Every year for the Christmas period, the Cloister of San Francesco in Alatri hosts an exhibition of artistic cribs scenes created by citizens and nativity scene art lovers, and it is possible to visit it during the holiday period.
In the historical center of Alatri, the ancient cloister of the church of San Francesco from about the 13th century keeps a unique surprise of Christ in a Labyrinth. Over the centuries the cloister has also housed a prison and a law court, and only during the restoration of 1996 Read more…
Saltarello is life. It is a dance of life, of liberation, of challenge. Saltarello contains a world of messages, proposals, waste, gambling, outburst, union and jealousy. Saltarello is an ancient dance. They danced almost always outdoors, on the farmyards, after intense working days in the harvest, in the wheat harvest Read more…
In its wide variety of styles jazz is an intense musical genre, immediately felt and of great artistic depth that brings everyone together, very much like young people who find ideas compared to other types of music interesting. In Ciociaria the Jazz music festivals are real occasions because they combine Read more…
Alatri is one of the most amazing towns to visit due to its incredible acropolis with Cyclopean walls. And it is even more so in August, when the summer evenings come alive with AlatriJazz. The Alatri International Festival and Jazz Masterclass, better known as AlatriJazz, is a music festival dedicated Read more…
There is a special link between the patron Saint Sisto and the city of Alatri with two different celebration days, on 11 January and on Wednesday after Easter. San Sisto I was the 7th bishop of Rome and therefore the 7th Pope and reigned for about 10 years from 117 Read more…
Back in miniature Alatri, now a permanent exhibition thanks to the Musicapolis Cultural Association. The delightful initiative attracts children and adults from all over the province and the surrounding area, one of our dear collaborators had the pleasure of visiting it, he writes: “As soon as I entered, I breathed Read more…
From the top of the breathtaking panorama that Fumone (Guide of Fumone) has been offering for centuries, the remains of the Camp of Fraschette in Alatri can still be seen. On the slopes of the beautiful Ciociarian village, in the territory of the neighbouring Alatri, remains a trace of a Read more…
For me carnival has always been a long-awaited day, and the wait grew exponentially with the approaching date of the festivities. The reason why a person, especially as a kid, loves this day of celebration is soon said: it is a day of pure joy and fun where almost all Read more…
Coincidences started on my arrival at Canadian border while I was on tour to show our ‘Travellers’ Guide to Italy’ at the Ciociaro Club in Windsor. I arrived in Detroit, caught a cab to downtown Detroit and I had to catch a bus going South. Yes, Canada is South of Read more…
