Lavinio Lavinio Lavinio Lido di Enea is a small sea side tourist town in the Lazio region of Italy, southwest of Rome. It is part of the municipality of Anzio. The name is derived from ancient Latin settlement of Lavinium, now from the sea, and part of the nearby municipality of Pomezia. The foundation of Lavinium is mentioned prominently in the great Roman epic, the Aeneid by the Mantuan poet Publius Vergilius Maro (Virgil). Lavinio adjoins the regional park of Tor Caldara, which features a medieval watch tower that was built in the Middle Ages to defend the area from the
Frangipani family Frangipani family The Frangipani family was a powerful Roman patrician clan in the Middle Ages. The family was firmly Guelph in sympathy. The name has many spellings, which include Frangipane, Freiapane, Fricapane and Fresapane. In his "Trattatello in laude di Dante", Boccaccio traces the descent of Dante from the family. The family claimed descent from the Roman plebeian family of Anicii, however, the first mention of the family dates only from 1014, in a document relating to the Abbazia di Farfa. A parchment diploma of Ottone I in the Frangipani archive at Castello di Porpetto, in Friuli, is dated 10