Ladispoli

Ladispoli
Ladispoli
Comune
	Comune di Ladispoli
	Housing in Ladispoli
	Location of Ladispoli
	Ladispoli Location of Ladispoli in Italy Ladispoli Ladispoli (Lazio)
	Coordinates: 41°57′N 12°05′E / 41.950°N 12.083°E
Country	Italy
Region	Lazio
Metropolitan city	Rome (RM)
Frazioni	Marina di San Nicola, Monteroni
Government
• Mayor	Alessandro Grando (FdI)
Area
• Total	25 km2 (10 sq mi)
Elevation	2 m (7 ft)
Population (31 August 2015)
• Total	41,084
• Density	1,600/km2 (4,300/sq mi)
Demonym	Ladispolensi or Ladispolani
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	00055
Dialing code	06
Patron saint	St. Davide Orazi, St. Andrea Mele, St. Guglielmo Ponzi
Saint day	March 18
Website	Official website

Ladispoli is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Rome, Lazio, central Italy. It lies about 35 kilometres (22 mi) west of center of Rome, on the Mediterranean Sea.

History

Modern Ladispoli occupies the area of 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, from whom it takes its name.

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).^[3]

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

According to ISTAT figures dated 31 December 2010 there were 7711 foreign nationals living in Ladispoli. The nationalities most represented according to their percentage of the total population were: