Many works of art, such as the Ponte Achille (Achille’s bridge), dating back to the Roman age, were destroyed by the German armed forces during the defence of the Gustav Line, in World War II. The Germans took away, as spoils, many ruins of the Italic necropolis of Campo Consolino located below the village, which counted 1400 tombs on a total amount of 12,000 tombs.
Many works of art, such as the Ponte Achille (Achille’s bridge), dating back to the Roman era, were destroyed by the German military during World War II. The Germans seized many ruins from the Italic necropolis of Campo Consolino located beneath the village, which contained 1400 tombs out of a total of 12,000 tombs.