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In Rocca San Felice, there is the suggestive archaeological area of the Ansanto Valley, also called Mephitis. The scenery is that of an arid and desolate flat area of grayish color with yellow stains (sulfur), without vegetation. Under a precipice, there is the little lake called Mephitis, characterized by the gases...

The square of Rocca San Felice opens, in front of the eyes of the tourist, as a suggestive scenery, of which the great linden tree occupies most of the view. Under its fronds, the people of Rocca meet to talk, enjoy the fresh air and relax. The centuries-old linden tree is the cornerstone of the village and could not...

The legend tells that, in the nights of full moon, in the Castle of Rocca San Felice, the ghost of Margaret of Austria wanders, white dressed, looking for her beloved husband and cries the hard fate that affected her, her husband and her children, deprived of the throne and relegated in a solitary prison, with the...

The percorino of Carmasciano, better known simply as ‘Carmasciano’, is a cheese made with the milk of sheep belonging to some races that have better adapted to the climate of the area. One of the races is called ‘broad-tailed sheep’ and is threatened with extinction: now present in little more than 50,000 exemplars...