Boville Ernica

Eighteen square and round towers still ring the medieval walls of this town on a lone hill above the Liri, Cosa and Sacco valleys, known as Bauco until 1908. After the walls held off Neapolitan troops in 1204, the pope granted it self-rule, and twelve families governed it for more than four centuries. In San Pietro Ispano hangs a mosaic angel by Giotto, rescued from old St Peter's in Rome.

Highlights

• Giotto's mosaic angel in San Pietro Ispano, from the old St Peter's in Rome
• The medieval walls with their eighteen towers, still intact
• The megalithic walls at Monte di Fico, where votive oxen were found
• San Michele Arcangelo, with a canvas by the Cavalier d'Arpino and Cardinal Filonardi's tomb
• The Filonardi castle, its carved lintel by Vignola

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