This area of the Sabine was a land where cereals were cultivated and beans are part of the local culinary tradition. The beans with pork rind festival is an event created to pay homage to one of the best dishes of the Sabine.
The monastery was formed in 891 on the ruins of a former Roman villa. Burnt by the Saracens it was reconstructed in the second half of the tenth century and entered into competition with the Abbey of Farfa for control of the territory. San Salvatore sided with the emperors in Read more…
Overlooking the Valle del Salto, Concerviano, originally called “Collis cervinus”, is a small town in the province of Rieti, located in an area of great natural value. Its origin dates from the eighth century AD and it is connected to the important monastery of San Salvatore Maggiore at that time Read more…
