Trivigliano (FR), about 94 km from Rome, surrounded by chestnut and Turkey oak woods, is situated on a very characteristic and suggestive cone-shaped hill, at an altitude of 850 m, facing the other medieval centre of Torre Caietani. At the foot of the village are grapevines and olive groves.
There are two hypotheses regarding the origin of the town’s name: the first one attributes it to a Roman family that owned an acreage; the second hypothesizes that it came from the Latin tres vigilantes referring to the towers of the town walls.
The village, located around the Rocca or Castello, the fortress or castle, was originally intended to be a fortified enclosure with two gates, one to the North-West and the other to the South.
The architectural structure of the small graceful historical centre, almost completely devoid of vehicle traffic, has practically remained intact, with very narrow alleys, arches, porticoes, beautiful gates, architrave windows, evocative staircases and panoramic squares.
The view from piazza of the parish church looks across an expanse of hills and plains, with the Lake of Canterno in the background.
The Lake, of karstic origin, which owes its formation to the gradual closure of two of the three sinkholes in which rainwater is channelled, is located in an extraordinarily beautiful natural environment with chestnut woods extending to nearby Fumone.
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