Atina, Collina di S. Stefano Trails 1 - Red This morning, red trail. From Via della Veduta, which leads from Atina to Villa Latina, you immediately cross the Madonnella path (difficulty 0/1). When you arrive after a pleasant, almost flat walk, the Church of the Immacolata immediately appears, and a little further on the Cappelletta [...].
Category: History
Atina, 70th anniversary of the Liberation
ON THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LIBERATION FOR A DISTINCT OF HONOUR TO THE MUNICIPALITY OF ATINA In many citizens the memory of the tragic events of the war that stopped in Atina from September 1943 to 27 May 1944, the day on which the first New Zealand troops liberated it from the Germans who had been hiding here and were hiding in the basements of the town buildings, is still alive. [...]
Atina's Pietro Diacono di Montecassino dossier is reopened. Since February 2012, an archaeological excavation campaign has been underway inside the extra-urban church of San Marciano in Atina during the restoration of the religious building. The investigation has shown that the current building stands on the impost of older structures, most of which consisted of a series of [...].
In the heart of the Comino Valley, Atina has always guarded its religious traditions with devotion. Among these, the celebrations in honour of the patron saint St. Mark, on 28 April, and those dedicated to St. Secondinus, on 16 May, represented the most eagerly awaited moment of the year in the 18th century. The patron saints' days were not only events of faith, [...].
Atina, in the heart of the Comino Valley, boasts a unique urban layout, the result of centuries of history. It began with the splendid late-Roman domus and continued into the Middle Ages, when the compact historic core took shape, with defensive walls, narrow alleys, and houses leaning against each other. Over time, the continuous change of the urban layout led to the progressive isolation of the [...].
There is a point in Atina where time seems suspended, a place where legend, faith and history still coexist: it is the Spianata di San Marco, the wide natural terrace that joins the heart of the village to Mount Santa Croce, now called Colle. The name itself evokes ancient suggestions: here, over the centuries, pilgrims have walked [...]
ATINA, a city in the Terra di Lavoro in the diocese of Aquino, 8 miles from Sangermano. The era of its foundation is completely unknown due to its remote antiquity. What our historians, and especially its citizen Fr. Bonaventura Tauleri, have said about its founder is nothing but a mass of insipid rubbish, [...].
Municipality of Settefrati in 1897
SETTEFRATI Electoral College of Sora. Diocese of Sora. Inhabitants. 2582. Dist. km. 13 from Alvito (Capol. mandamentale). Surface area 1853 hectares.A scirocco of Sora, lying partly on a hill, partly on a plain, in fertile soil.Products. Pastures, cattle breeding and especially many very prosperous pigs.Uff. post. locale. Telegr. office in San Donato Val di Comino, dist. km. 9. [...]
Municipality of Casalvieri in 1897
CASALVIERI Electoral College of Sora. Diocese of Sora. Inhabit. 4618. Dist. km. 9 from Arpino (Capol. mandamentale).In a very fertile locality, on the top of a hill with slopes covered with imposing oaks.Products. Many cereals, legumes, acorns, grapes, fruit.Uff. post. local Uff. telegr. Alvito, railway station. Roccasecca, dist. km. 18 on the Rome-Naples line. Bus service.Fairs. Third Sunday of [...]
Municipality of Villa Latina in 1897
VILLALATINA Cassino electoral college. Diocese of Montecassino. Inhabitants 1691. Dist. km. 4 from Atina (Capol. mandamentale). Surface area 487 hectares.Lying on a hill and very fertile.Products. Olives, vines, mulberries, various fruits, cereals.Uff. post. and Uff. telegr. in Atina, dist. km 4. Railway station. Cassino. dist. km 21, on the Rome-Naples line. Bus service. Mayor. Garosaro Pietro, ff.Secretary. [...]