Civita di Bagnoregio, how can you resist this?
Surrounded by hills, mountains, rivers or streams, Lazio is that town where the table is always set , the fireplace is lit and the locals still say good morning to you. A place unchanged in time to which we find nothing but advantages.
1. NOBODY KNOWS HIM Not only is there no tourism, but any Italian would freak out if you tell them about your intention to go to Lazio: Latium? ma quello che dici . You are a modern. The best thing is that everything you find there will be yours: hills, medieval towns, paths, castles, rivers, cows... You will be completely alone (well, not alone either, some local will join you).
Gaeta
2.HERE THE ROMAN EMPIRE WAS BORN
And that always sounds fascinating. Although it is also land of the Catholic Church. And we say this last with disgust because we are convinced that it had a lot to do with the fact that most of the artistic and cultural movements have been moved north making Tuscany gain popularity. In fact, this has been reflected in the personality of both capitals: Florence, considered the cradle of the Renaissance; and Rome, the foundations of an ancient civilization dominated by the church. Good, huh? Nevertheless, Lazio is one of those essential regions to understand Italy, its origin and, incidentally, the Italians . Although they have not been known to sell very well.
3. ALL THIS, BEFORE (AND NOW) WAS (AND IS) FIELD
Lazio is as if they have taken a handful of stone houses, castles or walls and randomly dropped them on its hills, plains, mountains, etc. Everything is green, irregular, wonderful.
All this... FIELD
Four. HAS MORE THAN 300 VILLAGES
There's a good chance you'll fall in love with more than one ( Civita di Bagnoregio , the village on the cliff of calcata , or the town of Gaeta , with its castle threatening towards the sea)
5. THEY HAVE THEIR OWN WAY TO SANTIAGO
It's about the via Benedicti , in honor of San Benedetto and, although the idea is good, it hardly has any pilgrims. In fact, there are so few that the five or six that appear in towns are news. Your chance to make it big on the local paper.
6. THEY HAVE A DEAD CHILD IN A CLOSET
That said, it sounds a bit strange, but how do you like morbidity? Go ahead, point: Smoke . This town, on the top of a hill, has a castle in which the family that inhabited it in the 19th century (whom you can put a face to with the photos on the walls) he embalmed his murdered 5-year-old son with wax and kept it in a closet . And so you will find him, like a Nenuco surrounded by all dressed as him.
7. IN GENERAL, IN ALL LAZIO THERE ARE MANY EMBALMED PEOPLE
If you do the route of churches, monasteries or abbeys you will see them all.
calcata
8. MARCELLO MASTROIANNI WAS FROM HERE
The popular Italian actor is from Arpine , without a doubt the most beautiful town in the region. Here Mastroianni shot some films, in addition to his uncle Umberto Mastroianni , has a museum in the town where his works of art are found and an exhibition dedicated to his nephew.
9. AND CICERONE
In honor of Cicerone, who has been immortalized in the town square of Arpina, the international Latin translation competition ** Certamen Ciceronianum ** is held here.
10. THE BORGIA ALSO LIVED
The Rock of Borgia, in Subiaco , was one of his residences when Rodrigo was made Pope. The most characteristic of this place it's your clock on the facade that only counts until 6:00 p.m. , a curiosity that is repeated in other towns in the region. If something abounds in Lazio, they are sundials.
Monastery of San Benedetto in Subiaco
eleven. SEE THE MARCO APPENINE
Wherever you are, unless you are in a cave or behind a mountain, it is easy to see the snowy Apennines in the background. Voucher, Marco came out from above , but after all they are the same mountains.
12. THEY HAVE ACROPOLIS
In fact, any of the towns in it could be called that, since many are on tops. However, the one who boasts about it is Alatri , the city where the four pilgrims who pass through there go up to their pre-roman acropolis whose wall is characterized because the stones that compose it are not founded.
13. AND A HOLE IN THE GROUND
Its about Well d´Antullo, one of the natural wonders of Lazio . A cave about 80 meters deep that collapsed and was later used by shepherds to take their goats there and shelter them from the wind. To lower them they used a rope. Very close to there is the Eco museum of Collepardo where the flora and fauna of Lazio are represented. It is said that 50% of Europe's biodiversity is in the Apennines.
14. THERE IS AN ORIGINAL ROMAN CALENDAR
In Veroli, In one of its streets, you can see one of the 20 original Roman calendars that are still preserved throughout the world. A relic you can even touch.
fifteen. AND IT IS ALSO ROMANTIC
Not only for its landscape, which also, but through its narrow cobbled streets of the villages that dot it, like that of Vico in Lazio , a fortress with 25 towers. Others, on the other hand, have a waterfall inside, such as Isola del Liri, with a drop of 27 meters. Although the award for the most romantic goes to Boville Ernica , where there is a kiss alley.
Palazzo del Podesta, Viterbo, Lazio
16. THERE IS WINE AND VINEYARDS
We should have started here anyway, right? We miss the Ferriera Association , in addition to having an exquisite Cabernet The best thing about this place (after the tasting, of course) is that it used to be an iron factory and you can still see its machinery.
17.**YOU EAT VERY WELL (AND A LOT)**
Ok, yes, this is common throughout Italy, but you know what? In Lazio you will have everything for yourself and at popular prices . Why? Well, because, we repeat, here tourism has not yet arrived. Except you, who are already packing your bags. Leave a hole in it, we warned you. And it is that, as soon as you try the amarettos of Guarcino you won't want to eat anything else. How? Don't you know what they are? You need to go to Lazio urgently, before it becomes too mainstream.
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A very romantic place: get lost in the streets of its villages