The sanctuary of SS. Trinità was born from a group of caves in front of the city of Orte which were used by hermits during the fourteenth century.
The hill in front of the city called the 'Collis Hortanus' in the 11th century is a sanctified place which was then called Civita Deserta in the 15th century.
In the past it has hosted several hermits including San Bernardino who lived there in 1426.
The church was partially excavated in the tuff thanks to the will of the hermit Nicolò Cappa di Vigne.
Inside there are frescoes that date back to the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
In the seventeenth century the church was entrusted to the congregation of the Annunciation.
In 1944 it was damaged by a train explosion and was then rearranged by all the congregations of Orte.
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