Discover Cellere: Nature, Culture and Holiday Apartments

Cellere amid Nature, History and Festive Traditions

Cellere reveals its character through the combination of agriculture, tradition and history. Olive growing is the predominant agricultural activity in Cellere. On 1 September, the patron saint Sant’Egidio is celebrated with a procession and the famous Sant’Egidio biscuits. 1 September is a specific festival date in Cellere.

History and Distinctive Landscapes

The Museo del Brigantaggio offers an anthropological perspective on banditry in the Maremma region surrounding Domenico Tiburzi. The Grotta della Mercareccia is also known as Grotta di Tiburzi and still bears visible traces of excavations on its vault and rock walls. Its two entrances create changing light effects inside, depending on the sunlight.

Holiday Apartment in Cellere: Combining Nature and Culture

Parco del Timone lies south of the municipality of Cellere and is home to a great variety of plant and animal species. The Torrente Timone, a tributary of the Fiora, flows through the park. The section of the Torrente Timone located in the Cellere area has been developed as an equipped park; from a picnic area, a footpath leads to a waterfall. The equipped park offers a clear sequence for a day in nature: the footpath leads from the picnic area to the waterfall, while the Torrente Timone flows through the section. The great variety of plant and animal species adds further opportunities for observation in the landscape along the way.

Mulino Manfroni used the canalized water of the Torrente Timone to grind grain for the consumption of Cellere families and is an example of industrial archaeology. At Mulino Manfroni, the use of canalized water and the supply of ground grain for the families of Cellere are presented side by side.

Palazzo Farnese is a residential palace created by transforming the former Rocca. The Church of Sant’Egidio Abate was commissioned by Cardinal Alessandro Farnese from Antonio da Sangallo the Younger. Those interested in architectural history can begin at Palazzo Farnese with the former Rocca and then examine the commission from Cardinal Alessandro Farnese to Antonio da Sangallo the Younger at Sant’Egidio Abate.

Pianiano and Cultural Variety

In Pianiano, a painting entitled “Madonna degli Albanesi” is preserved in the early medieval Church of San Sigismondo Martire. MUSA in Pianiano combines opera, chamber music, jazz, popular music, blues and rock with theatrical performances. Pianiano also brings together a painting in San Sigismondo Martire and the MUSA programme featuring opera, chamber music, jazz, popular music, blues, rock and theatrical performances.

The places listed for tourists are within walking distance.

More Places for Your Travel Planning

If you would like to extend your travel planning beyond Cellere, also discover Bagnaia, Caprarola, Canepina, Montalto Marina, Civitella Cesi, Bolsena, Monterosi and San Michele In Teverina.

To the higher-level travel overview: Viterbo.