Ponza, a journey to the most fascinating island in Lazio
Known as the moon-shaped island because of its crescent form, Ponza, together with Ventotene, is part of the Pontine or Ponziane Islands archipelago. Inhabited as early as 1500 BC by…
Gaeta Between Myth, History and Legend
Gaeta … a city steeped in history, right down to its name. In his Aeneid, Virgil tells how the hero Aeneas buried his nurse Caieta here, a story later echoed…
Fumone and his ghosts
Cover: G.Miele/guidesmart The province of Frosinone offers a series of marvellous beauties, such as small villages surrounded by nature, which seem to have been crystallised in time and still retain…
The Castle, undisputed symbol of Fondi
The imposing baronial castle of Fondi is unquestionably the symbol of the town. It is a very rare case in Europe of a fortress built in a flat position. It…
Assisi the mirror of the world
Assisi is a very characteristic city located just a few kilometres from Perugia; for years it has been a pilgrimage destination thanks to the man who made it famous: Saint…
Sermoneta, the Templars’ village
Once Sulmo, today, Sermoneta, but above all its historic centre, captures the traveller’s attention, whether travelling along the Via Appia or passing through on the Rome-Naples railway line at Latina…
Itri, the town of traditions, Frà Diavolo and olives
Itri is the commune of traditions, a town where every month there is at least one event worth visiting for: the fires of St Joseph on 19 March, the so-called…
Civita di Bagnoregio, the dying village
Civita di Bagnoregio is a beautiful and fascinating medieval village in the province of Viterbo, not far from the border with Umbria, consisting of the more modern Bagnoregio and Civita…
Ventotene, a small island hiding great treasures
The island of Ventotene with just over 2 kilometres of volcanic land, it has a 2,000-year history, appears like the outline of a whale seen from afar, surrounded by sea…
Orvieto, The City of Rock
St Patrick’s Well’ has become a reference traditionally used to define a reserve boundless, or, according to others, precisely because it is boundless, ‘bottomless’, useless to fill. But the real…