Frascati - Famous Citizens and Residents

Famous Citizens and Residents

Frascati was the birthplace of:

  • Marco Amelia (1982–) Italian footballer
  • Tino Buazzelli (1922–1980) actor
  • Pietro Campilli (1891–1974) politician: deputy of Parliament and Minister
  • Hermann David Salomon Corrodi (1844–1905) orientalist painter
  • Arnaldo Mecozzi (1876–1932), decorator and painter in Brazil
  • Vincenzo Mecozzi (1909–1964), decorator and painter in Brazil
  • Clemente Micara (1879–1965) Cardinal Bishop
  • Ludovico Micara (1775–1847) Cardinal Bishop
  • Maffeo Pantaleoni (1857–1924) economist and politician
  • Ilaria Salvatori (1979 – ) Italian foil fencer who won a Bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
  • Mario Titi (1921–1982) landscape painter

Frascati has drawn many famous people to live there for a time including:

  • Italo Alighiero Chiusano (1926–1995) poet and writer.
  • Princess Pauline Bonaparte, favourite sister of Napoleon I of France and wife of Prince Camillo Borghese, lived in Villa Parisi from 1806 to 1811. At the same time her mother and brother, Lucien Bonaparte, lived in Villa Rufinella from 1804 to 1820.
  • Goethe visited the Tuscolo country between 1786 to 1788, staying in Frascati. He recounted his impressions in his journal, (Italian Journey). An important street in the centre of Frascati was named after Goethe.
  • Taddeo Kuntze (1730–1793), Polish painter.
  • Andrea Pozzo painter and architect, painted the false dome in the fresco of the Chiesa della Gesù (Church of Jesus), a masterpiece of optical illusion.
  • The French writer George Sand spent part of her Italian journey in Frascati from March 31 to April 19, 1855, in Villa Lancellotti.
  • Henry Benedict Stuart, the younger brother of Charles Edward Stuart ("Bonnie Prince Charlie", who tried unsuccessfully to reconquer the English throne in 1745), became Cardinal Bishop of Frascati in 1761. He became Dean of the College of Cardinals in 1803, but continued to live in the episcopal palace of Frascati until his death on 13 July 1807. He improved the town cultural life by founding the Seminary and library. On the inner side of the Cathedral façade he built the sepulchral stone of his brother.
  • The German writer Richard Voss spent 25 years of his life in the city, writing many of his novels and plays there. He received honorary citizenship of Frascati.
  • Clara Louisa Wells, English writer.
  • King Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia (1751–1819) lived in Villa Lancellotti from 1802.
  • Queen Maria Cristina of Bourbon, wife of Charles Felix of Sardinia, lived in Villa Rufinella from 1821.
  • Emma Marrone, Italian singer, lives in Frascati.

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