Cammino di San Benedetto
Cammino di San Benedetto in Lazio
6 towns
Lazio has 6 Cammino di San Benedetto communes in our index. They are in the Rieti, Frosinone, and Roma provinces.
The three most recognized in our catalogue are Subiaco, Rieti, and Castel di Tora. 3 more towns carry the mark alongside them.
The towns
Subiaco
Province: Roma · 408 m
The Aniene valley town where Benedict spent three years in a cliff cave, and where Italy's first printed book appeared in 1465.
Rieti
Province: Rieti · 405 m
The Sabine capital on the Velino, claimed as the center of Italy, under Monte Terminillo and the Franciscan sanctuaries of the Valle Santa.
Castel di Tora
Province: Rieti · 607 m
A village of 273 on Lago del Turano at 607 meters, with an eleventh-century polygonal tower and a ghost promontory called Antuni.
Orvinio
Province: Rieti · 840 m
The highest borgo in the Monti Lucretili park at 840 meters, called Canemorto until 1863.
Arpino
Province: Frosinone · 450 m
The Volscian-Roman hill town in the Liri valley that produced Marius and Cicero, with a pre-Roman acropolis above the modern center.
Isola del Liri
Province: Frosinone · 217 m
The Ciociaria town with a 27-meter waterfall in its centro storico and a paper-mill past once called the Manchester of Italy.
From elsewhere in Italy
Five more towns
Sarnico
Province: Bergamo
A medieval lake town at the southern tip of Lago d'Iseo, where the Oglio leaves the lake and Liberty villas line the shore.
Alife
Province: Caserta
A Roman walled town at the foot of the Matese, its first-century BC rectangle of walls intact, with a half-buried amphitheatre just outside the gates.
Lavarone
Province: Trento
A Cimbrian plateau at 1,172 meters above the Val d'Astico, with a karst lake and a wooded fort line.
Città della Pieve
Province: Perugia
A red-brick hill town at 508 meters above the Valdichiana, the birthplace of Perugino and the home of one of Italy's narrowest alleys.
San Vito Lo Capo
Province: Trapani
A three-kilometer white-sand beach at Sicily's northwest tip, the town that turned cous cous into a September festival.