The territory of Roccantica has been inhabited and cultivated for millennia. Archaeological remains demonstrate that the area was used by the Romans to supply the Capital. It is cited in 792 as Fundus, with the adjective Antiquum, because of a donation of a portion of the San Valentino Church to the Abbey of Farfa.
If you walk through the historic centre, you can observe the Tower, a defence structure and lookout, with a square section and a triple circle of walls. The Church of Santa Maria Assunta in Cielo was built in 1740, while the Castle Monastery of the Poor Clarisse was born from the remains of an Ursini castle.
A place of natural beauty is the Hermitage of San Leonardo with remains of perimeter walls and an altar with traces of ancient frescoes. Around the structure you can see the remains of a water mill, with the pipes and the stone mill wheel.
Every year, from August 12 to 15, the re-enactment of the most significant historical event for the village takes place. In 1059 Pope Niccolò II, pursued by the Crescenzi troops, took refuge in Roccantica. He was defended by the inhabitants and only twelve survived. It was then, that the Pope gave them a fiefdom with a papal bull in April 18, 1060.
The Gothic church of San Valentino with five chapels, the one of San Giuseppe and the one of Santa Caterina are very interesting.
The Roccolana Philharmonic Union, made up of 38 members, was founded in 1882. In addition to music lessons for young people, it organizes classical and contemporary music concerts in the area.
The frittello is one of the typical products together with the maccheroni a matassa with wild boar sauce and the PAT padellaccia, a traditional peasant dish with the less valuable parts of the pig. Among the desserts, we remember the aniseed ciambelle.