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Castel Gandolfo

American  
[kah-stel gahn-dawl-faw] / kɑˈstɛl gɑnˈdɔl fɔ /

noun

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


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Chicago-born Leo, the first American pope, is a sports fan, enjoying baseball and basketball, while he swims and plays tennis regularly at the papal out-of-town residence, Castel Gandolfo.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

Pope Leo, the first American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, told journalists outside his residence in Castel Gandolfo: "Today... there was this threat against all the people of Iran, and this is truly unacceptable."

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

He likes to swim and to play tennis, which he does at least once a week, when he takes a day off and goes to the papal country palace in Castel Gandolfo, outside Rome.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025

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

From Salon • Aug. 17, 2025

He is, however, sovereign in his palaces of the Vatican, Lateran, and Cancelleria, which with the papal country seat of Castel Gandolfo still belong to him.

From Rome by Malleson, Hope

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