Toscanella (ancient Tuscana), is a town of the province of Rome, Italy. It is about ten miles to the east of Canino. Its population in 1901 was 4,839. On the ancient citadel hill is the Romanesque church of S. Pietro. It has the shape of a Roman basilica, with a nave and two aisles and one apse. S. Maria in the valley below dates from 1050 to 1206, and has a similar facade and a massive square campanile. There is a rich fragment of mediaeval architecture and the walls of the town are of the same period; no trace of the ancient fortifications remain, except on the adjoining height of San Pietro.

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