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Finally, in 1780, Pope Pius VI ordered the rectification of the Appian Way in the stretch between Rome and Terracina, bringing Albano at the center of the intense traffic that took place between Rome and Naples.

During the pontificates of Pope Gregory XVI and Pope Pius XI the Ariccia bridgewas built, which is the current route of State Road 7 Via Appia.

To improve traffic flow on this artery, several interventions were made: in 1908 the 18th-century Porta Romana with the adjacent Church of San Rocco was razed to allow the passage of the line of Tramway dei Castelli Romani, and after the Second World War was initiated, Piazza Giuseppe Mazzini on the ruins of bombed building in Villa Doria Pamphili.