Don

Don (honorific)

Don, from Latin dominus, is an honorific in Spanish , Portuguese , and Italian . The female equivalent is Doña , Dona , and Donna , abbreviated "Dª" or simply "D."-Usage:...

 Alessandro Torlonia, of the House of Torlonia, was an Italian nobleman titled Duca di Ceri, Prince di Fucino. He was the second Prince of Civitella-Cesi

Princes of Civitella-Cesi

Prince of Civitella-Cesi is an Italian noble title granted to Giovanni Torlonia of the Torlonia family.In exchange for the administration of finances of the Holy See with the blessing of the Pope, Giovanni Torlonia was created in 1794 Duke of Bracciano and Count of Pisciarelli; in 1803 Marquis of...

, and the son of Giovanni Torlonia

Giovanni Torlonia, 1st Prince di Civitella-Cesi

Giovanni Raimondo Torlonia , son of Marino Torlonia and Marie Cambray, was a Franco-Italian noble of the Torlonia family....

. He greatly expanded Villa Torlonia

Villa Torlonia (Rome)

Villa Torlonia is a villa and surrounding gardens in Rome, Italy, formerly belonging to the Torlonia family. It is entered from via Nomentana....

, which was started by his father.

He is notable for draining Fucine Lake

Fucine Lake

The Fucine Lake was a large lake in central Italy, stretching from Avezzano in the northwest to Ortuccio in the southeast, and touching Trasacco in the southwest. It was drained in 1875.-Roman drainage:...

 in 1862 without regard to the cost. According to the North Otago

North Otago

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 Times, it was common to hear in Rome:

"O Torlonia secca ll lago Fucino, o il lago Fucino secca Torlonia" — ("Either Torlonia will drain the Fucine lake, or the Fucine lake will drain Torlonia") --North Otago Times, Volume VIII, Issue 202, 30 April 1867, Page 3

This action subsequently enabled Cerchio

Cerchio (AQ)

Cerchio is a comune and town in the Province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of Italy-Geography:The village is situated on the lower slopes of Mt. Sirente, overlooking the Fucino plain. Present population is 1720, with 656 families. Patron saints of the town are S. Giovanni and S...

 families to farm the lake bed's rich soils under the Torlonia Administration.

Alessandro was born in Rome

Rome

Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...

 on 1 January 1800. He married the princess Donna Teresa Colonna-Doria (Rome, 22 July 1823-Rome, 17 March 1875) in Rome on 16 July 1840.

Alessandro died in Rome on 7 February 1886. Upon his death, the title passed to Don Augusto Torlonia, 3rd Prince di Civitella Cesi

Augusto Torlonia, 3rd Prince di Civitella Cesi

Don Augusto Torlonia, of the House of Torlonia, was an Italian nobleman and third Prince of Civitella-Cesi. Augusto received the title from his grandfather's younger brother, Alessandro Torlonia, 2nd Prince di Civitella-Cesi....

, grandson of Alessandro's older brother, Giulio.