Wine on the road in Pastena is an evening dedicated to the discovery of local wines and traditional products. Food and wine is increasingly an element of attraction of the territory and Pastena wants to be known not only for its wonderful caves. A gustatory journey that is articulated in 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…
On the 12th of January in Pastena the mayor will hold a conference duscussing the new laws and regulations regarding “Small towns” in the Lazio Province. Our team was there to tackle the issue of tourism development and promotion. We had the chance to visit the stunning Pastena Caves, and Read more…
The event “May” is a complex folk ceremony that recalls the ancestral rites of May Day joined the Christian feast of the Cross. On April 10, a sacrificial calf is chosen, and on May 10 a tree is designated to represent “May”. The procession of the two totems with the Read more…
The Pastena Caves are a complex of caves discovered in 1926 by Baron Carlo Franchetti. Immediately they became a tourist destination and are known as the ” Consorzio Grotte Pastena e Collepardo”. In these caves there were found several archaeological finds relating to burials and ritual offerings of the Neolithic Read more…
The museum is located along 13 rooms in the basement of the town hall, in a century old building, and it collects the material evidence of Pastena farm life. Of great importance is the section about the olive tree with an old mill, and all the equipment for processing and Read more…
The discoverplaces team has split far and wide, we had the pleasure of visiting the towns of Anguillara Sabazia and Calcata, Sperlonga and the Caves of Pastena beautiful towns and places with different identities to enhance and make known, soon on the web and on paper!
The name Pastena originates from the Latin medieval term ‘pastinum’ which means “land masses” and the ancient human presence is documented by prehistoric pottery and tools found in a cave. After a thousand AD, Pastena entered the county of Fondi and into the Papal States. At the end of the Read more…
