The Cantaliciano Carnival
In March, the beautiful village of Cantalice celebrates Carnival in style, with parades, floats and much more on a day of celebration for young and old.
Feast at the Fonte of Fra Felice
The Feast at the Fonte of Fra Felice in Cantalice is a day along the Via di San Francesco to the shrine of the miracle of water, the place where San Felice made the water spring from a rock touching it with a stick. At the sanctuary there is a Read more…
ARTeM Festival
For 3 days the village of Cantalice turns into a set for the ARTeM Festival with the representation of an opera and a concert by the Symphonic Orchestra of Abruzzo. The construction of the work is possible thanks to a particular company that does lyrical work travelling Italy by truck. Read more…
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San Felice of Cantalice, the first Capuchin saint
San Felice da Cantalice was born in 1515 and has the particular primacy of being the first saint of the Capuchin Order. But how did it occur and who are the Capuchins? The Capuchin Order was born around 1520 and is one of the so-called ‘minor’ orders that followed in Read more…
Black truffle
Cantalice is known for its numerous truffles from which we extract the precious black truffle, the ‘hooked’ truffle (tuber uncinatum) and the Scorzone (summer truffle).
Strengozze
The Strengozze are strips of a fresh pasta with a square section of white colour and with a floury consistency. The ingredients are wheat flour and water mixed manually. The preparation of fresh pasta without the addition of eggs is lost in the mists of time and was the basis Read more…
Feast of San Felice
On May 18 Cantalice celebrates its patron San Felice and the statue of the saint, dressed in the typical dress of the Capuchins, is carried in procession with solemn liturgies and concerts, performed by the band “City of Cantalice”. These celebrations involve the five fraternities in the country, those of Read more…
Lakes Nature Reserve along Ripasottile
Cantalice dominates the plain of Rieti with a view over the three lakes (Long, Ripasottile and Piediluco) which are what remains of the ancient Lake Velino. During the Pliocene, this lake covered the entire valley of Rieti. In the Roman period, around 272 BC, a drainage channel was dug (known Read more…
Strengozze Festival
In September, the village celebrates the Festival of “Strengozze”, a special type of hand-made pasta prepared by local housewives as they once did. It is possible to taste the pasta with tomato sauce and garlic enhanced by the scent of the “persa”, a herb similar to marjoram that grows in Read more…
Way of St. Francis
The Way of St. Francis is a path of religious and natural interest that crosses the Sacred Valley of Rieti where St. Francis of Assisi passed and where he had founded four sanctuaries. It consists of eight stages and is 80 km long. The main points of interest are: the Read more…
