Places
In San Vito
Theodoli Castle
The ship-shaped fortress overlooking the village of San Vito Romano, home to the Theodoli family for centuries.
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Sanctuary of the Madonna di Compigliano
The Marian sanctuary on the Compigliano hill, linked to the miracle of a deaf-mute shepherd boy and a place of pilgrimage since the 16th century.
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Piazza Roma
The square overlooked by the Villa Comunale, the starting point for walking up to the old town and close to the old shrine of the Madonna delle Grazie.
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Piazza Augusto Baccelli
The square at the heart of San Vito Romano, with the "Tre Fontane" fountain, Cardinal Mario Theodoli's inscription and the patron saint's festival.
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Villa Comunale (Public Park)
The green, social heart of San Vito Romano — a meeting point and gathering place for generations of locals.
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La Macchiarella
The centuries-old chestnut wood in the heart of San Vito Romano, a public park of over 4 hectares that is home to the Path of Conscience.
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Piazza San Biagio
The living room of San Vito Romano's historic centre, overlooked by the church of San Biagio Vescovo e Martire.
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Villa Castellini
A villa with a crenellated tower and a large park of tree-lined avenues, stairways and fountains, in the heart of San Vito Romano.
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Piazza Governo Vecchio
A small square in the heart of the historic centre, among old stones, a portico and an ancient, time-worn door.
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Chiesa S.Sebastiano e S.Rocco
The church of Saints Sebastian and Roch, in Borgo Mario Theodoli: a 17th-century building rich in Baroque decoration.
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Chiesa S.Vito e Dintorni
The church of San Vito and the lanes around it, with cobblestones, street lamps and views over the village rooftops.
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La Fonte Canale
One of San Vito Romano's most underrated and most beautiful spots, where villagers once came to wash their clothes, with a view over the town.
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Via dell'Arringo
A steep, paved lane in San Vito Romano's historic centre, lined with stone houses, iron railings and glimpses over the valley.
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Church of Santa Maria de Arce
San Vito Romano's main church, built against the Theodoli Castle, whose name recalls its position atop the rock.
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Vicolo Baciadonne
A narrow, evocative alley in the heart of San Vito Romano's historic centre, among steps, archways and old stone walls.
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Surroundings
Monte Livata
Known as "Rome's mountain", part of the Monti Simbruini and its regional park, with ski slopes, trails and beech woods.
📍 Subiaco
🚗 about 50 min by car from San Vito
Monte Guadagnolo
The highest inhabited place in Lazio (1218 m), with some of the most spectacular panoramic trails in the Prenestini Mountains.
📍 Capranica Prenestina
🚗 about 30 min by car from San Vito
Castel San Pietro Romano
The tiny village on top of Monte Ginestro, on the ancient acropolis of Praeneste, with the Rocca dei Colonna, the polygonal walls and the alleys that were the set of "Bread, Love and Dreams".
📍 Castel San Pietro Romano
🚗 about 40 min by car from San Vito
Rocca di Cave
A small panoramic village with a ruined castle, one of the finest viewpoints over the Prenestini Mountains.
📍 Rocca di Cave
🚗 about 20 min by car from San Vito
Capranica Prenestina
The medieval hilltop village on the Prenestini mountains, listed among Italy's most beautiful villages, known for its distinctive Bramante-school dome.
📍 Capranica Prenestina
🚗 about 15 min by car from San Vito
Olevano Romano - Colonna-Barberini Castle and the Serpentara Reserve
The historic village with the Colonna-Barberini castle and the Serpentara woodland, made famous in the 19th century by the "Nazarene" painters.
📍 Olevano Romano
🚗 about 25 min by car from San Vito
Rocca Pia
The imposing 15th-century fortress built by Pope Pius II in the heart of Tivoli, for centuries a symbol of papal authority over the town.
📍 Tivoli
🚗 about 60 min by car from San Vito
Villa Gregoriana
A spectacular natural park in the heart of Tivoli, carved into the gorge of the Aniene river, home to the famous Great Waterfall.
