In October there is the Feast of Baciona Sausage, a particular local sausage whose recipe is still a secret in the expert hands of Lardaroli (pork butchers and processors) who know how to calibrate the tasty mix of pork, flavours and spices to make the taste of this unique and Read more…
The Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Morley is also known by the name of “Convent of Santa Maria Second” for a wooden panel depicting the Madonna with child, believed to be the ‘second’ Madonna painted by St. Luke. The first monastery was built by the Clareni, or Fraticelli Read more…
Its foundation dates back to the ninth century but it was completely renovated in the sixteenth century by Antimo Orsini. The church has a single nave with side chapels in the style of the epoch. The external staircase dates back to 1922 and the last restoration was to remove the Read more…
The present castle was rebuilt on the ashes of the medieval one destroyed in 1433 by Pope Martin V in the conflicts with soldiers of fortune. Its location reveals the protective role of the first village of Morlupo where people took refuge at the end of the ninth century. In Read more…
The Borghese Palace was built in the early seventeenth century by the Mattei family and acquired by the Borghese only in 1624. A simple and linear construction, and with few external decorations, it is in the city centre and has become part of the urban fabric because of its location Read more…
Just north of Rome, on the Via Flaminia, stands Morlupo perched on a tuff outcrop overlooking the valley below. Its roots lie in the history of the Capenati, a pre-Roman population. The first major history dates from the fourth and fifth centuries while the records of real human presence date Read more…
