Civitavecchia, a town with Etruscan origins, is situated between the rivers Mignone and Marangone.
Civitavecchia included 2 fractions: Aurelia, around the highway, and La Scaglia.
The harbor of Civitavecchia is an important terminal for those who travel to Sardinia, Sicily, and also Barcelona, Tunis, Toulon, Malta and Corsica. Thanks to the big stream of holiday cruisers, the harbor of Civitavecchia is nowadays the second European harbor for numbers of passengers.