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'''Segni''' ({{Langx|la|Signia}}, {{Langx|grc|Σιγνία}}) is an Italian town and ''[[comune]]'' located in [[Lazio]]. The city is situated on a hilltop in the [[Lepini Mountains]] and overlooks the valley of the [[Sacco River]].

==History==

===Early history===

According to ancient Roman sources, [[Lucius Tarquinius Superbus]], the seventh king of Rome, established a Roman colony at the town, then known as ''Signia''.<ref>[[Livy]], ''[[Ab urbe condita libri (Livy)|Ab urbe condita]]'', [[s:From the Founding of the City/Book 1#56|1.56]]; [[Dionysius of Halicarnassus]] 4.63</ref> Additional colonists were reportedly sent there in 495 BC.<ref>[[Livy]], ''[[Ab urbe condita libri (Livy)|Ab urbe condita]]'', [[s:From the Founding of the City/Book 2#21|2:21]]</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/423072 |title=Places: 423072 (Signia) |author=Quilici, L., S. Quilici Gigli, DARMC, R. Talbert, S. Gillies, T. Elliott, J. Becker |access-date=October 20, 2014 <!-- 4:22 pm -->  |publisher=Pleiades}}</ref>

The ancient architectural remains include a circuit of fortification walls built using [[polygonal masonry]]. The walls incorporated a system of gates, including the ''Porta Saracena'' which is covered by a large [[monolith]]ic architrave. Atop the ancient [[acropolis]] of Segni sits the podium of the temple of [[Juno (mythology)|Juno]] Moneta, which now supports a [[Medieval]] church of [[Saint Peter]] (tenth century).

===Later history===

Segni was a refuge for various [[pope]]s with [[Pope Eugene III]] erecting a [[palace]] in the middle of the twelfth century. The [[Counts of Marsi]], hereditary enemies of the [[Orsini family|Orsini]], obtained Segni in the twelfth century. The family called de' Conti produced several popes ([[Pope Innocent III|Innocent III]], [[Pope Gregory IX|Gregory IX]] and [[Pope Alexander IV|Alexander IV]]) and many cardinals. In 1558 Segni was sacked by the forces of the [[Duke of Alba]] in the war against [[Pope Paul IV]]; immense booty was captured, as the inhabitants of the other towns of the [[Campagna]] had fled thither.

==Main sights==

* Co-cathedral of ''Santa Maria Assunta'', built in the early 17th century on the former temple of St. Bruno. The bell tower is from the 11th century. The interior has a painting by [[Francesco Cozza (painter)|Francesco Cozza]].
* The polygonal masonry fortification walls of the settlement are well preserved.<ref>G. M. De Rossi. 1982. ''Segni''. Rome: De Luca.</ref>
[[File:Edward Lear - Segni, 6 October 1838 - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|The ''Porta Saracena'' at Segni by [[Edward Lear]], dated Segni, 6 October 1838. Google Art Project]]
* The former site of the Juno Moneta temple marks the ancient Segni acropolis. The acropolis has recently been the site of renewed fieldwork undertaken by the [[British School at Rome]].<ref name="Cifarelli2003">{{cite book|author=Francesco Maria Cifarelli|title=Il tempio di Giunone Moneta sull'acropoli di Segni: storia, topografia e decorazione architettonica|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RA0oVUgidW8C|year=2003|publisher=L'ERMA di BRETSCHNEIDER|isbn=978-88-8265-239-5}}</ref><ref>Segni Project http://www.bsr.ac.uk/research/archaeology/ongoing-projects/segni-project</ref>


==Twin towns==
*{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Mykines, Greece|Mykines]], Greece

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