During Advent and the days immediatly after Christmas until the Epiphany you can't miss the spectacular representation of Christmas that involves the Ghost-town of Monterano (between Rome and Viterbo).
During Advent and the days immediatly after Christmas until the Epiphany you can't miss the spectacular representation of Christmas that involves the Ghost- town of Vejano, (between Rome and Viterbo).
Here lots of people play out the Nativity, recostructing not only the places and environments but also offering visitors "living pictures" in which the life of this farming and artisan community is depicted as it was in the past and as described in a painting.
The living nativity scenes of Monterano (called presepe vivente in Italian), which feature the nativity scene inspired to the painting “Mystic Nativity” by the Italian Renaissance master Sandro Botticelli as well as scenes from Ancient Rome, along the ruins of the winding medieval alleys, squares, houses and caves, complete with artisans in traditional costumes working at their particular trades.
These attract many visitors and will be held in the following three dates:
December 26th 2012
January1st 2013
January 6th 2013
From 4.30 pm to 7.00 pm
Monterano is located close to Canale Monterano, 50 kms from Rome, in the surroundings of Lake Bracciano. The “ghost town” of Monterano, now part of a large nature reserve, is famous for its surreal atmosphere and beauty. It has been an ideal set for some renowned movies such as “Ben Hur” or “Brancaleone alle cruciate”. In 1799 the assault of the French troops put an end to the history of the town that was also plagued by the malaria. Its territory is extremely interesting for the beauty of the natural protected landscape and for its history and archeologica evidence (Important from the Etruscan time, 5 centuries BC and again from the late medieval times.
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