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Places to visit Civitavecchia

The massive Forte Michelangelo ("Michelangelo's fort") was commissioned to Bramante by Pope Julius II to defend the port from the pirate attacks, and was completed in 1535 by Giuliano Leno and Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, under Paul III. The upper part of the "maschio" tower, however, was completed by Michelangelo, who gave the name to the fortress. The edifice, measuring 100 x 82 m, has four towers with a diameter of 21 m. The walls have an impressive thickness of 6 - 7.6 m and the fortress was built over an ancient Roman construction, probably the barracks of the classiarii ("mariners") of the Imperial Fleet.
The Rocca ("castle"), re-built in the 15th century by Pope Sixtus V. An Apostolic Palace was added by Pius IV in the 16th century.
The cathedral of San Francesco d'Assisi was built by the Franciscans over a pre-existing, small church built from 1610. The current edifice, with Baroque-Neoclassical lines, was erected in the 18th century.
North to the city are the Terme della Ficoncella, baths frequented by the Civitavecchiesi and by Romans as well. The name stems by the fig plants among the various pools.

Getting to Civitavecchia Ferry port:

Grandi Navi Veloci
Coming from the North: leave the SS1 (State Road 1)
Aurelia and follow the slip road Civitavecchia - Orte (motorway link road) toward Porto for about 8 km, you will get to Largo della Pace, on the right side of which is the Vespucci entrance to the port.
Coming from the South: after leaving the motorway at the tollgate "Civitavecchia SUD", turn right on the SS Aurelia toward Civitavecchia. Once you get to the second traffic light, keep left and take Viale della Vittoria, which leads to Viale Garibaldi promenade, at the bottom of which is the Fortezza entrance to the port. Enter the port area and drive straight on till you get to the Vespucci entrance. Once you get there, follow the "Banchine Commerciali" (Trade quays) signs. Boarding is at quay no. 12 behind the Port Authority and border police building.

Moby Lines
Calati Laurenti: Arriving from the north S.S.1 Aurella direction Civitavecchia Porto follow the signs for "Mobylines"
Arriving from the South: Motorway A 12 follow the signposts for "Porto" and "Moby". Check-In in the plaza in front of the Ship.

Corsica Ferries
A12 SS1 Aurelia, follow the signs for Civitavecchia-Porto.

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about Civitavecchia

Civitavecchia is a town and comune of the province of Rome in the central Italian region of Latium.

A sea port on the Tyrrhenian sea, it is located 80 kilometers west-north-west of Rome, across the Mignone river.

The harbor is formed by two moles and a breakwater, on which latter is a lighthouse. Civitavecchia means "ancient town".

The modern city was built certainly over a pre-existing Etruscan settlement.

The harbor was constructed by the Emperor Trajan at the beginning of the 2nd century CE.

The first occurrence of the name Centum Cellae is from a letter by Pliny the Younger (107 CE).

The origin of the name is disputed: it has been suggested that it could refer to the centum ("hundred") halls of the villa of the emperor.

In the high Middle Ages, Centumcellae was a Byzantine stronghold. Captured by the Saracens in 828, it was later acquired by the Papal States.

The place became a free port under Pope Innocent XII in 1696. The main port of Rome in modern era, it was occupied by the French in 1849.

On April 16th 1859 the Rome and Civitavecchia Rail Road was opened for service.

The Papal troops opened the gates of the fortress to the Italian general Bixio in 1870.

During World War II, Civitavecchia was severely damaged by Allied bombings.