Borgo Il Ducato is the result of a lengthy effort of restoration and reorganisation of the country buildings that today house the agritourism. The constructions that make up the Borgo Il Ducato largely date from the 1600's, when rural homesteads were built for the farming of the large estate of the Torlonias, a noble family. In the middle of the the 19th century the main residence of the family, which eventually acquired all the land, was built. In 1867, the estate was the site of a bloody clash between Pontifical troops and the followers of Garibaldi, who were fighting to unify Italy. Two plaques at the sides of the main entrance commemorate the event. Garibaldi himself definitely slept in the house during the time he spent in the area, leaving a horse saddle that he had replaced with one in better condition. Following the restoration, the residential portion continued to be used for the same purpose, and the original style of the family home was preserved: the rooms available today are all the same ones inhabited in the past, though they have been outfitted with bathrooms. Outside is a garden and a ground earmarked for an open-air museum. There is also a vegetable garden, plus an olive grove , supplying fruit, vegetables and top-quality olive oil used on a regular basis in cooking meals.