"Locanda dei Fattori" is settled in the extent of Villa Torlonia, an estate with a considerable historic and architectonic interest.
In 1828 the Papal States make over the large estate called La Torre (The Tower) after the name of the aristocratic villa standing in the middle of the estate, to Princes Torlonia family, who turns it into an exemplary farm which keeps flourishing till the Second World War.
"La Torre" is closely linked to the memory of the poet Giovanni Pascoli, who lived here during the happy years of his childhood till his father Ruggero's death, who at that time was the estate administrator, murdered in mysterious circumstances in 1867. In the middle of the 20th century Princes Torlonia's inheritors sell the estate which, fragmented, begins a period of decline and sad neglect. In 1974, the Italian Government declares "La Torre" a "manufactured building with a peculiar historical interest" and subjects it to preservation.
Nowadays, thanks to the Municipality, the Region and the Government's action, impressive restoration works have almost completely brought "La Torre" back to its ancient magnificence.
The complex still has got a late-eighteenth century structure composed of different buildings risen for the different activities done, placed symmetrically towards the main body of the house which closes as a ring around a central court.
At both ends of the palace front, jutting ahead, there are two minor buildings: the "Casa del Fattore" (Bailiff's House) and the Church.

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