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Beautiful village with an abbey that is worth a visit. From Fara Sabina there is a very long singletrack that is very fun to do only by MTB

Mentana, 20 km from Rome, is a village in the Roman Sabina area known for its Sabina DOP extra virgin olive oil and the Macchia di Gattaceca Nature Reserve. The meeting between Charlemagne and Pope Leo III and the Battle of Mentana in 1867, led by Garibaldi, took place here. The village preserves historical monuments such as the Baronial Palace and the Capuchin Convent. The MuGa – Garibaldino Museum commemorates the heroes of the Risorgimento. Mentana is also famous for festivals dedicated to culinary specialties such as ciammella a cancellu and maccheroni a centonara, and for traditional celebrations such as that of Sant'Antonio Abate.

The nature reserve extends over about a thousand hectares between the Tiber Valley and the Cornicolani Mountains, in the Roman Sabina. The landscape is hilly, with pasture areas, crops and fragments of woods, remnants of the original forests. The area is known for its botanical value and for karst phenomena such as caves and sinkholes, including the Pozzo del Merro, one of the deepest in the world. The reserve also preserves historical evidence, from prehistory to the Middle Ages.

Beautiful place to visit

The Gattaceca scrub is always a spectacle of colours.

One of the several singletracks inside the Reserve, you enter from the side of the motorway facing Mezzaluna to exit on the provincial road that connects Monterotondo with Castelchiodato. It does not require particular technical skills, the only precaution in autumn and winter is that the bottom can be slippery due to mud and fallen leaves

The Farfa abbey takes its name from the river of the same name (the Farfarus of Ovid) which flows nearby. The abbey is a monastery attributable to the Benedictine congregation.

The Farfa abbey takes its name from the river of the same name (the Farfarus of Ovid) which flows nearby. The abbey is a monastery attributable to the Benedictine congregation.