Bracciano's Orsini-Odescalchi castle is among Europe's most scenographic feudal residences: five towers above the volcanic lake, frescoed halls and an international fame renewed by the celebrity weddings held here. Below, the village descends toward a swimmable, protected lake where motorboats are banned and one sails or rows.
At Vigna di Valle, on the shore, the Air Force history museum — Italy's oldest of its kind — lines up seaplanes and legends of flight. Rome is forty minutes by train: the Romans' lakeside weekend starts here.
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Next up: Saint Sebastian, patron of the town of the Orsini and Odescalchi castle, Wednesday 20 January
Nearest airport: Roma Fiumicino, 34 km away
Bracciano is part of 🛶 Lakes
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📅 Every year, on 20 January
Bracciano celebrates Saint Sebastian on 20 January; the village of fishermen and farmers tied its fate to the Orsini family from 1419, who built its famous castle, later passing to the Odescalchi in 1696 and still owned by them today.
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