Castel Gandolfo (Lazio), Italy【Walking Tour】4K

A walking tour in the town of Castel Gandolfo, near Rome, included in the "most beautiful towns in Italy" association and site of Pope's Summer Villa and the Lake Albano.
The virtual walk starts at the panorama towards Lake Albano and then proceed all around the old town, passing through the Pope's summer residence and near its gardens.

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0:00 - Lake Albano seen from the southern end of the town
1:31 - Corso della Repubblica
3:40 - Freedom Square (Piazza della Libertà) - the Pope's villa is directly facing the viewer at the
Other end of the square.
4:10 - Lake Albano and view towards the area of "Castelli Romani" region
9:52 - Panorama towards the sea, distant about
15:54 - Via Palazzo Pontificio (Pontificial Palace street). The entrance to the Pope's residence villa is on the right
23:11 - View of Lake Albano.
30:22 - Panorama towards the tyrrhenian sea in the background.
(The outskirts of the city of Rome is on the outer right part of the screen)
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*Some History*
Castel Gandolfo has several places of archaeological interest including the Emissario del Lago Albano and the remains of the Villa of Domitian. The area is included within the boundaries of the Parco Regionale dei Castelli Romani (Regional Park of Castelli Romani). There are also many points of artistic interest, such as the Collegiate Church of St. Thomas of Villanova, designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

The site of the modern town is a candidate for the site of legendary ancient *Alba Longa*, capital of the Latin League. It was later developed by emperor Domitian into his vast palace.

Its name is derived from a fortification of the ducal Gandolfi family (of Genoese origin, named after St. Gondolfus) in the 12th century, which passed to the Savelli family from whom the Apostolic Camera purchased it in 1596 for 150,000 scudi. Pope Clement VIII was the first pope to come to Castel Gandolfo, but the rebuilding of the old castle was the project of Urban VIII who first came in 1626.

Archaeological findings from the 16th century BC have been found in the area of what is now Castel Gandolfo.
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