For centuries, the splendid coastline north of the capital has been a place of leisure and vacation for Rome’s aristocracy: first the ancient, Republican, and Imperial aristocracy, then the papal nobility, and finally the ladies and gentlemen of the Belle Époque. These patricians knew how to live life to the fullest and appreciate beauty, and here they helped enrich an already magnificent landscape with exquisitely refined villas. The remains of one such villa, dating back to the 1st century AD and likely having belonged to Pompey the Great, are still visible near the sea, just two kilometers south of the Odescalchi Castle in Palo Laziale.