In mid-December in Castelchiodato (in the municipality of Mentana) every year a very particular tradition is repeated: that of the lighting of the mechanized crib. One of the most beautiful nativity scenes in Italy, twice winner of the best Italian nativity scene. This is an opportunity to visit the Christmas Read more…
November is the month of oil and new wine and Mentana is celebrated with a weekend of tastings on the third weekend of the month. The streets of the center are filled with stands and tastings have the setting of music and live shows. An opportunity to visit this village Read more…
One of Mentana typical products are the ” ciambelle a cancello” (a type of donut), in dialect ‘Ciammelle a Cancellu’, made with flour, anise, extra virgin olive oil DOP and salt.
This is a protected natural area between the municipalities of Mentana, Monterotondo and Sant’Angelo Romano characterized by various examples of karst phenomena such as caves and sinkholes, and the famous Well of Merro. This feature is a funnel-shaped chasm that ends with a deep pool over 392 m. This makes Read more…
The park is spread over 850 hectares to protect agriculture at risk due to human activity It is an important ‘green lung’ east of Rome.
Jacques Zwobada was a sculptor and designer in the Symbolists movement, who in Mentana created a mausoleum in honour of his wife Antonia Fiermonte who died at just 42 years. The mausoleum was opened in 1996 by Zwobada and today collects most of his bronze sculptures such as ‘The Couple’, Read more…
The Museum is run by the city and collects material on the Risorgimento and of Garibaldi. Inside the museum is a Resurgence Library and in the garden there is the Altar-Ossuary National Monument for the 300 volunteers who fell in the 1867 campaign in support of Giuseppe Garibaldi.
An ancient Palazzo Borghese hall houses the Museum of Theatrical Masks and puppet theatre staged by Giancarlo Santelli, one of the most important artists of the Italian followers of the Italian traditions of building masks for film and theatre. Santelli was also the promoter of puppet shows realised by himself Read more…
It was built in the ninth century by the Crescenzi family on the remains of a more ancient military fort belonging to the bishopric. Its facade is simple with two rows of windows with travertine cornices. The building incorporates a round tower that formed part of the original city walls Read more…
Its proximity to Rome made Mentana a place inhabited since the sixth century BC, and here Seneca and Martial, the famous Latin writers, and Agrippina had their villas. After a period of neglect, Mentana was home to an important moment in human history: the meeting between the king of the Read more…
