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26 Tratto VICOVARO - VARCO SABINO Vicovaro Orvinio groves and some patches of plain, dominated by the Baronial Palazzo (that once used to be the Orsini Castle), the village is the most populated and dynamic of the valley. Using spelt flour, an ancient cereal cultivated in this area, spring water and a traditional drying process, a local workshop produces several types of pasta, from the typical “sagne” to the “tagliatelle”. Among the renowned figures that stayed for some time in these territories there is the famous German artist Jacob Philipp Hackert, Goethe’s painting master, who by the end of the XVIII century went through the valley painting some charming views. Going further along the Licinese road, after a few hundred metres it is possible to turn on the left towards Civitella di Licenza. Along the road, nearby a spring named La Posta, the Trail of the Eagle starts, leading to a hide from which it is possible to watch the nest of a couple of golden eagles, built on a cliff of the Pellecchia Mountain. From the highest place of Civitella a spectacular round view can be seen. In foreground to the north stands the Pellecchia Mountain that, with its 1368 metres, is the highest peak in the surroundings of Rome. Till the half of the past century the woods of these mountains were cut in order to obtain coal. The snow accumulated on their peaks was gathered in specific holes (“snow pits”) and then delivered to Rome during the warm summers. Once back on the Licinese road, going to the north for about three Kilometres along the valley you can reach the first houses of Percile. In this area, by the cemetery, there is the Spring of the Aliucci from which gushes out a very light water, with low mineral content, that was used by the Romans and is indicated for renal diseases. The historical core of Percile, dominated by the Baronial Palazzo of the XIII century, is quiet and well-kept. Very interesting is a few kilometres walk to a couple of small lakes of karst origin. The smaller can be seen only from a high position being on the bottom of a deep circular bowl. The major appears through the trees as a sort of unexpected mirage. From Percile one goes on to Orvinio. Until 1863 this village was called Canemorto, probably related to a local victory of the armies of Charlemagne against the Saracens that used to terrorize the populations, with the killing of one of their leaders, also known as “Khan”. The small town of Orvinio has a tidy-looking and flat core with a main road, almost a city “corso”, leading from the entrance door to the castle. The celebrity in town is the seventeenth century painter Vincenzo Manenti that, at his time, was a very popular artist in Central <strong>It</strong>aly. Several of his frescoes cover the walls of the small church of S. Maria dei Raccomandati.
Tratto VICOVARO - VARCO SABINO Orvinio Collalto Sabino Da Orvinio a Collalto Sabino Usciti da Orvinio si prosegue verso nord sulla Licinese fino al chilometro 18 dove, prendendo la strada sterrata sulla destra (occorre fare attenzione alle buche), si giunge ai resti dell’antica Abbazia di S. Maria del Piano. Il complesso benedettino è posto silenziosamente al bordo di un ampio e fertile piano carsico interrotto qua e là da alberi e orli di siepi. La scarna e armonica facciata della chiesa, in pietra calcarea scurita dal tempo, i lembi di mura perimetrali, il profilo allungato e vigile del campanile romanico, spuntano quasi all’improvviso dalla vegetazione. Si pensa che l’origine della struttura possa risalire al IX secolo, collegata ad una vittoria dell’esercito di Carlo Magno sui Sara- 27
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