CIVITA CASTELLANA (anc. Falerii, q.v.), a town and episcopal see of the province of Viterbo, 45m. by rail from the City of Rome (the station is 5m. N.E. of the town) and 32m. by electric tramway, following the Via Flaminia ; the tramway goes on to Viterbo, a distance of 28m. north-west. 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. 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. Mt. Soracte lies about 6m. to the south-east.