In mid-December the markets open up in Monte San Biagio with the arrival of the bagpipers. A moment that recalls the local traditions of the shepherds who descended into the villages on the occasion of the feasts. This is an opportunity to visit the market and choose local gastronomy and Read more…
The wine of the Lazio coast is Moscato and in the Vallemarina district of Monte San Biagio it is celebrated with a festival in the main square. There are gastronomic stands with local excellent products accompanied by live music: this is the formula to celebrate a festival that closes the Read more…
In winter, between Christmas and late January, the best organs in the local churches celebrate the Pontino Organ Festival, founded in 2013 to make the organ and its repertoire known to the general public. It is a musical genre with distant traditions and an immense organ heritage in lower Lazio. Read more…
Grandma’s sausage! Indeed, this recipe for Sausage and Broccoletti is one of the workhorses of all the grandmothers of lower Lazio, from Latina to Frosinone to Cassino. Historically it seems to have been born between Monte San Biagio and Priverno where two typical products are produced and recognized as true gastronomic Read more…
The “Moscato di Terracina” is a grape native of the Latina area from which one produces the eponymous white wine DOC. The proximity to the sea and the soil type makes it fragrant and particularly sought after.
It is the only goat cheese from local farms in Monte San Biagio. It is deposited in the characteristics shaped “baskets” traditionally made of woven wicker, although today many have replaced them with metal shapes. The Marzolina cheese can be eaten fresh or aged, the fresh has a sweet taste Read more…
The coriander sausage of Monte San Biagio is produced with a paste of the flesh of the whole pig to which are added natural ingredients such as salt, hot pepper, sweet red pepper, muscat wine of Terracina DOC, and coriander seeds passed through the oven to be crisper and easier Read more…
The Strawberry Favette of Terracina, already praised by Ovid, Pliny and Virgil, found its ideal habitat immediately after the reclamation of the Pontine Marshes. Since the ’50s, farmers have started to grow these species called Favette by the French.
The Dried peppers of Monte San Biagio are made using red and ripe peppers that are first passed through the oven, to remove stem and seeds, and then dried in the sun on wire mesh. They are preserved in glass jars and are traditionally consumed together with cod or as Read more…
On the third Sunday of August the town of Monte San Biagio celebrates the best fruit of summer: the fig tree which grows abundantly in this area.
