CIVITA CASTELLANA (anc.

Falerii, q.v.)  , a town and episcopal see of the province of Rome, 45 M. by rail from the city of Rome (the station is 5 M . N.E. of the town) . Population (1901) 5265 . The cathedral of S . Maria possesses a fine portico, erected in 1210 by Laurentius Romanus, his son Jacobus and his grandson Cosmas, in the cosmatesque style, with ancient columns and mosaic decorations: the interior was modernized in the 18th century, but has some fragments of cosmatesque ornamentation . The citadel was erected by Pope Alexander VI. from the designs of Antonio da Sangallo the elder, and enlarged by Julius II. and Leo X . The lofty bridge by which the town is approached belongs to the 18th century . Mount Soracte lies about 6 m. to the south-east .