Churches & Places of Worship

The church of St Roch - San Rocco is located on the southern outskirts of Piglio, near the old railway station, now abandoned, which connected Rome to Fiuggi.

It is a building of ancient origin and was the site of burial of the victims of the plague epidemic in 1656.

The church is made up of three rooms built in different periods.

Recently, in the oldest part of the church, during the renovation works, an important and valuable fresco of 1300 came to light.

It is probably of the school of Giotto.

The conetta of Madonella (small religious building) is located along the Old Valley Road in Piglio, just before the church of St. Rocco and is actually a small chapel.

Inside there is a small altar with the image of Our Lady of the Rosary.

Once wayfarers found shelter there to pray or to sustain themselves at night or in bad weather.
 

It is a small church located in the north of Piglio area.

It is dedicated to St. Antonio Abate, a hermit, who in twenty years, gave away all his possessions to live an ascetic life.

He was a founder of monasticism, so it is said, Father of the monks.
 

Saint Lucia is a recent era church in Piglio with a single nave and a very simple interior.

It was restored in 1957 and is dedicated to the Virgin of Syracuse: Saint Lucia.

The sanctuary of the Madonna of the Roses is also called the "Most Holy Mother" .

It is situated in the lower part of Piglio and there Our Lady of the Roses is venerated with great devotion.

The image of the Madonna is set on a rock and protected by a votive chapel.

Every year on October 30, in memory of the liberation from the plague of 1656 that decimated the population Piglio celebrates the Madonna.

The feast starts with a solemn procession that carries the statue of the Madonna of the Roses from the church of Santa Maria Assunta, through the town to the shrine.

In the sanctuary, there is a fresco of the fourteenth century depicting the Madonna and Child with a book in hand, the sacred procession vestments, crosses, lanterns and banners, many votive offerings and the wooden statue of Our Lady of the Roses with child Jesus in her arms.

St. Peter's Church and Convent of the Capuchin Fathers

The St. Peter’s church and the Capuchin Monastery are located on a hill, not far from the historic centre of the city of Alatri.

In this place, once stood a temple dedicated to the goddess Bellona, ​​a Roman goddess who is sometimes represented as the wife of the god Mars.

In the first centuries of Christianity the temple was transformed into a church dedicated to St. Peter and in the twelfth century a monastery was built for Benedictine nuns.

In 1566 the monastery was enlarged and arranged and became the seat of the Capuchins.

St. Peter's Church today is in late-Renaissance style renovated in the second half of the eighteenth century.

Inside is a monumental main altar in walnut, built by Father Giovanni da Collepardo in 1755 with an altarpiece of the Immaculate Conception painted by the artist Vincenzo Cerica of Alatri.

Recently, under the buildings were found the area of the "castellum aquae", an anointed entrance for the arrival of water from the Roman aqueduct of Betilieno Varo.

The church of Our Lady of Portadini is located outside the city walls of Altri near the gate of the same name and was a stopping place for the farmers on their way between the city and the fields.

It consists of a unique surrounding and has a simple facade with a main door, two side windows and a central window.

Inside is a renaissance icon depicting a Madonna nursing to which is attributed a miraculous event described in Alatri archives.

In 1619 the icon was hit by a rock on the cheek and the portrait of the Virgin Mary he showed a swollen cheek and it started to bleed.

The image is venerated on the day of the feast of Our Lady of the Resurrection.

The church is the seat of the Confraternity of Santa Maria Assunta of the Resurrection.
 

The Church of Our Lady of Portadini is located outside the city of Alatri walls near the gate of the same name.

It was a stopping place for the farmers on their way between the city and the fields.

It consists of a unique hall and has a simple facade with a main door, two side windows and a central window.

Inside is a renaissance icon depicting a Madonna nursing to which is attributed a miraculous event described in Alatri archives.

In 1619 the icon was hit by a rock on the cheek and the portrait of the Virgin Mary he showed a swollen cheek and it started to bleed.

The image is venerated on the day of the feast of Our Lady of the Resurrection.

The church is the seat of the Confraternity of Santa Maria Assunta of the Resurrection.