Living in Rome allows me always to find something to do and someplace to visit (not ever far from the city). In July, one Sunday morning, I decided to take a tour of the Cistercian abbey of Casamari and Isola del Liri (a small village famous for the waterfall that “cuts in half” the town).
Vulci: the abbey castle and archaeological museum
With the arrival of the beautiful spring days, I started making some day trips, to explore places easily reachable from Rome. I discovered the castle of Vulci, also called the abbey castle, by looking for a destination for one of these trips.
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Abbeys in Lazio: Valvisciolo and Fossanova
It was already a few years since I started thinking about a tour of the abbeys of Lazio because I wanted to know better the region where I grew up (and I’m currently living). I decided to start from the bottom part of the area, spending a day visiting the abbey of Valvisciolo and the…Continue Reading
Caprarola: visit to Palazzo Farnese and Vico Lake
In mid-March, I spent a Saturday morning between Caprarola and Vico Lake, in the province of Viterbo. I decided to take this quick trip out of town to visit Palazzo Farnese: built for the Farnese family, in a point overlooking the small city of Caprarola, this palace is famous for its pentagonal structure.
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“Lavinium” Civic Museum – Pomezia
Monday, October 28, I was in Pomezia for a press conference and, at the end of the conference, the organizers took us to visit the small “Lavinium” civic museum in Pratica di Mare. It is a small and well organized museum, which I found quite interesting! (however, I will talk about my personal judgments at the…Continue Reading