September 27 is a day of great celebration in Bassano in Teverina dedicated to the patrons Saints Fidenzio and Terenzio, two faithful men of Syrian origin who went to Rome during the period of Diocletian’s persecutions to demonstrate their faith. Legend has it that they were subjected to various experiences Read more…
The cultivation of grapes in northern Lazio began with the Etruscans and is first documented in a fourth-century BC tomb in the necropolis of Molesino. You can see a Faliscan ‘stamnos’ with red figures representing Dionysus and Oinopion, i.e. a rounded vase with two handles, with which they brought the Read more…
In Bassano in Teverina, between December 24 and January 6 in the old town there are carefully reconstructed Roman circles with old workshops of shoemakers, blacksmiths and carpenters. The people dress up in costumes and play the nativity scene.
In Bassano in Teverina, the Church Madonna della Quercia is a namesake of the famous Viterbo shrine and was built between 1674 and 1678 to house a tile with the image of the Madonna and Child, made in the sixteenth century. Inside there is a seventeenth-century fresco of the Crucifixion Read more…
In Bassano in Teverina, the Immaculate Conception Church was built in the second half of the nineteenth century and is the first in the world to be dedicated to the Immaculate Conception, its consecration dates back to 1879. On the front there are two bronze statues of Saints Fidenzio and Read more…
In Bassano in Teverina the Church of Santa Maria dei Lumi was built in the first half of the twelfth century near the fortified village. Inside the building is adorned with capitals inspired by the Lombard Romanesque and early medieval repertoire. The church is decorated with frescoes dating from the Read more…
In Bassano in Teverino the Church of Saints Fidenzio and Terence dates from the late sixteenth century and is dedicated to the patron of the town. Inside there is a fresco of the sixteenth century that has been removed and transferred to canvas and which comes from the destroyed church Read more…
La Vecchia Fontana is located in the medieval village and has a simple and elegant line. It was built in 1576 by Cardinal Cristoforo Madruzzo then owner of the town of Bassano.
The tower is located near an entrance gate to the charming medieval village. The Tower has a clock with the dial in eighteenth-century hand-painted majolica and inside, up till now a unique case, is found the ancient bell tower of the Church of the Enlightenment with mullioned windows that have Read more…
The center of Bassano in Teverina is located on a spur of tufa slightly set back from the valley of the Tiber along the road linking Soriano with the river. The area was inhabited by the Etruscans, who were subdued by the Romans in 309 BC and again in 283 Read more…
