Gradoli
Sign in to saveGradoli () is a (municipality) in the Province of Viterbo in the Italian region of Latium, located about northwest of Rome and about northwest of Viterbo.
Key facts
- Italian comune.name
- Gradoli
- Italian comune.official_name
- Comune di Gradoli
- Italian comune.image_skyline
- Gradoli1.jpg
- Italian comune.image_shield
- Gradoli-Stemma.png
- Italian comune.region
- Lazio
- Italian comune.province
- Viterbo (VT)
- Italian comune.frazioni
- Cantoniera
- Italian comune.mayor
- Carlo Benedettucci
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 37.5
- Italian comune.population_total
- 1479
- Italian comune.population_as_of
- May 2010
- Italian comune.population_demonym
- Gradolesi
- Italian comune.elevation_m
- 470
- Italian comune.postal_code
- 01010
- Italian comune.area_code
- 0761
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Gradoli () is a (municipality) in the Province of Viterbo in the Italian region of Latium, located about northwest of Rome and about northwest of Viterbo.
Gradoli sits on a tuff hill in the Monti Volsini area, a few kilometers from the Lake Bolsena. It is home to a palace which was owned by the Farnese family; it was commissioned by Pope Paul III to (allegedly) Antonio da Sangallo the Younger on the site of the medieval castle. Of the castle, only few traces remains, including a defensive tower, the entrance arch and few parts of the walls; its ditch has been now transformed into roads and squares. Sangallo also designed the nearby church of Santa Maria Maddalena.