Artena

Sister cities

• Alcalá del Río

History

The name of the original village of the Volsci is uncertain; Ecetra or Fortinum are possible suggestions. The modern village was called Monte Fortino until 1873. It owes its present name to an unproven identification of the site with the ancient Volscian Artena, destroyed in 404 BC. Another Artena, which was an Etruscan town belonging to the district of Caere, and laying between it and Veii, was destroyed in the period of the kings, and its site is unknown. In the Middle Ages Artena was a fief of the Counts of Tusculum and then the Counts of Segni, who held its castle until 1475 when, after the request of Charles VIII of France, it was assigned to the Colonna. Due to the latter's anti-papal stance, Artena was ravaged several times by papal armies (1526, 1543 and 1557).

Most-observed species

• Hooded Crow

  Corvus cornix Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  236
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  193
• European Robin

  Erithacus rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  151
• Common Chaffinch

  Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  147
• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  124
• Eurasian Blue Tit

  Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  119
• Butcher's-broom

  Ruscus aculeatus L. · Liliopsida
  119
• Eurasian Blackcap

  Sylvia atricapilla (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  117

Most recent

• M 4.4 — 2026-07-24
  5 km WNW of Pizzone, Italy
• M 2.7 — 2025-05-08
  1 km NNE of Montecompatri, Italy
• M 4.1 — 2024-12-09
  3 km SSE of Formia, Italy
• M 3.1 — 2020-05-11
  7 km NNW of Rome, Italy
• M 4.6 — 2019-11-07
  2 km SW of Villavallelonga, Italy
• M 3.4 — 2019-06-23
  1 km WSW of Gallicano nel Lazio, Italy