September 8 is a day to meet in Rignano Flaminio to raise awareness of the traditional features of the area and to discover the delights of such a benevolent territory. History, agriculture and traditional activities are shown to attract to the locality tourists in search of genuine and authentic products Read more…
In the square behind the Rocca Savelli, you can see a big cannon of 1500s, a piece of Spanish artillery formed by iron bars bound together by beaten rings of the same metal. The story has it that it belonged to Cesare Borgia, but it should be treat as a Read more…
The catacomb, dating back to IV-V century, houses around 500 tombs and consists of three Christian cemetery galleries. The story goes that during the persecution of Diocletian, towards 304, the priest and the elder Abbondio and the deacon Abbondanzio were captured, tortured and sentenced to death by the Romans. On Read more…
The museum displays objects, tools and utensils linked to traditional crafts. They are accompanied by a photo exhibition with archive images, documents, publications and prints related to city life. A room is dedicated to the twinning with the Spanish city of Valencia.
The church began at the time of Otto III (980-1002), probably as compensation for shifting of the bodies of the martyred saints to Rome, and underwent changes until the fourteenth century. The church is made of brick interposed with early medieval marble while the apse is tuff. The bell tower Read more…
The church dates back to the Middle Ages, was built at the behest of the Savelli family, and has a simple façade of tuff blocks in the shape of a hut. The interior has a Latin cross with three naves divided by pillars. The emblem of the Savelli family is Read more…
At one time this building housed the Hospital of Mercy, managed by the brothers of the Pio Sodalizio who assisted the poor and cared for the many became ill during the journey to Rome at the time when Rignano was crossed by many pilgrims who came to Rome to see Read more…
Rignano Flaminio is located along the Via Flaminia at the foot of Mount Soratte, the “holy mountain” of which the Latin poet Horace sang the beauty in ‘Carmina’, and is now a nature reserve. Its name comes from Giano, one of the oldest deities, depicted with two faces because it Read more…
