The (Bagpipes) “La Zampogna” Festival in Manarola di Formia lights up the winter along the Lazio coast with one of the most important exhibitions in Italy in the panorama of Italian popular music, culture and world music. The music of the bagpipes traditionally fills the Christmas streets of Rome and Read more…
Campodimele is famous for its local products, like their Grass pea cultivation which has very ancient origins. They come from the Middle East, and have been for many years one of the elements at the base of the diet of this area that has rocky soil which is difficult to Read more…
This area of Lazio near the southern border of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and Campodimele, has seen the phenomenon of ‘banditry’, groups of people who opposed the unification of Italy. To check the area, on the crest of the mountain Mandrone surrounded by a thick forest, the robbers Read more…
Campodimele is part of the Parco dei Monti Aurunci and this part of the park is characterized by barren areas with rocky slopes of limestone covered with bushes that have been recorded to have over 1900 varieties of flowers, including 50 species of wild orchids.
The church of San Michele Arcangelo was built in the eleventh century on a pagan temple and is located in the historic centre of Campodimele, at the highest point of thearea, and can be reached only on foot. Inside you can see a special fifteenth century shrine in marble and Read more…
Saint Onofrio is the patron and protector of Campodimele. The foundation of the monastery dates back to the eleventh century, to the abbot Desiderio of Monte Cassino, who became Pope Vittore III. It was a simple single-nave church with small apartments and service rooms. It is a destination for pilgrims Read more…
The medieval city wall of Campodimele was built in the eleventh century to control the Liri Valley and has twelve defence towers. The recent restoration has replaced the ancient walkway below the walls transforming the locale and trip into a charming walk.
Originally this village was called Apiola, a name derived from bees and that after the conquest of Rome in the sixth century BC it was transformed into Campus Mellis, or “Field of Honey”. After years of neglect, in the seventh century, it became a possession of the monastery of Montecassino Read more…
