Tuscia

Caprarola is dominated by the imposing Palazzo Farnese, built in the 16th century: Alessandro Farnese made it his headquarters, making the village an architecturally unique place. With its frescoed interiors, the magnificent helicoidal staircase that Alessandro Farnese used to climb on horseback, the Sala del Mappamondo with its maps depicting the then known world, the Sala degli Angeli with its special echo effect and the magnificent Italian garden, the Palazzo is a jewel not to be missed. In order to enhance the view, Jacopo Barozzi da Vignola created the Via Dritta, today known as Nicolai, a long sloping perspective canal to build which 'gutted' the town in two, dividing the medieval town into two districts, Corsica and Sardinia.

Sutri stands in a position of great historical importance: in fact, the Via Francigena, which led from northern Europe to Brindisi, passed through here on its way to distant lands. Many vestiges of the past remain in its territory, including a Roman amphitheatre completely dug into the tuff, an Etruscan necropolis, the Romanesque Cathedral and the very special Church of the Madonna del Parto: built in the Middle Ages on a previous pagan building dedicated to the god Mithras, it is entirely dug into the tuffaceous rock and preserves a very ancient depiction of pilgrims on their way, which still reminds us of the great spirituality that has always been experienced in these places.