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PostHeaderIcon B&B FESTINA LENTE - The area

 

In Frascati:

-Religious buildings-

  • The Cathedral with the facade built from 1698 to 1700 by architect Gerolamo Fontana, while the interior is of the sixteenth century, designed by Ottaviano Nonni. The interior of the cathedral was destroyed in the bombing on 8 September 1943 and appears bare. On the back of the front there is the tombstone of Charles Edward Stuart.
  • The Church of Jesus designed by Jesuit architect Giovanni De Rosis was built in the late sixteenth century, has niches with statues attributed to Pietro da Cortona. Within the perspective of the false dome, work of architect Andrea Pozzo.
  • The ancient cathedral of Santa Maria in Vivario, with the bell tower (1305) characterized by three rows of mullioned windows.




-Civil buildings-

  • The Bishop's Palace, the old fortress, in the historic center.
  • Civic Museum "Scuderie Aldobrandini".
  • Ethiopian Museum of Cardinal Guglielmo Massaia in the Capuchin Monastery of S. Francesco d'Assisi.




In the surrounding area:

- Natural park of Castelli Romani, 12,000 hectares of chestnut woods.

- Numerous archaeological remains scattered on the ground.

- Roman villas, hermitages and monasteries, castles, historic buildings and Renaissance villas.

- Tuscolan Villas:

  • Villa Aldobrandini
  • Villa Falconieri
  • Villa Grazioli
  • Villa Lancellotti
  • Villa Mondragone
  • Villa Muti
  • Villa Parisi
  • Villa Sora
  • Villa Torlonia
  • Villa Tuscolana


-Lake of Albano.

-Lake of Nemi.

-Tipical enogastronomic products:

  • bread of Lariano,
  • wine, all the area,
  • "porchetta" of Ariccia,
  • wild strawberries of Nemi,
  • Porcini mushrooms -Boletus edulis-, all the area.

 

 

-work in progress-