is a (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Rome in the Italian region of Lazio, located about east of Rome. History Archaeology has shown the existence of a pre-Roman centre here, on the border of the lands of the Hernici and the ...

, Jenne,

Piglio Piglio is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Frosinone in the Italian region Lazio, located about east of Rome and about northwest of Frosinone, offering a panoramic view on the valleys of the Sacco and Aniene rivers. History It ...

, Roiate, Serrone, Subiaco,

Trevi nel Lazio Trevi nel Lazio is a town and ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of Frosinone in the Italian region of Lazio in the upper valley of the Aniene river. It is by road northeast of Fiuggi and by road southeast of Subiaco, the nearest large ...

. It was called Ponza until 1891.Regio Decreto che autorizza il comune di Ponza di Arcinazzo a cambiare l'attuale sua denominazione in quella di Arcinazzo Romano, 29 maggio 1891, Gazzetta Ufficiale del Regno, 23 giugno 1891, n. 145. The area of Arcinazzo includes a wide plateau ( in

), a popular holiday resort; the plateau is home to the remains of the

Villa of Trajan The Villa of Trajan was a palatial summer residence and hunting lodge of the ancient Roman Emperor Trajan (r. 98-117 AD), dating from the beginning of his reign. Its location, near the modern village of Arcinazzo, was, like many patrician vi ...

, the summer palace and hunting residence of emperor

Trajan Trajan ( ; born Marcus Ulpius Traianus, 18 September 53) was a Roman emperor from AD 98 to 117, remembered as the second of the Five Good Emperors of the Nerva–Antonine dynasty. He was a philanthropic ruler and a successful soldier ...

References

External links

Official website
Cities and towns in Lazio {{Latium-geo-stub