In April Arsoli celebrates spring with a party that is all roses! A day to savor and relax immersed in the nature of the Roman countryside in one of the most beautiful villages of the province. The streets of the town are filled with stands and activities to celebrate the Read more…
Still a few sunny daysat the start of autumn and we could not miss taking advantage of them to go and take some pictures in Sabina. Today we have chosen the area of Lake Turano, near to Abruzzo border. It is filled with tourists in summer but in this season Read more…
For over half a century, Arsoli has dedicated two days to “Fagiolina Arsolana”, a typical excellence of these territories and Slow Food Presidium. The cultivation of the bean will be debated with experts who will explain what to do and cooks who will tell how to enhance it and present Read more…
Fagiolina of Arsoli is one of the first varieties of beans grown in Italy in 1552 when Charles V took them as a gift to the Pope from the Americas. In a document from the period we find how the pope should show concern for the numerous thefts of fagiolina Read more…
The ‘Palio of Amico’ was created in 1997 to celebrate the Millennium of Arsoli recalling the medieval splendour with a contest between the four “sections” of the town. It is set in the sixteenth century and is inspired by the most famous Arsolano character of that century: Amico Passamonti Lord Read more…
The museum is dedicated to music and popular song that marked the Arsoli tempo and is located in the former Massimo warehouse. The exhibition is divided into four sections: the band tradition, the pastoral tradition, the artisan tradition, plus music of the ancient brotherhoods and from popular religiosity. In the Read more…
This property was originally owned by Massimo princes who used it as a warehouse for grain. In the fifties, the Communist Party installed one of the first TVs in his area and people could bring a chair from home and, paying a small fee, watch TV shows like ” Lascia Read more…
The castle was founded as a fortified monastery of the Subiaco Benedictine monks around the year one thousand and immediately becomes the nascent village landmark. Around 1280 with ownership passing to the Passamonti family it was expanded. The present form dates back to the turn of the sixteenth and seventeenth Read more…
Arsoli is situated on the Simbruini Mountains just a short distance from Abruzzo and has been inhabited since the Romans. After the oblivion by the Barbarian invasions, a new village was built around a fortified monastery. For three centuries, until 1536, Arsoli was fief of Passamonti family that, at the Read more…
