Camerata Nuova is a border town: for centuries it has separated the Bourbon Kingdom from the Papal State and today separates Abruzzo from Lazio. It is a mountain village in the Simbruini Mountains and in October one of the main local products is celebrated: the sausage. A different Sunday after Read more…
It owes its reputation to the quality of its filling made with local ricotta. This product, accompanied by meat sauce, also has its dedicated festival.
In January, coinciding with the feast of St. Anthony and the blessing of the animals, there is the festival of the pork chop with meat cooked over the fire. This festival recalls the fire of old Camerata said to have started from a chimney of a house.
The ‘arks’ are special wooden chests used to contain food, clothing and work tools. They were the main furniture in the houses of the village and were characterized by being made without the use of nails using seasoned beech wood. This allowed easy disassembly and reassembly. Their recorded use dates Read more…
The remains of Camerata Vecchia are located at an altitude of 1230 meters on a slope of Monte Camposecco, where the Simbuini mountains of Lazio meet those of Abruzzo. You may recognize the typical rough construction that had stolen ‘space’ from the rugged mountains. Every house had at least one Read more…
It is the largest park in the Lazio Region and on the border with Abruzzo. The name Simbruini comes from the Latin ‘sub imbribus’ (under the rain) to emphasize the main characteristic of the area: water. In this park they built four aqueducts that supplied the city Rome. The park Read more…
The Church of Santa Maria of the Assumption was one of the first works financed by Pope Pius IX for the reconstruction of the town by donating 300 gold crowns. It was built in 1860 and has a simple neoclassical style with a nave and two side chapels. Inside you Read more…
Camerata Nuova is a small town in the Simbruini Mountains Park on the border with Abruzzo. The suffix ‘Nuova’ comes from the fact that the town was completely rebuilt in 1859 after a fire. The ruins of Old Camerata are at a higher altitude in the mountains, about 1230 meters, Read more…
