In the Comino Valley, history and legend merge, as do the mythological tales that want this green land originally inhabited by Janus, the ancient Italic god of the sun, openings, beginnings and endings. Saturn found refuge with him, who, driven from Olympus by his son Jupiter, was welcomed and became a participant in the [...]
La Collina di Santo Stefano: l’antica acropoli di Atina In una posizione panoramica a circa 150 metri di dislivello dal centro storico di Atina, la Collina di Santo Stefano rappresenta uno dei luoghi più suggestivi e ricchi di storia della Valle di Comino. Raggiungibile a piedi attraverso i sentieri del parco comunale, custodisce testimonianze archeologiche di epoca […]
According to the most reliable reconstruction, until the middle of the 14th century, the urban layout of Atina was divided into three poles: Santo Stefano (the hill behind the Convent of St Francis, or “Torretta”), the Colle della Torre (the current historic centre) and Santa Maria (the current cemetery), the first two of which were fortified. On the morning of 9 September [...].
According to some scholars, the palace was built in two stages, between the 17th and 18th centuries, on the site of an ancient tower. The ground plan is irregular polygonal. Five arches stand out on Via della Posta, while the entrance is located in a recess of the southern wall. Among the members of the House of Palombo, of undoubted value was [...].
The education of Terrisio di Atina Terrisio di Atina lived in the late 12th and early 13th century. His education took place in the school of rhetoric in Capua, where the famous Pier delle Vigne, poet and chancellor of Emperor Frederick II of Swabia, taught. His studies in Bologna and entry into the imperial court The [...]
Palazzo Visocchi in Atina: history, architecture and tours of the most important historical residence in the Comino Valley The Palazzo Visocchi in Atina, one of the most prestigious historical residences in Lazio, is today in the form it took between the first and second half of the 18th century. The structure was redefined by Gaetano Visocchi, a land portolan [...].
A founder of Atina's musical tradition, Maestro Samuele Pagano lived and created notable symphonic, sacred, chamber, piano, violin and piano, mandolin, symphonic and passodoppi marches for bands, funeral marches, military marches, etc. here. The ninth of nineteen children, little Samuele was born in Atina on 18 May 1883. Already [...]
The Palazzo Prepositurale, known as “Le Pennate”, is striking for its elongated, slightly curved shape, dominated by the austere portico covered by cross vaults and defined by eight reused Roman columns and two outer quadrangular pillars. Together with Palazzo Cantelmo and the façade of the Cathedral S. Maria Assunta, it defines Piazza Marconi (formerly Piazza San Giovanni) and [...].
This city street axis is probably named after Gneus Plancius of Athens. In 58 BC, while he was quaestor in Macedonia, he hosted his fellow countryman Marcus Tullius Cicero, who had gone into exile there. A few years later, Cicero returned the courtesy by pronouncing the oration Pro Plancio in defence of the Atinates, to whom his defeated rival contested the election to [...].
