Bagnaia, Viterbo

Bagnaia
Frazione
Piazza XX Settembre in Bagnaia
Bagnaia Location of Bagnaia in Italy
Coordinates: 42°25′41″N12°9′18″E / 42.42806°N 12.15500°E / 42.42806; 12.15500
Country	Italy
Region	Lazio
Province	Viterbo (VT)
Comune	Viterbo
Elevation	441 m (1,447 ft)
Population  (2017) [1]
• Total	5,500
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Bagnaia is a village in Lazio, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Viterbo, province of Viterbo. ^[2]

Former municipality, it was annexed to the comune of Viterbo in 1928. Bagnaia is about 7 km from Viterbo and 100 km from Rome.

The "Fuoco di Sant Antonio" is a large bonfire erected in the town center and, with much merriment, lit on the evening of each 16th of January in honor of the St Anthony.

Main sights

• San Giovanni Battista, parish church built in the late 16th century, it was entirely restructured in 1753 by cardinal Federico Marcello Lante ^[3]
• Sant'Antonio Abate
• Castle of Bagnaia
• Villa Lante, built between 1566 and 1588 and commissioned by cardinal Giovanni Francesco Gambara

References

1. "Parish Census". Conferenza Episcopale Italiana . Retrieved 6 July 2022.
2. "Bagnaia". Enciclopedia del Sapere. De Agostini . Retrieved 6 July 2022.
3. "Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista" . Retrieved 6 July 2022.