San Felice Circeo

Sister cities

• Mettmann

History

In the treaty signed between Carthage and Rome in 509 BC, the Carthaginians agreed not to harm Circeii. In 209 BC, during the Second Punic War, Circeii was one of twelve Latin colonies to refuse any more military contributions towards Rome and in 204 it was severely punished as a result, by furnishing double the greatest number of foot soldiers they had ever provided and 120 horsemen, all chosen from the wealthiest of the inhabitants, and to be sent out of Italy. Also an annual tax was imposed. The Roman Triumvir Lepidus was exiled here after his fall in 36 BC by his former colleague, and future Emperor, Octavian. In September 1975 the so-called Circeo massacre took place in San Felice Circeo, the rape of two young women, one of whom was also murdered, which received significant media attention in Italy.

Most-observed species

• Hooded Crow

  Corvus cornix Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  307
• Great Cormorant/European Shag

  Phalacrocorax carbo (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  294
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  227
• Little Egret/Western Reef-Heron

  Egretta garzetta (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  219
• Eurasian Marsh-Harrier

  Circus aeruginosus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  201
• Yellow-legged Gull

  Larus michahellis J.F.Naumann, 1840 · Aves
  194
• Cetti's Warbler

  Cettia cetti (Temminck, 1820) · Aves
  193
• Gray/Purple Heron

  Ardea cinerea Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  190

Most recent

• M 4.5 — 2026-07-31
  0 km WSW of Torre Caracciolo, Italy
• M 4.4 — 2026-07-24
  5 km WNW of Pizzone, Italy
• M 4.1 — 2026-05-21
  2 km E of Procida, Italy
• M 4.1 — 2025-11-18
  16 km ESE of Ventotene, Italy
• M 4 — 2025-05-13
  2 km N of Bacoli, Italy
• M 2.7 — 2025-05-08
  1 km NNE of Montecompatri, Italy