Monte Porzio Catone
Comune
Comune di Monte Porzio Catone
Monte Porzio Catone Location o Monte Porzio Catone in Italy
Coordinates: 41°49′N 12°43′E / 41.817°N 12.717°E / 41.817; 12.717
Kintra	Italy
Region	Lazio
Province	Roum (RM)
Frazioni	Armetta, Camaldoli, Fontana Candida, Massarosa, Monte Ciuffo, Pilozzo, Pratone - Belvedere, San Marco, Selve di Mondragone, Suore Domenicane di Betania, Villa Vecchia
Govrenment
• Mayor	Luciano Gori
Area
• Total	9.4 km2 (3.6 sq mi)
Elevation	451 m (1,480 ft)
Population  (30 April 2009[1])
• Total	8,960
• Density	950/km2 (2,500/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Monteporziani
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	00040
Diallin code	06
Website	Offeecial wabsteid

Monte Porzio Catone is a comune (municipality) in the Province o Roum in the Italian region Lazio, locatit aboot 20 km sootheast o Roum, on the Alban Hills.

Monte Porzio Catone borders the follaein municipalities: Frascati, Grottaferrata, Monte Compatri, Roum.

Main sichts

• The Astronomical Roum Observatory is locatit 2 km oot o ceety centre. It wis biggit stairting frae 1939, bein feenished in 1965. It rises abuin the remains o a Roman villa, the "Matidia's Villa", frae the first century AD. The imposin construction is rationalist in style an wis uised for preservin the equipment o the National Observatory in Roum; subsequently it became a structur tae promote the astronomic an scientific studies. Currently the observatory is endowed wi the Astrolab an ither didactic resources for initiatives tae schuils, university, associative an private groups.
• The Tusculan Hermitage Monastery wis foondit in 1607 bi Camaldolese Monks o Monte Corona. In 1613 the biggin wis completit. The convent's kirk is devotit tae Saunt Romuald. The hospitality tae male pilgrims bi the hermits is guaranteed. Weemen are forbidden entry tae the Hermitage.
• Ither sichts include the kirk o St. Gregory the Great, erectit in 1666 bi Carlo Rainaldi for the Borghese faimily, an the remains o the auncient Tusculum.

Twin touns

• Saint-Michel-l'Observatoire, Fraunce