Ladispoli

Sister cities

• Malle
• Benicarló
• Saint-Savin
• Heusenstamm
• Teteven
• Castroville
• Łeba

History

Modern Ladispoli includes the site of the ancient Alsium at nearby Palo Laziale, the port of the Etruscan city of Cerveteri and later a Roman colony cited by Cicero. Alsium was destroyed in the 6th century AD, during the Gothic War, by the Ostrogoths led by Totila. Later a castle, named Palo, was built in the area: it was a fief of the Orsini and, from 1693, of the Odescalchi family. Modern Ladispoli was founded in 1888 by Ladislao Odescalchi, from whom it takes its name. In the late 1970s and until the early 1990s, parts of Ladispoli were popular with thousands of Soviet emigrants, mostly Jewish, seeking political and/or religious asylum in Western countries (mostly United States, Canada and Australia). This proved to be a boon for the city's economy, as they rented apartments while awaiting their entry visas to those countries, usually for a period of two months to a year (depending on the country). The impact was most profound during off-season, when many apartments would otherwise sit idle and city life would enter a hiatus. The experience of Jews from the former USSR staying in Ladispoli in the 1980s was described in English by Maxim D. Shrayer in his literary memoir "Waiting for America" (2007).

Most-observed species

• Hooded Crow

  Corvus cornix Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  1,474
• Eurasian Magpie

  Pica pica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,101
• European Starling

  Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  976
• Yellow-legged Gull

  Larus michahellis J.F.Naumann, 1840 · Aves
  971
• Eurasian Kestrel

  Falco tinnunculus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  919
• European Robin

  Erithacus rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  897
• Italian Sparrow

  Passer italiae (Vieillot, 1817) · Aves
  859
• Little Egret/Western Reef-Heron

  Egretta garzetta (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  831

Most recent

• M 2.7 — 2025-05-08
  1 km NNE of Montecompatri, Italy
• M 3.1 — 2020-05-11
  7 km NNW of Rome, Italy
• M 3.4 — 2019-06-23
  1 km WSW of Gallicano nel Lazio, Italy
• M 2.9 — 2018-12-29
  1 km ENE of Colle Mainello, Italy
• M 4.4 — 2016-05-30
  1 km WNW of Castel Giorgio, Italy
• M 3.6 — 2011-07-13
  4 km WSW of Limiti di Greccio, Italy