Piglio

History

It has been identified with the ancient Roman Capitulum, a Hernican town. Its area was the seat of several Roman patrician towns. In 1088 it is mentioned as Castrum Pileum; according to a legend, the name would stem from the Latin pileum, the helmet of Roman general Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus. In that period it depended from the bishop of Anagni and, from the late 12th century, it was first a fief of the De Pileo and then of the De Antiochia families. In 1347 it was captured by Cola di Rienzo and, from the late 14th century, it was under the Colonna family, who held it until 1816. In 1656 the town was decimated by plague. Piglio became part of the newly formed Kingdom of Italy in 1870. During World War II, it was bombed by Allied planes, which destroyed about 30 percent of the edifices.

Most-observed species

• Asian tiger mosquito, Forest day mosquito

  Aedes albopictus (Skuse, 1894) · Insecta
  211
• Hooded Crow

  Corvus cornix Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  125
• Stinking Hellebore

  Helleborus foetidus L. · Magnoliopsida
  105
• Common Chaffinch

  Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  98
• Beech

  Fagus sylvatica L. · Magnoliopsida
  89
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  86
• European Robin

  Erithacus rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  82
• Eurasian Blue Tit

  Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  71

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