Pofi

Pofi is located in the province of Frosinone, in the heart of Ciociaria. Perched on an ancient extinct volcano, it dominates the landscape with a panorama that embraces the surrounding towns and stretches across the fields and mountains of southern Lazio. The historic center, with its alleys paved in volcanic stone, preserves ancient traditions, some of which are linked to floriculture—a practice that is still deeply rooted in the town today. Among its symbolic landmarks are the 11th-century Church of Sant’Antonino, built in Romanesque style, and the Baronial Castle of the Colonna family, with its Clock Tower. Pofi also holds a central place in paleoanthropological debate thanks to the discovery of fossil remains attributed to Homo heidelbergensis, dating back around 400,000 years. The many finds, now displayed at the Pietro Fedele Prehistoric Museum, testify to the presence of humans in the Sacco Valley area since the Middle Paleolithic.