Civita di Bagnoregio
Member of I Borghi più belli d'Italia
The writer Bonaventura Tecchi, who spent his youth here, called it the dying town: Civita sits on a crumbling spur of tuff in the Valle dei Calanchi, and erosion keeps eating at its edges. A footbridge built in 1965 is the only way in, climbing to the Porta Santa Maria and a grid of streets first laid out by the Etruscans.
Highlights
- Porta Santa Maria, with two lions gripping a human head
- San Donato on the main square, with its wooden crucifix
- The Museum of Geology and Landslides in Palazzo Alemanni
- The Bucaione, an Etruscan tunnel down to the badlands
- Remains of Saint Bonaventure's birthplace
Text adapted from Wikipedia (Civita (Bagnoregio), Civita di Bagnoregio), Wikivoyage (Civita (Bagnoregio)). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Events through the year
- Processione del Venerdì Santo di BagnoregioCivita's Holy Crucifix carried on a bier from San Donato
- Feast of Maria SS. Liberatrice
- Palio della TonnaCivita's districts race on donkeys in the main square
- Feast of Saint Bonaventure
- Tuscia in Jazz FestivalConcerts, seminars and jam sessions
- Feast of San Ildebrando
- Feast of the SS. Crocifisso
- Living nativityThe story of Mary and Joseph staged in the medieval lanes
Dates follow the traditional patterns in our sources: check locally before you travel.
Adapted from Wikipedia (Civita di Bagnoregio, Civita (Bagnoregio), Bagnoregio), Wikivoyage (Civita (Bagnoregio)). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Specialities of Lazio
Typical of the region rather than of this village.
Pecorino romano cheesePublic domainPecorino romanoCheese- RicottaCheese
- Penne all'arrabbiataBread and pasta
- Pasta with broccoliBread and pasta
- Pasta with broad beansBread and pasta
Adapted from Wikipedia (Cucina laziale). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Where to sleep
12 places to stay within 3 km
- B&Bs and guest houses 10
- Hotels 1
- Campsites 1
Data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Thermal baths nearby
- Thermal spa: Parco Termale del Bagnaccio · ~40 min by car
- Hot spring: Sorgente Zitelle · ~40 min by car
- Hot spring: Sorgente Bagno del Papa · ~41 min by car
- Hot spring: Pozzo San Valentino · ~41 min by car
- Hot spring: Pozzo Cacciabella · ~42 min by car
- Hot spring: Tuscia Terme · ~45 min by car
- Hot spring: Sorgenti San Cristoforo · ~45 min by car
- Hot spring: Sorgenti dell’Asinello · ~45 min by car
Data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Nearby member villages
- Montecchio · 15 km
- Vitorchiano · 19 km
- Lugnano in Teverina · 19 km
- Torre Alfina · 20 km
- Allerona · 23 km