This bridge bypassed the large wood (now the Parco Chigi) in the valley, which hindered access to Ariccia from Rome along the Via Appia.
Leta 1661 je mesto prešlo v roke močni družini Chigi, ki je obnovila čudovito palačo Chigi Savelli na glavnem trgu, v katerem so bili shranjeni neprecenljivi arhivi.