Vallecorsa is situated around 110 km from Rome. The surrounding area is full of olive groves, grown on terraces  [“macére”]  constructed with dry stone walls: these terraces that clamber up to the rocky massifs framing them are a veritable monument to human endeavour, and were officially recognized in 2011 as one of the 123 sites inscribed in the National Register of Historical Rural Landscapes, set up by FAI and UNESCO.

From the art perspective three medieval churchesSan Martino, Santa Maria and Sant’Angelo are recommended. In the final one a polyptych by Jacopo Zucchi (1542-1596) may be admired.

The Castle, the Town Walls and the three Gates, Missoria, Sant’Antonio and De Suso also date from the Middle Ages.

The most outstanding and best preserved sight is the Porta Missoria, which was the nerve centre of the town during the conflicts relating to the County of Fondi (12th – 13th c.).

The solidity and Gothic regularity of the architectural structure are still evident today.

It was not simply a gate, but an organic defence system, overseen by the feudal lord himself, who probably resided inside it. Indeed, the Countess Iacobella Caetani found refuge here in the year 1400, amid political and dynastic strife, and died there twelve years later.

It should be mentioned that in 1960, in Vallecorsa, in front of the Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie, the renowned director Vittorio De Sica shot the main scene of the film La Ciociara.

 

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