Castel Gandolfo

[kah-stel gahn-dawl-faw]

noun

1. a village in central Italy, 15 miles (24 km) SE of Rome: papal palace serving as the summer residence of the pope.

Example Sentences

The Sunday gathering at Borgo Laudato Si’, the Vatican’s environmental center outside Rome, marked the close of his Castel Gandolfo retreat.

From Salon

The nuns studying at the Pontifical Urbaniana University live at a campus in Castel Gandolfo, a 90-minute commute away.

From Seattle Times

“They lose so much time traveling,” said Sister Genowefa Kudlik, the Polish nun who runs the Castel Gandolfo campus.

From Seattle Times

It was held in a converted monastery in the hills overlooking Lake Albano, within view of the papal summer residence at Castel Gandolfo across the lake.

From Seattle Times

The Vatican observatory’s current astronomers mostly split their time between Castel Gandolfo and Mount Graham, Ariz., where the Vatican operates a telescope in partnership with the University of Arizona.

From New York Times