In April the alleys and squares of Morolo come alive for the festival dedicated to the best local pasta, the handmade frascategli, and other local food and wine delicacies. Frascategli are a pasta made with water, flour and salt and are made with a particular shape, in fact they are Read more…
Today we participated in the Amico Comune radio program of ANCI Lazio that is broadcast by Radio Radio. We told about Morolo, the charming village in the Lepini Mountains, with the mayor Anna Maria Girolami. After explaining Morolo with his story, his murals and his parties, the conductor, the good Read more…
Saltarello is life. It is a dance of life, of liberation, of challenge. Saltarello contains a world of messages, proposals, waste, gambling, outburst, union and jealousy. Saltarello is an ancient dance. They danced almost always outdoors, on the farmyards, after intense working days in the harvest, in the wheat harvest Read more…
For me carnival has always been a long-awaited day, and the wait grew exponentially with the approaching date of the festivities. The reason why a person, especially as a kid, loves this day of celebration is soon said: it is a day of pure joy and fun where almost all Read more…
No such date is the feast of the patron saint of Morolo, San Michele Arcangelo: on ancient municipal seals, bearing the pompous written magnificent communitas Moroli is depicted St. Michael the Archangel. On the day the faithful carry on their shoulders the statue of the saint in procession through the Read more…
It is held on the Sunday closest to January 17, as part of the celebrations in honour of Saint Anthony.
Near a cave dedicated to the memory of the apparition of Saint Michael the Archangel on Mount Gargano in Apulia a church was built that subsequently collapsed several times, as described in a 1094 document. Until recently, pregnant women came up to this cave to implore the saint for plenty Read more…
Many of Morolo buildings are covered with beautiful murals dedicated to the theme of emigration.
In the old town are the ruins of the Colonna Castle that today consists of only two large remnants. The taller one seems to be the area intended for defence while the other seems reserved for habitation. From the double wall of the castle are also identified some towers incorporated Read more…
The church is of medieval origin but was rebuilt in 1642. The interior has a nave with six chapels and there are works of art by Sebastiano Conca, Eugenio Cisterna and the seventeenth-century school. The church is elevated above the level of the square and entrance is through the bronze Read more…
