Discovering Ciociaria: The Italian Origins

• Private transportation
• Entrance fees
• Dinner
• Air-conditioned vehicle
• Hotel

From Rome (or Naples) to Cassino and surroundings

The Montecassino abbey is a Benedictine monastery located on the top of Montecassino, in Lazio. It is the oldest monastery in Italy together with the monastery of Santa Scolastica. Founded in 529 by San Benedetto da Norcia on the site of an ancient tower and a temple dedicated to Apollo, it has undergone over the course of its history an alternate story of destruction, looting, earthquakes and subsequent reconstructions. The majestic abbey church, completely destroyed during the Second World War, was later completely rebuilt and consecrated by Pope Paul VI in 1964. It has 3 Cloisters Entrance cloister or Southern: area where the temple consecrated to Apollo stood. Cloister of Bramante also known as Sant'Anna: in the middle position of Renaissance style built in 1595. Cloister of the Benefactors or Northern: built in 1513 probably from a design by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger characterized by two theories of statues depicting popes and sovereigns.

To Arpino and Sora

Discover Arpino, Cicerone's hometown. It is one of the oldest and most important cultural and artistic centers in the province. The Roman lawyer, politician and philosopher Marco Tullio Cicero was born here in 106 BC; he is a true glory of Arpino, and his city was often mentioned in his works with pride and even with nostalgia; in modern times its name has been given to the main street of the city, to the historic Tulliano National Boarding School, to the Liceo Ginnasio Tulliano, to the medieval tower of the Acropolis of Arpino and to various other institutions, clubs, schools, even people; in the same Acropolis it is said that there was a house of his, presumably in the current via Cicera, adjacent to the so-called Muro Cicero, probably belonging to the noble and extinct Arpinian family of the De Bellis until the eighteenth century.

From Arpino to Rome (or Naples)

Optional if you come back to Rome. The Charterhouse of Trisulti is a monastery located in the municipality of Collepardo, in the province of Frosinone, located among oak woods, in the so-called Selva d'Ecio, at the foot of Mount Rotonaria (Monti Ernici). It was recognized as a national monument with a ministerial decree of 17 July 1879. A first Benedictine abbey was founded in 996 by San Domenico di Sora: some ruins remain a short distance from the present complex. The current abbey was built in 1204 near the previous one, at the behest of Pope Innocent III of the Counts of Segni and was assigned to the Carthusians. The name Trisulti derives from the Latin tres saltibus which is the name by which it was called a 12th century castle managed by the Colonna and which dominated the three passes that led respectively towards Abruzzo, Rome and towards the southern area of the Papal States. .

• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Service animals allowed
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Specialized infant seats are available
• Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness