A walking tour in 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐥 𝐒𝐚𝐧 𝐏𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐨 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐨, region 𝗟𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗼, center Italy, province of Rome, a small town of about 850 inhabitants.
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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝘀
Its origins are very ancient: since the upper Paleolithic, a tribe of aborigines lived on this mountain; when the plain below was cleared, they went down and founded another village which later became the city of Praeneste (modern Palestrina).
Pre-roman Cyclopic walls are here also visible.

Given its height and its geographical position, from Castel San Pietro Romano one can enjoy an immense and multifaceted panorama thanks to the multiplicity of its landscape circumstances. For these unique prerogatives, Castel San Pietro Romano has been metaphorically defined as “a balcony over the province of Rome”.

𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗘𝗿𝗮
In Roman times, the theory is that the summit of the mountain was linked to the religious practices of the *augurium*, so much so that it must have been the seat of the sanctuary of *Iuppiter*, called *Arcanus* from the term arx. The fortified walls of the urban area and its acropolis may have been part of a single defensive project, dating back to the 7th and 6th centuries. B.C. together with nearby Praeneste (modern Palestrina)

The town owes its name to the Apostle Peter who, according to legend, climbed this mountain to preach Christianity as opposed to the cult of the Goddess Fortuna Primigenia venerated in the pagan sanctuary below.
According to local tradition, it was Constantine himself, the first Christian emperor, who named it "Castrum Sancti Petri".

𝗠𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲 𝗔𝗴𝗲
The feudal era at the end of 1200 saw the Colonna as protagonists of local history. Their dominion was bitterly opposed by Pope Boniface VIII who, to counter the growing power of the family, set the entire area on fire and flames.

However, the struggles and misunderstandings with the church continued until in 1630 Francesco Colonna ceded the estate to Carlo Barberini, brother of Pope Urban VIII.
These vicissitudes exposed Castel San Pietro to a continuous and inexorable decline.

In the Middle Ages Jacopone da Todi also stayed there for a long time, composing some of his most beautiful works in Castel S. Pietro, including the famous “Stabat Mater”.
The Blessed friar was also a guest in the galleys of the Rocca dei Colonna, where illustrious personalities such as S. Bernardo, bishop of the Marsi, and Corradino di Svevia spent some time on his last trip to Naples where he was executed.

𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗘𝗿𝗮
The town today is still intact with its pavement of cobblestones of local stone, with its characteristic alleys and squares that made Vittorio De Sica fall in love in the fifties, who chose Castel San Pietro Romano for some of his most important films: "Bread, love and fantasy" (Pane,Amore e Fantasia) directed by Luigi Comencini, with Vittorio De Sica and Gina Lollobrigida; “The two marshals” with Totò and De Sica.
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0:00 - [Drone intro]
2:25 - [Walking tour begins / Brief History☀️]
7:00 - [Rocca dei Colonna☀️]
10:43 - [Dante Square]
16:44 - [Largo Coltellacci]
17:32 - [Park of the Belvedere]
21:43 - [Teatro di Ponente / Theatre of the West]
23:41 - [St.Peter's Square]
24:13 - [Carabiniere Mannequin - homage to actor Vittorio De Sica]
25:16 - [St.Peter's Church ☀️- tour inside]
30:19 - [Victory Square]
31:26 - [Borgo S.Pietro]
37:48 - [St.Peter's Church' garden]

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