Amatrice

Member of I Borghi più belli d'Italia

This mountain town gave its name to amatriciana, the pasta sauce now cooked all over Italy. Amatrice stands at 955 metres in a high basin of the upper Tronto valley, beneath the Monti della Laga, and the earthquake of 24 August 2016 destroyed most of its historic centre. Around it, inside a national park, beech woods and high meadows climb towards waterfalls and Lazio's highest peak.

Highlights

Bucatini or spaghetti all'amatriciana, the dish named after the town
Monte Gorzano, 2,458 m, the highest summit in Lazio
Waterfalls in the Laga valleys, fullest at the spring snowmelt
Gran Sasso and Monti della Laga National Park: beech woods and high meadows
Lago di Scandarello, a reservoir in the south-west of the basin

Text adapted from Wikipedia (Amatrice (IT), Amatrice (EN)). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Population: 2,251

Things to see

Sant'Agostino Church
Madonna delle Grazie (IT)
Palazzo Betturri (IT)
Santuario dell'Icona Passatora (IT)
Monte Cardito (IT)
Monte Pelone (IT)
Museo delle arti e tradizioni popolari (IT)

Events through the year

Feast of the Madonna di Filetta Religious · Sunday after AscensionThe Marian image is carried in procession to the Filetta sanctuary

Dates follow the traditional patterns in our sources: check locally before you travel.

Adapted from Wikipedia (Amatrice). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Local food & wine

stu_spivackBucatini (amatriciana rossa)CC BY-SA 2.0
Amatriciana TradizionaleDishGuanciale, tomato and pecorino sauce for pasta; EU guaranteed traditional speciality
frandipa88Gnocchi ricci crudiPublic domain
Gnocchi ricciBread and pastaHand-made curled gnocchi of flour, eggs and water
Guanciale amatricianoCured meatCured pork cheek, long a shepherds' staple on the Laga mountains
RluciaPecorino di Filiano CC BY 3.0
PecorinoCheeseSheep's cheese, part of the pastoral cooking of the Laga mountains