Narrow alleyways and houses built with tightly packed blocks of tuff project us into distant places, all to be discovered. We are in Rignano Flaminio, at the foot of Mount Soratte, where the green expanses typical of the Mediterranean maquis are the perfect setting for this small medieval village.
In Piazza Vittorio Emanuele, which marks the city centre with its trapezoidal shape, you can see the remains of the Rocca dei Savelli and the Cannone dei Borgia: a large, still well-preserved 16th-century cannon probably abandoned by German mercenary soldiers returning from the sack of Rome in 1527. Walking further on we find the medieval village called the “Vicoli,” also worth a visit because it tells the story of this place.
Among the many delicacies to be enjoyed, you mustn’t pass up tasting the “pizzancotta,” a savoury crepe filled with pecorino cheese, typical of the local popular culinary tradition.