Frascati, a town of central Italy, in the province and 8 m. E. S. E. of the cityof Rome, on the X. W. declivity of the Tusculan mount;pop. about 6,000, chiefly engaged in agriculture. It was the favorite summer residence of the Roman nobility and cardinals for some centuries; and many of their magnificent villas remain. Of these the most celebrated is the villa Aldobrandini, which is adorned with numerous fountains, water works, and paintings. The villa Rutinella was once the property and abode of Lucien Bonaparte. On the summit of the mountain. 2,000 ft. above the sea. and about 2 m. from Frascati, are the ruins of Tusculum, round which clustered in the days of republican and imperial Rome the villas of her patricians, orators, and emperors.