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HISTORICAL AND NATURAL ATTRACTIONS
This interesting itinerary unfolds between via Flaminia and via Tiberina, where visitors can admire several urban conglomerations dating back to the archaic age, such as near Fiano Romano, in the archaeological area of Lucus Feroniae, at kilometre mark 18.500 of Via Tiberina.
This was an ancient religious and commercial site, built around a sacred wood dedicated to the goddess Feronia; its remains are in the National Museum of Lucus Feroniae, inside the site.
In Capena, the palazzo dei Monaci is surrounded by the ancient medieval town; the building kept its monastic function until the 19th century. The church of San Leone is enchanting, and dates back to before the 13th century; it is located in the old cemetery at the edge of the town. Fiano Romano’s fine fortified castle, which belonged to the Orsini family - who gave it its current 15th century appearance - was originally built by the monks of Saint Paul too.
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LOCAL PRODUCTS
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Extra virgin olive oil
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Snails
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Caciocavallo (strong flavoured cheese)
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Provolone (seasoned cow milk cheese)
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Caciotta dolce (unsalted caciotta cheese)
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Caciotta piccante (spicy caciotta cheese)
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Pecorino romano DOP (Roman sheep cheese, DOP)
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Marzolino (short-seasoned sheep caciotta, produced in March)
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Canestrato (cow milk cheese) Return to the itinerary menu
PRODUCERS
ROMA
CAPENA
FIANO ROMANO
RIGNANO FLAMINIO
NAZZANO ROMANO
TORRITA TIBERINA
PONZANO ROMANO
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WHERE TO EAT
ROMA
SACROFANO
CASTELNUOVO DI PORTO
FIANO ROMANO
TORRITA TIBERINA
PONZANO ROMANO
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WHERE TO STAY
ROMA
FORMELLO
RIANO
SACROFANO
CASTELNUOVO DI PORTO
TORRITA TIBERINA
PONZANO ROMANO
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MARKETS AND FAIRS
CASTELNUOVO DI PORTO
Polenta festival
MORLUPO
CAPENA
FIANO ROMANO
RIGNANO FLAMINIO
OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES
A SACRED MOUNTAIN: MOUNT SORATTE
Mount Soratte offers visitors many ways to discover nature. Thanks to its height and its beautiful and harsh nature, activities range from pleasant trips along paths with differing degrees of difficulty, winding along panoramic views, hermitages and mountain churches, to the exploration of caves and tunnels inside the mount, to free-climbing on three different rocky mountainsides (14 open ways). Fight lovers will find a launch base for hand-gliding on the top of the mount. Mountain-bike lovers too have a variety of paths, with different degrees of difficulty, to choose from.
Riserva Naturale Regionale (natural regional reserve) del Monte Soratte
06 67663301; www.parks.it; montesoratte@tiscali.it
Associazione Avventura Soratte
0761 579895
info@avventurasoratte.com; www.avventurasoratte.com
Club di volo libero “Frà Camillo”
the hermit monk who planned the “Rotoplano”; 339 8893593
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A TRADITIONAL RECIPE
SAN GIOVANNI SNAILS
Category: main course
Difficulty: easy
Ready in: 2 hours
Season: summer
Ingredients (four servings)
1kg of well cleaned snails, 1 onion, three cloves of garlic, extra virgin olive oil, 1kg of cubed tomatoes (or substitute canned tomatoes), 4 salted anchovies, Roman mint (a lot), marjoram, 1 glass of dry white wine, salt and peperoncino (small Italian chilli).
Preparation
Wash the snails, place them in a pot and cover with cold salty water. Bring the water to a boil, and cook for 15 minutes. Rinse them under running water and throw away any snails which haven’t come out of their shells. Fry the onion and minced garlic until browned, add the cubed tomatoes, peperoncino, the washed and minced anchovies, the mint and the marjoram and cook for 10 minutes. Add the snails and cook for about an hour, adding white wine as needed. Serve as a soup with toasted slices of casareccio (rustic country loaf) bread.
(Source: Il Lazio a tavola - Oretta Zanini De Vita)
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TURRETED TOWNS AND ABBEYS IN THE AGRO CAPENATE
Via Tiberina crosses the green plain west of the Tiber, inhabited since the 8th century B.C. by the Capenates, a Latin people. Important traces still remain of the archaic urban conglomerates, close to Fiano Romano, in the archaeological area of Lucus Feroniae, at kilometre mark 18.500 of via Tiberina.
This was an ancient religious and commercial site, built around a sacred wood dedicated to the goddess Feronia; its remains are in the National Museum Lucus Feroniae, inside the site.
The area was a rich agricultural plain in Roman times but was abandoned at the end of the 4th century; its revival coincided with the millennium, when new towns and farmhouses were built, often around monasteries, where the previous urban centres had stood.
The revival of agriculture in the Capenate area was due to the monks’ efforts, especially those of the Roman abbey of San Paolo fuori le Mura, who had feudal possession of this area. This happened in Capena, where the medieval town surrounds the Palazzo dei Monaci, which kept its monastic function until the 19th century. The church of San Leone is enchanting, and dates back to before the 13th century; it is located in the old cemetery at the edge of the town.
Fiano Romano’s fine fortified castle, which belonged to the Orsini family who gave it its current 15th century appearance, had been built originally by the monks of Saint Paul too.
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