Among the Roman noble families, the Farnese family is certainly one of the main. The fortune of this family, originally from Viterbo, began by chance when in 1493 Pope Alexander VI Borgia fell in love with Giulia Farnese, daughter of a Caetani and friend and contemporary of his daughter Lucrezia. Read more…
CioccoTuscia are two weekends dedicated to discovering the flavors of Tuscia in the Scuderie of Palazzo Farnese in Caprarola. During the event the producers propose their particularities and you can make tastings and tastings of all the tastiest local products.
In October, two weekends in Caprarola are dedicated to chestnuts with a party that combines tastings, entertainment, excursions and discovery of the territory. The chestnut is the most important autumn fruit in the past able to feed the entire population. You can taste the famous chestnuts, marmalades, candied chestnuts, cream Read more…
When autumn arrives, it comes … and we enjoy it with all its delicacies. The woods this year have been as generous as ever. The prince of the undergrowth has finally arrived, almost overbearing. The boletus, the magnificent porcini, perfumed as it has not been for some time, thanks to Read more…
Tuscia is the place where DOP hazelnuts are grown, which have had a great influence on the local economy. For this reason, the Caprarola hazelnut festival is a real event and began over 60 years ago with a week of festivities. Days of music, food and wine and entertainment. Among Read more…
“Di Voci e Di Suoni” is an original festival of music and popular theater held in the summer in Caprarola, in the province of Viterbo. Every year the festival fills the magical nights in the squares of Caprarola with a program that alternates concerts of popular music by exceptional artists Read more…
Viticulture in the Lake Bolsena area developed since the Etruscan period thanks to the microclimate of the lake. The cultivation of the vine had a major expansion with the Romans and continued uninterrupted so that in 1627 Tassoni in ‘De’pensieri diversi’ mentions it among the tasty wines. The Aleatico of 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 see one Faliscan ‘stamnos’ with red figures representing Dionysus and Oinopion, i.e. a rounded vase with two handles, with which they brought the wine Read more…
Caprarola is famous for its traditional sweet made from hazelnuts, such as ‘tozzetti’, macaroons, gingerbread and a special hazelnut cream is rubbed on bread or is used to decorate cakes.
The church of Our Lady of Consolation of Caprarola is called “Madonna” and is an example of late Renaissance architecture with an early Baroque style. It was built in the sixteenth century by the Farnese. It has a simple façade with a portal in lava stone and a fully carved Read more…
