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Welcome to
An historical town near Rome (41 miles)
470 meters (1542 ft.) above sea level.
Inhabitants: 19,029 (1985)
Post code: 03012 - ITALY
Legend, history, and tradition have
accompanied the fame of Anagni, historical center of Ciociaria, where the traces of
human activity get lost through the millenniums.
In the XIII and XIV centuries Anagni gave four popes to the Christianity: Innocent
III (1198 - 1216), Gregory IX (1227 - 1241), Alexander IV (1254 - 1261)
and the most famous Boniface VIII, captured at Anagni in September 1303, by the
French and Italian soldiers led by Guglielmo di Nogaret and Sciarra Colonna.
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