Castel San Pietro Romano
Member of I Borghi più belli d'Italia
In 1953 Gina Lollobrigida filmed Pane, amore e fantasia here, with the village playing the fictional Sagliena. It stands at 765 metres on the last spurs of the Monti Prenestini, above Palestrina, with lookouts over the Valle del Sacco towards the edge of Rome. At the top rises the Rocca dei Colonna, where the imprisoned Jacopone da Todi wrote the Stabat Mater.
Highlights
- Rocca dei Colonna, the fortress where Conradin was held in 1268
- Pre-Roman polygonal walls, dated to the 7th century BC
- San Pietro Apostolo, enlarged by Nicola Michetti in 1732, with its outer portico
- Teatro Belvedere di Ponente, an open-air amphitheatre facing the valley
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Population: 846
Things to see
Events through the year
- Feast of Saint Roch
Dates follow the traditional patterns in our sources: check locally before you travel.
Adapted from Wikipedia (Castel San Pietro Romano). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Specialities of Lazio
Typical of the region rather than of this village.
Pecorino romano cheesePublic domainPecorino romanoCheese- RicottaCheese
- Penne all'arrabbiataBread and pasta
- Pasta with broccoliBread and pasta
- Pasta with broad beansBread and pasta
Adapted from Wikipedia (Cucina laziale). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Where to sleep
3 places to stay within 3 km
- B&Bs and guest houses 2
- Hotels 1
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Thermal baths nearby
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