Subiaco
Member of I Borghi più belli d'Italia
As a young hermit, Saint Benedict spent three years in a cave above the Aniene, and the Sacro Speco monastery now clings to the cliff around it, layered with frescoes. Further down, Santa Scolastica is the only survivor of the monasteries he founded here, and in the 1460s German printers produced the first books printed in Italy inside the abbey. The town's name recalls the lakes of Nero's villa.
Highlights
- The Sacro Speco, with a portrait of St Francis painted in his lifetime
- Santa Scolastica and its three cloisters, from Cosmatesque to late Renaissance (IT)
- The Rocca Abbaziale, with 16th-century frescoes in the Colonna apartment
- Ponte di San Francesco, a medieval humpback bridge with a tower over the Aniene
- Beech forests of the Monti Simbruini park and skiing at Monte Livata
Text adapted from Wikipedia (Subiaco, Subiaco, Lazio), Wikivoyage (Subiaco (IT), Subiaco (EN)). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Population: 8,466
Things to see
Events through the year
- Feasts of Saint Benedict and Saint Chelidonia
Dates follow the traditional patterns in our sources: check locally before you travel.
Adapted from Wikipedia (Subiaco). 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
2 places to stay within 3 km
- B&Bs and guest houses 2
Data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Thermal baths nearby
Data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Nearby member villages
- Capranica Prenestina · 14 km
- Castel San Pietro Romano · 20 km
- Tagliacozzo · 20 km
- Collalto Sabino · 23 km
- Percile · 24 km