Paganico Sabina is part of the “Truffle and Chestnut Road of the Turano Valley” which promotes, educates and raises awareness of the culture of the two main protagonists of the gastronomic forests of this area: the truffle and chestnut.
The “Castagnata” is a festival with distribution of roasted chestnuts and events to raise awareness and appreciation the best fruit of Autumn: the chestnut. It is framed by the beauty of the view over the Valley and on Lake Turano.
During the month of May is celebrated the Festival of Vertuti, a tasty soup of legumes and grains (beans, chickpeas, beans, wheat, corn), flavoured with wild thyme leaves and seasoned with olive oil of Sabina. The preparation of the dish is quite complicated due to the different hardness of the Read more…
The Obito, which in local dialect is called “Jovetu”, is a deep and picturesque canyon which lies between Mount Cervia and Mount Philo. The name comes from a legend about a massacre at the time of the Saracen invasions: “As the armed men went by there, the mountaineers began to Read more…
An exhibition hall is located within the complex of St. Nicholas and consists of two rooms. The first room preserves liturgical furnishings and the second is dedicated to rural life and the tools used in the past.
Paganico Sabino is part of the nature reserve of Mount Navegna and Mount Cervia. The predominant feature of the landscape are the lush forests that cover most of the geographical features, especially the chestnut groves with mature specimens of rare beauty.
The church stands on the site where once you had to find the medieval fortress and here lies the ancient tower with the town’s gate. Its present appearance is due to renovations over the centuries. It has a nave with two side altars with valuable eighteenth century paintings. There is Read more…
At the tomb of the Roman family of Muttini dating back to the first century BC is a boulder that broke off from the cliff face and then was patterned. It has an almost quadrangular plan and truncated pyramid shape. Under the base a cavity had been formed. The inscription Read more…
Paganico Sabino is located at 720 metres above the Lake of Turano. Its name comes from the Latin Paganicum, name by which in the Middle Ages were called the villages, heirs of the Roman settlements. In particular, some scholars argue that Paganico may have been developed on the site of Read more…
