Ladispoli

Ladispoli
Comune
Comune di Ladispoli
Housing in Ladispoli
Ladispoli Location of Ladispoli in Italy
Coordinates:
Country	Italy
Region	Lazio
Province / Metropolitan city	Rome
Frazioni	Marina di San Nicola, Monteroni
Government
• Mayor	Crescenzio Paliotta (PD)
Area
• Total	25 km2 (10 sq mi)
Elevation	2 m (7 ft)
Population (30 April 2009)
• Total	39,829
• Density	1,600/km2 (4,100/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	00055
Dialing code	06
Patron saint	St. Joseph
Saint day	March 19
Website	Official website

Ladispoli is a town and comune in the province of Rome, Lazio, central Italy. Lies about west of center of Rome on the Mediterranean Sea.

History

Ladispoli occupies the area existed the ancient Alsium, the port of the Etruscan city of Cerveteri and later a Roman colony cited by Cicero.

Alsium was destroyed in the 6th century AD, during the Gothic War, by the Ostrogoths led by Totila. Later a castle, named Palo, was built in the area: it was a fief of the Orsini and, from 1693, of the Odescalchi family.

Modern Ladispoli was founded in 1888 by Ladislao Odescalchi, whom its name stems from.

In the late 1970s and until the early 1990s, parts of Ladispoli served as refugee camps for Soviet emigrants seeking political and/or religious asylum in Western countries (mostly United States, Canada and Australia). The experience of Jews from the former USSR staying in Ladispoli in the 1980s was first described in English by Maxim D. Shrayer in his literary memoir "Waiting for America" (2007).

Main sights

• The Etruscan necropolis of Monteroni and Vaccina.
• The Roman Villa of Pompey.
• The Castle of Palo (1132 AD, rebuilt in the 16th century).
• The Castellaccio, a fortified country residence.
• The Giardino delle Orchidee Spontanee del Mediterraneo, a botanical garden

Demography and Notable People

Ethnic minorities and foreign

According to ISTAT figures at 31 December 2010 foreign nationals were 7711 people. The nationalities most represented according to their percentage of the total population were:

• from Romania - 4620 (11.26%)
• from Poland - 826 (2.01%)

• Notable People
• Laura Antonelli, actress
• Andrea Zitolo, scientist

Twin cities

• Benicarló, Spain
• Heusenstamm, Germany
• Saint-Savin, France

External links

• Official Site (Italian) (English) (French) (Spanish) (German)
• Airport Transfers from and to Rome