Frascati
Frascati is a town in the province of Rome in the Latium region of central Italy. It is south-east of the city of Rome and close to the ancient city of Tusculum.
Frascati is an episcopal see, one of seven suburbicarian dioceses , and home to the Basilian monanstery of Grottaferrata, and the minor basilica Cathedral Basilica of St. Peter Apostle.
The town has a number of notable villas, such as Villa Torlonia and Villa Mondragone, since it was a popular retreat for Romans during the summer months.
Earth Observation missions of the European Space Agency are based in Frascati, as is a major high energy physics laboratory, the Laboratori Nazionali de Frascati.
The town is twinned with Bad Godesberg in Germany.
Frascati is also the name of a white wine from this region.