Under the hill called ‘Il Casale’ is a cave dug out of the tuff in Etruscan times.
An evocative walk through the woodland leads to this place of unchanged charm and long history. The cave was in fact adapted as a place of Christian worship between the 6th and 7th centuries A.D. by the Hermit Monks who remained here for a long time. The colourful frescoes that decorated the interior walls, created around 1100, were detached for conservation reasons about a century ago. Today they are on display in the Church of San Giovanni Battista in Magliano Romano.
Additional Info
Trekking shoes and clothing and water are recommended
Where
Via della Mola, Magliano Romano
Transportation
Train: Rome - Civita Castellana - Viterbo railway
Bus: Cotral from Saxa Rubra or Morlupo
Car: in Piazza Risorgimento from via Flaminia or from cassia bis (Formello exit) or Via di valle Muricana or from calcata
On foot: From the town square, cross piazza principe di Piemonte in the direction of via della mola. Indications will be affixed
