Fiano Romano

Fiano Romano borders the following municipalities: Capena, Civitella San Paolo, Montelibretti, Montopoli di Sabina, Nazzano.

[7] The territory of Fiano Romano, due to its position close to the Tiber river, has been inhabited since the archaic ages:[8] in fact, ceramics from the 8th century BC have been found, which show the cultural influence in the area of Faliscans, Sabines, Etruscans and Latins.

[9] Between the 7th and 5th centuries BC the area was under the control of the ancient city of Capena, ally of Veii: in this period was the foundation of the nearby sacred grove of Lucus Feroniae.

The castle, set in the medieval village, has its entrance on the main square of Fiano in front of the Church of Santo Stefano Nuovo.

Inside there is a courtyard with a staircase leading to the main floor and from the terrace, adorned with guelph battlements, you have a view of the surrounding lands that belonged to the fief.

[17] The renaissance wing on the main floor is divided into nine rooms, connected to each other by doors whose jambs bear the inscription Nicolaus Tirtius Ursinus 1493, that is the date on which the works were carried out and, probably, when the frescoes were completed:[18] It is a Roman campaign's manor built around the middle of the 1st century BC form the senatorial family of the Volusii Saturnini (well known by Cicero) and used until the 5th century AD.

[19] The villa was built on an embankment that offers a panoramic view of the lower Tiber Valley, extends over two levels with the upper one that housed the noble residence with a polystyle atrium, rooms on the left side, cubicles and triclinium on the right, tablinum on the bottom.

Then, starting from the early Middle Ages, a religious building was first built and then a small fortified center with towers and, finally, a rustic farmhouse.

Discovered by Carabinieri Art Squad in 2007 hidden under a thin layer of topsoil in field at Fiano Romano,[21] blocks are exposed in the antiquarium of Lucus Feroniae.

[22] Guidotto made, for example, about in 1280 the Campana della Rota bell in Vatican Saint Peter's Basilica and in 1288 one for Santa Maria Maggiore Church.

The bronze statue of Enrico Berlinguer was commissioned by the Municipality of Fiano Romano and built by the Iranian sculptor Reza Olia after the death of the communist politician, which took place on June 11, 1984.

[23] it is an arch-sculpture composed of two marble monoliths of 36,000 kilograms (79,000 lb) each which oppose each other and self-sustain without keystone for only mutual contrast of thrust discharged on the two shoulders, made with superimposed blocks of travertine and assembled only in contact with cuttings.

The festival culminates with the Procession on Sunday evening in which the statue of Our Lady of Sorrows is taken out of the Church of Santo Stefano Nuovo, once in the year, and is carried through the streets of the town, preceded by the Pia Union, accompanied by the musical band, followed by religious, military and civil authorities as well as by many faithful.

The feast ends with the blessing of the faithful by the priest in front of the entrance of the Church of Santo Stefano Nuovo before the statue makes its return into it.

Orsini Ducal Castle at Fiano Romano
Orsini Ducal Castle at Fiano Romano
Mosaic of Villa dei Volusii at Fiano Romano
Mosaic of Villa dei Volusii at Fiano Romano
Gladiators Mausoleum of Fiano Romano exposed in Lucus Feroniae
Mausoleum of Fiano Romano exposed in the antiquarium of Lucus Feroniae
Medieval bell made in 1278 conserved in Fiano Romano
Medieval bell made in 1278 conserved in Fiano Romano
Monument to the fallen of the Two World Wars at Fiano Romano
Monument to the fallen of the Two World Wars at Fiano Romano
Statue of Enrico Berlinguer at Fiano Romano
Statue of Enrico Berlinguer at Fiano Romano
The arch-sculpture PortaRoma nearby the highway entrance at Fiano Romano
The arch-sculpture PortaRoma nearby the highway entrance at Fiano Romano
Santo Stefano Vecchio's Ciborium exposed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York
Santo Stefano Vecchio's Ciborium exposed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York
Fiano Romano's Mitra at Louvre Museum of Paris
Fiano Romano's Mitra at Louvre Museum of Paris
Statue of Our Lady of Sorrows during the procession at Fiano Romano
Statue of Our Lady of Sorrows during the procession at Fiano Romano