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

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.

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In response to a question from a journalist as he left his Castel Gandolfo secondary residence, the leader of the world's Catholics said a country had the right to have its military "defend peace".

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

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

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

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