Lanuvio

Sister cities

• Centuripe

History

In ancient times Lanuvium was an important town in the hinterland of Imperial Rome. The emperors Antoninus Pius and Commodus were born here. It decayed after the reign of Theodosius I (late 4th century AD), and was mostly abandoned due to the shutting down of its polytheistic sanctuaries. It is mentioned again in the 11th century, when it was a seat of a Benedictine monastery. In the early 15th century it was acquired by the Colonna family, to whom it belonged until 1564. On 17 February 1944, during World War II, it was bombed by sea and air by the Allies, and almost entirely destroyed.

Most-observed species

• Hooded Crow

  Corvus cornix Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  480
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  399
• Italian Sparrow

  Passer italiae (Vieillot, 1817) · Aves
  271
• European Starling

  Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  254
• Yellow-legged Gull

  Larus michahellis J.F.Naumann, 1840 · Aves
  251
• European Robin

  Erithacus rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  247
• Rock Pigeon

  Columba livia J.F.Gmelin, 1789 · Aves
  246
• Eurasian Kestrel

  Falco tinnunculus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  246

Most recent

• 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
• M 4.3 — 2019-01-01
  4 km SSW of Trasacco, Italy