A week in Montelibretti to taste the new oil and taste it in all its forms, especially on fresh home-made bread with a little salt and garlic. In this part of Sabina, oil is one of the tastiest gastronomic discoveries and deserves to be celebrated with a party. Live music Read more…
The monument is located in the new part of the city, the area that dates from 1800. It consists of a bronze statue placed on a pedestal and pieces of street decoration. The sculpture was placed in 1956 and is located inside an ideal marble enclosure with steps decorated with Read more…
The entrance to the Barberini Castle in ancient village is through a majestic portal that over time has ended its the defensive functions and has become an element of the city’s decoration. The entrance arch has a simple marble frame and above the door is the family crest. Still higher Read more…
Montelibretti is called the ‘equitation’ town because it hosts the Military Riding Centre where regularly national and international competitions of Eventing, Dressage, Cross-Country and Show Jumping are held The centre is the site of the Royal Military Riding School (1823) and in its 190 years of life it has bred Read more…
The necropolis of Montelibretti dates back to the Sabine period, an older population than that of the Romans, and comes from the seventh century BC. It is located in the site of the ancient city of Eretum (now within the CNR) and the graves were discovered in 1970. The ‘Tomb Read more…
In the territory of Montelibretti there are several national research centers. At the CNR of Rome Montelibretti is the Museum of Instrumentation and rystallographic Information It was conceived and realised by Fausto D’Aprile. The museum collects and enhances some of the instruments that have contributed to the progress of science Read more…
The initial core of the Madonna del Carmine, dates back to the second half of 1700 and the church was gradually enlarged to match the increase in population. Over time it has lost the nave structure and the interior now looks modern and has recently been painted by Giovanni Rainaldi. Read more…
The St. Nicholas Church was built in 1535 and rebuilt in 1773. Inside you can see two seventeenth-century paintings: enthroned Madonna and Child with Saints Dominic and Catherine. The main entrance features two side niches with statues of St. Nicholas and St. Christopher and a bezel with a painting of Read more…
The seventeenth-century castle has a square plan with cylindrical towers at the corners. It was built on a previous structure, a castle dating back to the IX-X century. This is the period when the inhabitants were driven to build strongholds on high ground to protect themselves from invasion by the Read more…
Montelibretti is located northeast of Rome, in the Sabine area, near the Tiber Valley and the Via Salaria. The name seems to derive from Gaio Bruzio Presente, owner of a Roman villa and father-in-law of the emperor Commodo, the ‘Bruzi farm’ then ‘Castellum Britti’. Here the Via Salaria, around 1000, Read more…
