Vicovaro

Sister cities

• Saint-Chéron

History

The area of Vicovaro was inhabited as early as the Neolithic period, as testified by remains dating from this period to the late Bronze Age. It was a city of the Aequi, later colonized by Rome. During the Roman domination, it was known as Vicus Varronis, Vicus Vari or Vicus Valerius. It was on the Via Valeria. Pope Celestine III granted Vicovaro to his Orsini relatives. The town held strategic importance in the Aniene valley. In 1533, Ludovico Gonzaga seized Vicovaro in a conflict between the Orsini and the Medici pope Clement VII. After the surrender, Gonzaga was assassinated by Napoleone Orsini who shot him with an arquebus. In 1692, Orsini properties were auctioned off to satisfy debts, and Vicovaro fell to Count Paulo Bolognetti. His son, Ferdinando, married Flavia Theodoli, sister of Marchese Gerolamo Theodoli. The Bolognettis refurbished and expanded the Orsini castle and initiated other building projects in the city. Theodoli oversaw the restoration of the Church of San Pietro for his nephew, Giacomo Bolognetti.

Most-observed species

• Hooded Crow

  Corvus cornix Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  211
• Stinking Hellebore

  Helleborus foetidus L. · Magnoliopsida
  191
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  159
• European Robin

  Erithacus rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  134
• Asian tiger mosquito, Forest day mosquito

  Aedes albopictus (Skuse, 1894) · Insecta
  133
• Drug Snowbell

  Styrax officinalis L. · Magnoliopsida
  122
• Lady Orchid

  Orchis purpurea Huds. · Liliopsida
  118
• Eurasian Blue Tit

  Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  112

Most recent

• M 4.4 — 2026-07-24
  5 km WNW of Pizzone, Italy
• M 4.2 — 2025-09-20
  4 km SSE of San Terenziano, Italy
• 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 4.6 — 2019-11-07
  2 km SW of Villavallelonga, Italy
• M 4.1 — 2019-09-01
  1 km N of Norcia, Italy