Civic Museum of Rieti – Archaeological Section
A collection of art in all its facets, the Civic Museum of Rieti (Museo Civico) is a special jewel of the city that is worth visiting. It is divided into…
Civic Museum of Rieti – Historical Artistic Section
The Civic Museum of Rieti is the first public museum in Lazio Region. Initially structured as Quadreria Civica, hosted in the Basilica of St. Agostino after post-Unitarian suppression, it is divided…
The Diocesan Museum
Is presented as a museum tour of which it is possible to admire the artistic beauties located in the rooms of the Cathedral of Santa Maria dell’Assunzione (Cathedral of Saint…
Paroniana Municipal Library
Located in the renovated building of the former monastery of the Poor Clares of Saint Lucia, the Paroniana Municipal Library has about 140,000 ancient and modern volumes, sixteenth-century editions, codices and incunabula,…
Porta Conca
The earliest concrete proof of the existence of Porta Conca dates back to 1349. In the external part it shows the coat of arms of the bishop of Rieti Angelo…
Porta Cintia
Originally known as “Porta Spoletina”, Porta Cintia was located where the INPS headquarter building stands today, at the intersection of the current Via Cintia, Via dei Pini and Via dei…
Porta San Giovanni
The 13th century walls, in addition to the three main gates that replicated the names of the Roman gates from which the name of the sestieri (districts) of porta Romana…
Rieti Umbilicus Italiae
In Piazza San Rufo (San Rufo Square), according to the Varronian tradition, there’s the so-called Umbilicus Italiae, the exact geographical centre of Italy.Piazza San Rufo is enclosed between the imposing buildings of the historic…
The Roman Bridge
Since 290 BC, the fate of the Sabine town of Reate is linked to the destiny of Rome: the fortification of the arx is then undertaken and the urban stretch…
The Statue of San Francesco in Rieti
The monument dedicated to St. Francis, commissioned by the Venerable Monsignor Massimo Rinaldi for the anniversary of the seventh centenary from the birth of the saint, it is a work by…