The patron saint of this small village of Sabina is celebrated on April 5th with great celebrations. The day begins with the traditional mass in honor of the Saint, followed by a solemn procession through the streets of the town. During the entire duration of the event it is possible Read more…
The first weekend of December Montebuono comes alive with the Christmas markets and lights, an opportunity to visit the Sabina and discover the products of the local tradition.
The week of celebration for Ferragosto in Montebuono ends with the traditional Gnocchi festival. A typical dish of many areas of the Sabina that here takes on a special scent thanks to mountain potatoes, rich in vitamins and nutritive elements. A traditional flavor and an opportunity to visit this village Read more…
Every year in June to venerate the memory of the Great Saint people go on foot on the mountain dedicated to him. On the summit he attended Mass in the small sanctuary. The road in that month is scented by gorse bushes that line the trail. The peak offers an Read more…
The village of Fianello dates back to medieval times and was created around the castle of the Orsini on a hill of medium height. The village is enclosed by two gates and around the small square are the Orsini Castle, the church of St. John the Baptist and the Lombard Read more…
The second church dedicated to Santa Maria Assunta is located in the historic center and was built in 1650 on a pre-existing late-Romanesque building. It has a single nave with four side altars and contains several important paintings and a statue of the Virgin, which dates back to about 1600, Read more…
The Church of Santa Maria Assunta was built in the Middle Ages on a Roman villa, then it was rebuilt in the XIII century and subsequently decorated in the early fourteenth. Of particular value are the apse frescoes with figures of saints and the coronation of the Virgin, as well Read more…
The small shrine dedicated to Saint Benedict is on top of the mountain that bears his name and was erected to protect the town of Montebuono. San Benedetto is the Patriarch of the West and founder of the Benedictine monks.
St. Peter’s Church is called “ad Muricentum” or “ad Centum murum”, due to the presence of numerous Roman remains that characterize it. The church was built in the thirteenth century on the ruins of the villa of Marcus Agrippa. The pavement reconstruction works, in fact, brought to light a number Read more…
The arrangement of the houses in the historic centre of Montebuono reveals the typically Roman origins of a fortification or a Roman military camp. The design concept is that of a Roman military camp, rectangular in shape with square cross-roads. The medieval towers around the village have been transformed into Read more…
