One of the most felt and awaited events by the citizens of Monterotondo, the celebrations in honor of Saint Anthony bring together sacred and profane in a weekend of celebrations that attracts hundreds of curious to attend the “Torciata”, a procession that accompanies the passage of the image of Saint Read more…
In mid-December in Monterotondo the spirit of Christmas begins with the markets organized by the artisans’ associations. Both objects of art and artistic craftsmanship and products of the local traditional food and wine are exhibited. The market is animated by musicians and street artists for the joy of children.
A weekend in Monterotondo to get to know the village with all it offers in handicrafts and traditional products. In the market you can meet local producers and taste the excellence of the their foods and wines from this area, while in the artistic section the artists exhibit their sculptures, Read more…
Within the reserve you can walk a long stretch of the ancient Via Nomentana, which connected Nomentum and Eretum. Along the basalt way various funerary buildings are visible dated between the first century BC and the first century AD. It was the custom of the Romans to bury the dead Read more…
The theatre Francesco Ramarini was built in 1920 and was recently restored after a fire in the late ’80s.
Inside Palazzo Orsini the archaeological museum was set up along a route of 11 rooms with a bookshop. It is a selection of some of the 3,000 archaeological findings of the Municipality of Monterotondo collection.
This is a large nature reserve in the municipalities of Monterotondo and Mentana with rich flora of various types of hardwood including elm, alder, larch and many types of oak. The fauna includes many types of birds, squirrels, dormice, foxes and porcupines.
The church was built by enlarging a simple chapel holding an image of the Virgin, that was built outside the town walls. This chapel was the destination of pilgrims who came from all over to ask for the grace of Our Lady. The story says that the inhabitants of the Read more…
It is the oldest church in Monterotondo and dates back to before 1448, when the nearby monastery was built. The Romanesque façade was remodeled over the years. Inside it houses one of the most famous tombs of Latium of the fifteenth century and the statues of St. Clare and St. Read more…
The order of Capuchin friars was approved by Pope Clement VII Medici in 1528 and in Monterotondo is one of the first monasteries built, in 1609. In 1703 it hosted St. Crispin of Viterbo who performed miracles here and you can still see the water well springing from his garden. Read more…
