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Dinner and overnight in the Fiuggi area. century climbing the staircase genuflected, the
Abbeys and Monasteries 2nd Day: Anagni - Veroli - Alatri (km 35) daily indulgence of 100 days, and once a month,
the same indulgence that Pope Sixtus V granted
in Ciociaria Visit of the antique city of Agnani. There are to the Scala Sancta of the Arch basilica of Saint
4 days many monuments to be discovered walking John Lateran in Rome. At the 11th stair it is pre-
served a relic of the Calvary cross.
in the alleys and the tree-lined avenues: here

stands out the superb Agnani Cathedral for its Then the visit c on tinue t o Ala tri, the so c alled city
Then the visit continue to Alatri, the so called city
Ciociaria takes its origin from the ancient footwe- artistic importance with its frescoed crypt, Boni- of the “Cyclopes” the imposing walls of the Ro- -
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area, which can be reached by two gates: Porta
cia”, it was formed by a leather plant with parts of the Sala della Ragione of the Municipal Palace. Mag gior e and P ort a Minor e. Y ou shouldn’t miss
Maggiore and Porta Minore. You shouldn’t miss
folded to cover the tip of the foot, and then there the Basilica of Saint Paul where are being kept
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were leather laces that wrapped around the ank- Curiosity: Anagni is the birthplace of four pon- the Incarnate Host and the remains of Pope Six- -
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tus I, patron of Alatri.
Alexander IV e Boniface VIII.
Religious Tourism: in the distant 1228 in the
town would take place one of the 4 Eucharistic
Miracles, which has always been known as the
“Miracle of the Incarnate Host”. The story tells
about a girl who instigated by a maleficent, at Business Proposals in Rome & Lazio
the time of receiving the Eucharist, retained the
consecrated host, then hiding it in a cloth to take
it home and deliver it to the sorceress in order
to regain unrequited love. Hidden the host in an
arc for bread, but when the young woman after
three days went to get it, she found instead of
the bread a human flesh. Repented and scared
she confessed what has happened and she han-
ded the still bloody flesh to the bishop. The relic
of the presumptuous miracle is still being kept
inside its dedicated chapel, in the cathedral San
Paolo ad Alatri.
Dinner and overnight.
3rd Day: Casamari - Frosinone (km 16)
Visit of the magnificent Casamari Abbey founded
by 4 monks of Veroli in 1005 from the ruins of the
villa of the great leader Caius Marius. Casamari
is an example of Gothic Cistercian architecture,
with the beautiful church the cloister, the chap-
ter house. In the large complex there are also a
well-stocked library and a museum-art gallery.
After lunch the visit continues to Frosinone, the
hearth of Ciociara: of great historic importance
are the Municipal Museum, the Cathedral and
the Amphitheater of which remain some ruins
near the river Cossa.
Curiosity: the “Radeca Festival” is the most awai-
ted event of Shrove Tuesday in the Ciociara’s ca-
Abbazia Montecassino - Abbey of Montecassino pital, symbol of a 200 years history. A Radeca is
in fact nothing more than the agave’s leaf. During
After lunch visit of the village of Veroli, a small the Carnival all the historic city districts take part
1st Day: Montecassino town perched at almost 600m. of the sea level in the feast: or the Garden, the Old Town, La Pe-
Visit of the famous Abbey of Montecassino: it where history has created a harmonious combi- scara, Madonna della Neve.
was constructed by Benedict of Nursia in 529; it nation of architectural styles, from medieval to Dinner and overnight.
became the mother house of the Benedictines Romanesque without neglecting the Gothic. It
and one of the largest cultural occidental cen- is particularly known for “Fasti Verulani”, a rare 4th Day: Ferentino
ters. Montecassione was perfectly reconstructed example of a marble Roman calendar, located Morning dedicated for the visit of Ferentino, an 45
after the four disastrous destructions: in 577 by inside the courtyard of the Royal House. What antique town. The country is dominated by the
the Longobards, in 883 by the Saracens, in 1349 is most straking here is the number of churches, large Acropolis supported by massive polygonal
by the earthquake and in 1944 by the bombings monasteries and abbeys, masterfully preserved. walls. The most imposing and suggestive monu-
of the World War II. To visit the rich Library, the ment of Ferentino is the Acropolis Terrace, here
Crypt with the remains of St. Benedict and his Religious Tourism: The Santa Maria Salome Basi- also opens a Crypto Roman Arcade better known
sister Saint Scholastica, the Museum, where are lica patroness of the city of Veroli, is famous for as the Prison of St. Ambrogio, patron of the town.
being preserved illuminated manuscripts, parch- its “Scala Sancta”, like the most famous ones in Especially beautiful are the two largest churches
ments and literary texts. Jerusalem, The Arch basilica of Saint John Late- of the town: the Romanesque Cathedral of Saint
ran in Rome In the Upper Basilica the Bishop of John and the Gothic Cistercian Church of S. Maria
Curiosity: here is kept what is considered the text Veroli, at the beginnings of the eighteenth cen- Maggiore. Depart for the return.
written in vernacular Italian in the Placiti Cassinei tury had the “Scala Sancta” built, composed of 12
“Sao kokelle terre”. marble steps. By courtesy of Pope Benedict XIV
I luoghi della Fede The places of Faith