Castiglione in Teverina is increasingly known as the capital of wine of Lazio and shows it with a series of events linked to the wine cycle such as the Grape Harvest Festival in September that is held before starting work of harvesting in the fields. These were the days when Read more…
A small village with a big heart, this is Sermugnano, a fraction of Castiglione in Teverina that is located on a tufa appendix at the intersection of two streams flowing at its base: the Fosso Cieco or Vionica and the Rio Chiaro or Fossatello. Its position denotes its Etruscan origin, Read more…
On June 18th in Castiglione in Teverina for the first meeting on the Tourism Triennial Plan of the Lazio Region. An interesting speech by Giuliano Tallone from the Tourism Agency gave us data on the influx of tourists in our region and on some of their behavior. A day with Read more…
The origin of Orvieto grape growing is lost in history, and the landscape is characterized by rows of vines. The past is told by paintings of the Etruscan tombs of the fourth century BC. The frescoes in the Golini tomb reproduce the preparatory stages of the Etruscan banquet with the Read more…
The area is characterized by vineyards and the Tiber Valleys Wine Route has been formed to promote these places and this wine that is appreciated all over the world.
The crucifix is an artistic cultural fifteenth century wooden cross that for over three centuries has been celebrated on May 3 with a procession of the Brotherhood of Mercy.
St. Martin of Tours was born in 316 AD and is very popular in Italy and France. As a young man he was educated at Pavia and started a military career. One day in November, when not yet twenty, during a patrol in Amiens, he met a poor man who Read more…
The first weekend of August, Valle del Tevere (Tiber Hills) Wine is celebrated in Castiglione in Teverina with an exhibition accompanied by folklore demostrations and tasting of local specialties.
At the beginning of July wheat harvesting is celebrated and the countryside and the historic centre come alive with the noise of the tractors and the “Trebbia” (threshing) activities and the siren that marks the hundred quintals (quintal is 100 kg). In the evening the bush comes to life with Read more…
The MUVIS, Wine and Agricultural Science Museum, is located in a cellar along the Strada del Vino della Teverina. Here, in 1942, Count Romolo Vasey started wine production, which continued until 1994. Since then, viticulture has developed leading to the opening of other wineries and progressively improving the quality levels Read more…
