14 Facts About Anagni

Anagni is an ancient town and comune in the province of Frosinone, Latium, central Italy, in the hills east-southeast of Rome.

Anagni still maintains the appearance of a small medieval hill town, with small twisting streets and steep lanes.

Anagni was an important city and spiritual centre of the Hernici.

In Imperial times, many emperors spent their summers in Anagni to escape the heat of Rome, the most notable ones being Marcus Aurelius, Septimius Severus, Commodus, and Caracalla.

Anagni has been a diocese, the seat of a bishop, since the 5th century.

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In one hundred years, Anagni produced four popes, three of them members of the Conti family.

Anagni died in 1216, leaving the Church at the historical peak of its power.

Anagni is connected to the events in the life of Boniface VIII, the fourth Pope to be born in the city, and a member of the powerful Caetani Family.

Anagni was elected after the abdication of Celestine V, but opposed by French Cardinals and by the powerful Colonna Family.

Transfer of the papal court to Avignon marked for Anagni the beginning of a long period of decline, which lasted through the entire 15th century.

In 1556, Anagni became a battlefield in the conflict between Pope Paul IV and King Philip II of Spain, when it was besieged by the Spanish army under the Duke of Alba.

Anagni was the summer residence of the popes until recently.

Language, or dialect, of Anagni can be categorized as a Central Italian dialect, within the Central-Northern Latian area.

The imperial crown above the crest and the imperial robe signifies Anagni was a famous and important residence of the Roman Emperors.