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Surroundings

  • The Sacro Speco

    An impressive complex of buildings which almost looks as if it is one with the surrounding rock...
     

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  • Rocca Pia

    Built on the place where Callisto II Borgia's Castle was situated...
  • Church of St.Peter

    It was built on the rests of a roman villa...

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Saracinesco

Saracinesco, located about 50 km northeast of Rome, is perched on a rocky outcrop towering 908 m above the Aniene river valley, in the hearth of Ruffi Mounts. It is a very picturesque place, founded by a band of Saracen raiders from North Africa around 890 A.D....

Il paese di Saracinesco

To see

  • Benedictine fortress (XI century)
  • Ruins of the roman aqueduct "Anio Novus"
  • Church of S.Michele Arcangelo (XIII century)
  • The museum of time
  • Saracinesco is a good starting point for some excellent walks in Ruffi Mounts

Informations

The Giovenzano valley is an green valley along the Tiburtina Valeria, inside the Aniene river valley. The 7 municipalities of the Giovenzano valley are: Cerreto Laziale, Ciciliano, Gerano, Pisoniano, Rocca Canterano, Sambuci and Saracinesco. Those are very nice little towns surrounded by woods, green fields and mountains.
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