Caprarola
Sign in to saveCaprarola is a town and comune in the province of Viterbo, in the Lazio region of central Italy. The village is situated in a range of volcanic hills known as the Cimini Mounts.
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Caprarola is a small town located in central Italy, in the Lazio region near Viterbo, nestled in the volcanic hills of the Cimini Mounts. It is notable as a historic Italian commune situated in a distinctive geographical area shaped by volcanic activity.
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- Italian comune.name
- Caprarola
- Italian comune.official_name
- Comune di Caprarola
- Italian comune.image_skyline
- Panorama of Caprarola.jpg
- Italian comune.image_shield
- Caprarola-Stemma.png
- Italian comune.region
- Lazio
- Italian comune.province
- Viterbo (VT)
- Italian comune.mayor
- Angelo Borgna
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 57.58
- Italian comune.population_total
- 5417
- Italian comune.population_as_of
- 31 May 2017
- Italian comune.population_demonym
- Caprolatti
- Italian comune.elevation_m
- 520
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Caprarola is a town and comune in the province of Viterbo, in the Lazio region of central Italy. The village is situated in a range of volcanic hills known as the Cimini Mounts.
The town is home to the large Renaissance mansion or villa which dominates the surrounding country-side, Villa Farnese (or Villa Caprarola). Not to be confused with the Palazzo Farnese in Rome, it was initially built as a fortress, as the town and the surrounding area was a feud of the House of Farnese, by the cardinal Alessandro Farnese senio in 1530, according to a project of the architect Antonio da Sangallo the Younger. After only four years the project came to a halt when the cardinal was elected pope in 1534 under the name Paul III.