Things to do in Colleferro Italy – what to see attractions and activities

The Archaeological Museum of Artena was inaugurated in 1991. Inside there is a large collection of objects of archaeological importance excavated in the surrounding areas of the city. Inside we can admire ceramics, ornaments, coins, glasses and numerous other Neolithic and early Middle Ages elements. The museum is open to the public.

Colonna Castle was built by the great architect Antonio Del Grande. On the second floor there is a chapel decorated with frescoes by the painter Marzio Genassini. Since 1969 the structure is owned by the Municipality of Genazzano, which started its restoration.

The Sanctuary of Primigenia Fortune was built around the second century BC and represents the complex dedicated to the cult of Fortuna Primigenia, that is, of the first of the many children of Jupiter. The structure of the Sanctuary is divided into six artificial terraces connected by ramps and staircases.

The Sanctuary of Primigenia Fortune was built around the second century BC and represents the complex dedicated to the cult of Fortuna Primigenia, that is, of the first of the many children of Jupiter. Devotees and faithful went to the oracle asking for responses for their needs. The fate was extracted by a child called Iupiter Puer, loved by Preneste's mothers. The structure of the Sanctuary was divided into six artificial terraces connected by ramps and staircases.

The National Archaeological Museum of Palestrina is located inside the Palazzo Barberini, in the historic center of the city. The museum area collects different busts, pebbles and statues found in the necropolis of Colombella and Claida. The “Mosaic of the Nile” comes from the area of the Sanctuary of Primigenia Fortune with Egyptian scenes from the end of the 2nd century BC.

Palazzo Barberini was built in the eleventh century, on the remains of the sanctuary of Fortuna Primigena in the center of Palestrina. It was built at the behest of the Colonna family and in 1630 the building was sold to Carlo Barberini who together with his son Taddeo carried out a reconstruction of the structure remained intact until the present day. Since 1956, after having been purchased by the State, the Palace was used as a National Archaeological Museum Prenestino.

The Toy Museum was built on 18 March 2005. It is located inside the rooms of the sixteenth-century Palazzo Rospigliosi. It expands into 18 rooms where toys from the twentieth century are exhibited. There are about 800 pieces built by the most important factories that allow you to relive the good period of childhood.

The Trivio Tower was built in 1353 as a bell tower of the church of Santa Maria Assunta in Cielo in Velletri. It is characterized by the Lombardy-Gothic style and stands for about 50 meters in height. The facades are distinguished by eight windows each, adorned with green majolica bowls. During the restoration, the cusp was eliminated and currently the Tower has a lower roof.

The Civic Museum was reopened a few years after several renovations and interventions on the construction. It was opened to the public, for the first time, in 1920 by engineer Oreste Nardini. Nowadays, most of the most important works that were there at the beginning, have been moved to museums far from Velletri, such as the 'Pallas of Velletri', kept in the Louvre Museum in Paris. The gallery is divided into two sections: the archaeological section and that of Geopaleontology and Prehistory of the Alban Hills. The first includes the Sarcophagus of the Labor of Hercules, the Slab of the Prayer, and the Volsche ceramics. The second, on the other hand, is a journey in the Prehistory of the Alban Hills.

Porta Napoletana was built in 1511 in alignment with the ancient defensive wall circle of Velletri. On one of the door jambs there is an intimation that attributed to the Door a real function of a customs barrier. During the eighteenth century the structure underwent several changes, such as the reinforcement of the two side towers of a semicircular shape.

The Diocesan Museum is based in the former seventeenth-century seminary belonging to the Diocese of Velletri. The collections on display date back to the nineteenth century and were kept in the Cathedral of the city during World War II. The most significant work is the “Veliterna Crux” of an ancient Palermo goldsmith from the eleventh century.