Walks in Sabina, towards the ghost town among olive trees and cherry trees in bloom
The streets and houses, emptied of human presence, wounded by time that has thrown open windows and roofs, are filled with sky in Stazzano Vecchia, a ghost town in the heart of the Roman Sabina. A magical appointment is approaching to visit it: cherry blossoms are ready to explode in the fields, white clouds among the olive groves and vineyards of a territory rich in history. Insieme-Grand Tour Sabina offers a circular walk of about eight kilometers. Leave the main road (via Ponte delle Tavole) at via della
Castel San Pietro Romano: bread, love and unforgettable sunsets
Up to 763 meters to capture a sunset, the sun extinguishes in a thousand shades on the skyline of the Eternal City, along the profile of the Dome of San Pietro and the mountains that surround it with the castles perched, up to the sea and the Ponziane Islands . This is why Castel San Pietro Romano is known as "The balcony of Lazio". Since 2017 he has been in the club of the most beautiful villages in Italy, with a fixed appointment: every 21 June, the summer
Montecelio village, a casket of history and traditions
The tower-houses that make up the stone village, the archaeological museum with the unique piece in the world of the Capitoline Triad, the churches rich in works of art, the Rocca that alone summarizes a thousand years of history, the very lively popular traditions. All this makes Montecelio one of the most intense tales of ancient and modern Lazio. We are in the Cornicolani Mountains just 30 kilometers from the Colosseum and the Imperial Forums. Montecelio was formerly connected to Rome by the Cornicolana road, whose stone paving,
In the Subiaco Fortress on the notes of the Renaissance
There is a palace in the heart of the Aniene Valley where the Renaissance frescoes that adorn the ceilings and walls are so well preserved and light that the notes of flutes, dulcians, lutes and harpsichords resound in the head. It is the Subiaco Fortress, la "Rocca di Subiaco". In this strange and fantastic world, the "grotesque" figures typical of the decorations of the time flutter, hold on to impossible equilibriums or climb thin strings. There are cherubs and putti in various fantasies, angel-women with feathered legs engaged in
Mentana, the thousand stories of the Garibaldian village
The Middle Ages and the Renaissance coexist in the architecture of a historic center that together contains a thousand stories. The "treasure" of squares, streets, alleys, churches, noble palaces, is as if enclosed in a fortified castle. All in the heart of a natural park that preserves, among woods and fountains, the remains of the ancient Nomentum (4th century BC) in which the origins of the town lie. It is the village of Mentana, just over 22 kilometers from the center of Rome. Here there are two particular
Saracinesco, the micro-village that guards time
Sul Monte Morra, una delle cime più alte intorno a Roma con i suoi 1036 metri, sulle tracce di un mare tropicale. Una passeggiata paleontologica per riavvolgere il nastro del tempo di 200 milioni di anni
Cervara di Roma, a village that loves the stars
Da Monte Spaccato a Monte Ripoli fino al Tempio della Dea Bona, sopra Tivoli, la visuale abbraccia senza ostacoli quello che fu il Latium Vetus, fino a scorgere il blu del mare dove sbarcò Enea
The jewel village of San Gregorio da Sassola
Sul Monte Morra, una delle cime più alte intorno a Roma con i suoi 1036 metri, sulle tracce di un mare tropicale. Una passeggiata paleontologica per riavvolgere il nastro del tempo di 200 milioni di anni