Under this powerful family, Bracciano developed into a flourishing town, famous in the whole of Italy for its castle, which was enlarged, starting from 1470, by Napoleone Orsini and his son Virginio. In 1481 it was host to Pope Sixtus IV, who had fled from the plague in Rome; the Sala Papalina in one of the corner towers commemorates the event. Four years later, however, the city and the castle were ravaged by Papal troops under Prospero Colonna, and subsequently, a new line of walls was built. The construction of the Orsini-Odescalchi Castle was started by Napoleon Orsini of the Orsini family in 1470.

È cattedrale della diocesi di Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino dal 27 febbraio 1987.

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