HOME LOCATIONS SERVICES BLOG CONTACTS LOCATIONS \ CASTLES AND ABBEYS •• Castle of the Sasso CASTLES AND ABBEYS Ancient residence owned by the Marquis Patrizi, together with the adjoining agricultural and forestry company, located on the watershed of the Tolfa mountains, in the municipality of Cerveteri just 7 km from the sea. It was renovated at the beginning of the last century with the creation of the splendid Italian garden An enchanting garden where it is possible to entertain until late at night even on the hottest summer days enjoying from the panoramic square the view of the circular fountain set between hedges with geometric designs and in the end we have the Tyrrhenian Sea as a background. The Sasso area has been inhabited since the stone age as demonstrated by the speleological research of M.se Saverio Patrizi in the local cave dedicated to him. Many finds testify to the presence of civilizations since the Iron Age. In the Etruscan period (6th century BC) the Sasso was part of the Caere area (the current Cerveteri), it became an area of thermal treatments, acquae calidae caeretanae, later exploited also in Roman times. The Sasso is mentioned by Tito Livio and by Strabone, who called it "Frascati delle Maremme". Between the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, perhaps to escape malaria and the pirate raids of the Middle Ages, the old castle, of which some ruins remain to the Saxons, was abandoned and rebuilt as a fortified village in its present location. From the twelfth to the sixteenth century, the Sasso, which included a large agricultural estate, it changed hands numerous times, until in 1552 the Hospital of S. Spirito in Sassia sold it to the Sienese nobleman Giovanni Patrizi. In 1655, Pope Alexander VII erected the Sasso in Marchesato together with the nearby fief of Castel Giuliano, also owned by Patrizi. There are many illustrious personalities of this family: four blessed, bishops, cardinals, writers, politicians, philosophers, and biblical exegetes. M.se Giovanni Patrizi, proud opponent of Napoleon, was Senator of Rome (Governor) from 1815 to 1818. Finally, M.se Saverio Patrizi Naro Montoro naturalist and multifaceted scientist, speleologist, African explorer and father of the current owners. The Church of Santa Croce houses a relic of the Cross of Christ and a fresco on the high altar represents the Blessed Patrizio and Antonio Patrizi who lived between the 12th and 16th centuries. LOCATION DETAILS Village with consecrated church - Internal cloister - Italian gardens CONTACT US Your Name (required) Your email (requested) Object Your message © Christmas 2021 | Credits