La Storta

Today a simple suburb of Rome, La Storta was founded during the Roman Empire as a post station for changing horses and resting travellers and postmen.

Located at a strategic point of confluence of various roads connecting Rome to the north, it was also mentioned around the year 1000 by Abbot Sigeric in his account of a pilgrimage to Rome via the Via Francigena. Sigeric testifies to the existence of a real town that grew up around the horse post station at the ninth mile of the Cassia-Clodia.

In the Middle Ages, the territory was affected by feudal wars and increasing banditry gave it the nickname “Malpasso”. Later, perhaps because the Via Cassia twisted and divided here, it took the name “La Storta”.

With the end of the 19th century and the closure of the post station, banditry subsided and the town lived its life as a simple suburb, still mostly agricultural, of the city of Rome.