Religious festivals represent a large part of the traditional Italian heritage. Besides being an expression of faith that has been repeated every year for centuries, they are also events with a strong social meaning and belonging to the community. Rome is the cradle of Christianity and it is therefore natural Read more…
On the last Saturday of October Boville Ernica dedicates a day to discover the oil mills that are on its territory. ‘Bread, Oil and Fantasy‘ a moment of nostalgia for the past but also a moment dedicated to the future with meetings on the craft of grandparents and the nutritional 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…
One summer evening,when you are visiting one of the nearly 100 towns of Ciociaria, it could happen that you will be attracted by what is ancient music that will make you want to dance in the square. Just let yourself be carried away by the rhythm of the music to Read more…
Boville Etnica festival is a popular music and culture festival that has become a highly anticipated event over the years. It takes place in the splendid setting of one of the most beautiful villages in Italy, in Boville Ernica, famous for the mosaic of the Angel of Giotto to which a special Read more…
For the celebrations of Easter, Boville Ernica does things on a large scale and organizes 4 days of events that begin with pain and end with joy. It starts Friday evening with the Passion and the Procession of the Dead Christ that parades through the streets of this beautiful village Read more…
The Civic Museum of Boville Ernica is located in the Church of San Francesco of 1377, adorned with frescoes attributed to Byzantine art, from the thirteenth century, the fourteenth and the seventeenth century. On one wall is a trace of a fourteenth-century cycle of a pupil of Giotto. The church Read more…
The day of Corpus Christi features a floral display along the medieval streets of Boville Ernica and a solemn procession that proceeds slowly past sacred iconography of drawings made with fresh flower petals.
The village di Boville Ernica is enclosed by an imposing medieval wall that includes 18 towers. The defensive walls made Boville impregnable and are so well preserved that even today the closing of the three city gates, would prevent any access to the village. Walking around the city walls you Read more…
Church of Saint Michael Archangel is the main church of Boville Ernica and the chronicles date back to 1125 although the current church was rebuilt in the eighteenth century from a design by Jacopo Subleyras. The facade is brick, with architectural elements of two orders in stone. The interior is Read more…
