House and Museum of Mariangela Virgili
House and Museum of Mariangela Virgili

Ronciglione. House and Museum of Mariangela Virgili

House and Museum of Mariangela Virgili in Ronciglione tells the story of Mariangela Virgili who was one of the 'Carmelites of the Ancient Observance' and is in the process of beatification.

The palace of Virgili is in the medieval village and has the coat of arms on the front door. In the seventeenth century, the Virgili family was impoverished and on the second floor lived the family of Mariangela and the cell (with wooden fence) where she lived and died.

The walls are covered with several hundred ex-votoes representing hearts, eyes and other body parts. There are also tablets and votive paintings, photographs of ordinary people and soldiers of all wars, including those of the present.
 


Written by:
Benedicta Lee

Born in Rome from an Italian mother and American father, she works as a freelance communications manager and designer in the tourism sector, a career and interest which she is pursuing with a...

Subscribe to Newsletter

Discover a territory through the emotions of the people that have lived it.