📍 Tivoli
🚗 about 60 min by car from San Vito
Genazzano - The Town and Colonna Castle
The town stretched along a tuff spur a few kilometres from San Vito, dominated by Colonna Castle: the birthplace of Pope Martin V and home of the July Infiorata.
📍 Genazzano
🚗 about 10 min by car from San Vito
Subiaco - The Town and the Rocca Abbaziale
The town in the upper Aniene Valley dominated by the Rocca Abbaziale, cradle of Benedictine monasticism and gateway to the Monti Simbruini.
📍 Subiaco
🚗 about 35 min by car from San Vito
Palestrina - The Old Town and the Cathedral of Sant'Agapito
Ancient Praeneste, terraced on the slopes of Monte Ginestro, with the Cathedral of Sant'Agapito, the square dedicated to Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina and the stepped alleys of the old town.
📍 Palestrina
🚗 about 30 min by car from San Vito
Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia and the Prenestine Archaeological Museum
The grand terraced sanctuary of Palestrina, today the Prenestine Archaeological Museum, home to the famous Nile Mosaic.
📍 Palestrina
🚗 about 30 min by car from San Vito
Anagni - Cathedral of Santa Maria and Palace of Boniface VIII
The "city of the popes", with its Romanesque cathedral, the frescoed crypt of Saint Magnus and the palace linked to the 1303 "slap of Anagni".
📍 Anagni
🚗 about 45 min by car from San Vito
Sanctuary of Our Lady of Good Counsel
One of the most venerated Marian sanctuaries in Lazio, in Genazzano, home to the fresco that "miraculously" appeared in 1467.
📍 Genazzano
🚗 about 10 min by car from San Vito
Hadrian's Villa
The largest and most sumptuous Roman imperial residence, built by Emperor Hadrian in Tivoli, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
📍 Tivoli
🚗 about 60 min by car from San Vito
Villa d'Este
A masterpiece of the Renaissance garden in Tivoli, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, famous for its monumental fountains and water features.
📍 Tivoli
🚗 about 60 min by car from San Vito
The Valmontone Outlet
The large fashion outlet about half an hour from San Vito Romano, with more than 180 stores of Italian and international brands.
📍 Valmontone
🚗 about 35 min by car from San Vito
Sanctuary of the Santissima Trinità in Vallepietra
The small sanctuary at the foot of the great rock face of Monte Autore, in the Simbruini mountains, for centuries the destination of pilgrim companies from Lazio and Abruzzo.
📍 Vallepietra
🚗 about 75 min by car from San Vito
Grotte dell'Arco (Arch Caves)
The only karst cave in the province of Rome, near Bellegra, with nearly 1,000 metres of galleries, stalactites, stalagmites and prehistoric rock paintings.
📍 Bellegra
🚗 about 25 min by car from San Vito
Bramante's Nymphaeum
A fascinating Renaissance nymphaeum in Genazzano, never completed, attributed to the celebrated architect Donato Bramante.
📍 Genazzano
🚗 about 15 min by car from San Vito
Sanctuary of the Mentorella
The oldest Marian sanctuary in Italy, perched on a rocky spur of the Prenestini mountains near San Vito Romano, tied to the legend of Saint Eustace.
📍 Capranica Prenestina
🚗 about 30 min by car from San Vito
Monastery of Santa Scolastica
The Benedictine monastery of Subiaco, the oldest in Italy, with its three cloisters and the birthplace of movable-type printing in the country.
📍 Subiaco
🚗 about 35 min by car from San Vito
Convent of San Francesco (Sacro Ritiro) in Bellegra
The Franciscan convent set in the woods above Bellegra, founded where Saint Francis stopped in 1223, not far from San Vito Romano.
📍 Bellegra
🚗 about 15 min by car from San Vito
Monastery of San Benedetto (Sacro Speco)
The monastery-sanctuary carved into the cliffs of Subiaco, built around the cave where Saint Benedict lived as a hermit.
📍 Subiaco
🚗 about 35 min by car from San Vito