Seventeen stops in Castelli Romani

Seventeen stops in Castelli Romani

It’s hot. Is it going to be the swimming pool, sea, lake or countryside? No, Castelli Romani, cool in summer and ideal for a wholesome feast on one of the famous “fraschette”. Beautiful churches and great monasteries, historic buildings, archaeological remains...
Goethe in Rome

Goethe in Rome

When Johann Wolfgang Goethe arrived in Rome in 1786, he was already a world-famous writer, thanks to his “Werther,” but not yet that undisputed genius of the “Elective Affinities” or of the invention of the concept of world literature....
Lake Vico

Lake Vico

It is the “crown jewel” of the volcanoes of Lazio, small, clean and surrounded only by woods. It is Lake Vico, undoubtedly one of the most beautiful bodies of water in the region and in all central Italy. In order to protect its naturalistic value, it has long been...
Collegiove

Collegiove

Situated at about 1,000 metres above sea level, Collegiove, according to some experts, was built where in ancient times there stood a Roman temple dedicated to the pagan divinity Giove [Jove] Rotondo, whence the town probably takes its name. Indeed, remains of...
Castel Sant’Angelo

Castel Sant’Angelo

The fortified little hill town of Castel Sant’Angelo lies on the slopes of the Reatini Mountains, in a dominant position overlooking the Upper Valley of the River Velino, at the point where the Via Salaria [Salt Road] crosses the plain of San Vittorino, which is rich...