On the trailGothic arrived in this part of Italy at Fossanova, and it arrived Cistercian: no colour, no gold, light doing all the work. Thomas Aquinas died in the guest quarters, on his way to a council he never got to.
Nobody is waiting at the door to explain it: this is a building to sit in, unless a group visit is arranged with the parish.
Priverno at its real position from Rome, with everywhere else we list behind it — so you can see how far out this one is.
Open it where the roads are
Takes you to Via San Tommaso d'Aquino, 1, 04015 Fossanova (LT), the address the operator publishes.
Getting there
The day stays yours: you leave when you want, stop where you want, and come back when the light goes.
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See prices on LocalrentNo parking to find, no wrong turns, and you leave when the day is done.
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On the trailGuided visit of the Cistercian abbey: the church, the cloister with its paired columns, the cell where Thomas Aquinas died in 1274, and the small village that grew around the mo…
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On the trailMuseum in the historic Palazzo Antonelli on the main square of Priverno, with over a thousand objects from the Roman colony of Privernum: mosaics, statues, portraits, inscriptio…
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On the trailMuseum in the abbey village of Fossanova, part of the PrivernoMUSEI system, with medieval architectural sculpture: pillars, capitals and architraves from the Cistercian complex.
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On the trailOpen-air archaeological park on the plain of the Amaseno, on the site of the Roman colony of Privernum: city walls, domus and the urban fabric of a town that stayed alive in the…
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On the trail6.8 km and 691 metres of climbing, with a guide and never more than ten of you.
€49 per person
Books on Nature of Sal — Salvatore Benintende
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On the trailSnowshoes, poles and a guide are included: you turn up and walk onto the snow.
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On the trailClip into a harness and cross the trees: from age four there is a course to do.
€5 per person
Books on ViviAvventura
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On the trailTen kilometres, 550 metres of climb, graded E+: the badlands below Civita.
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