With its breathtaking aesthetics and fascinating stories, Altri invites you to walk through its labyrinthine urban fabric and explore every corner of it. Alatri’s Trivio and its Gottifredi Palace are undisputed symbols of the borough’s history and cultural heritage. A trip to the village of Alatri is not only an escape from modernity, but also an immersion in the history of pre-Roman and medieval Italy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In the province of Frosinone, Alatri is an ancient village that can project each of its visitors into a plunge into the past thanks to its maze of streets and alleys<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":352075,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"the-village":"
The charm of Alatri, a picturesque village in the heart of the Lazio region, lies in its protohistoric origins and its indissoluble link with the Ernici people, one of the oldest Italic groups.<\/p>\n
In the 7th century B.C., the Ernici were responsible for the construction of the Acropolis and the huge megalithic walls that still encircle the town, marking the starting point of Alatri's history. This construction allowed the town to keep alive its primitive pre-Roman settlement, going on to form, predominantly, the urban structure of its medieval layout.<\/p>\n
The historic center of Alatri, gathered within the irregular perimeter of the walls, projects each of its visitors into a plunge into the past. A labyrinth of narrow, winding streets, often steeply sloping, unravels between ancient buildings and modern tenements, wrapping around the Acropolis fortress<\/strong><\/a>. The latter represents the visual heart of the city, a raised core, called Civitas nova, around which the settlement below, called Civitas vetus, developed. This historic structure served as a powerful defense for the city, enclosing the historic center and keeping the cultural richness of the city within its walls.<\/p>\n Imbued with history, within the circuit, we discover six passages, shaped and refined through the centuries. Three of these gates-St. Benedict, St. Francis and St. Nicholas-are named after the generations of churches still standing or now destroyed in their vicinity. The last gate, however, stands out with a non-religious name, the \"Porta Portati,\" which stands out with a fortified keep displaced from the walls themselves.<\/p>\n The Porta San Benedetto<\/strong> The Porta San Francesco<\/strong> St. Nicholas Gate and St. Peter's Gate<\/strong> Exploring the labyrinth of streets and alleys in the city of Alatri, one arrives at the Trivio<\/strong>, the beating heart of city life. This historic and vibrant spot results from the intersection of the three main city arteries: the Corso della Repubblica, the Corso Vittorio Emanuele and the Corso Cavour. Rising majestically on the Trivium, the Gottifredo Palace<\/strong><\/a> is one of Alatri's main medieval-medieval symbols, along with the nearby Romanesque tower-house.<\/p>\n Despite having been damaged over time, the interior of the Gottifredo Palace reveals its extraordinary historical charm. The powerful Romanesque structures are clearly visible, with some Gothic elements reminding us of the eclectic mixture of styles that distinguished the architecture of Campania's thirteenth century.<\/p>\n"},"stato_borgo":[],"village-conntection":[50376],"borghi":[57267,57266],"village-category":[35898],"class_list":["post-176949","village","type-village","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","village-conntection-alatri-it","borghi-frosinone","borghi-lazio","village-category-camper-parking-area"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/village\/176949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/village"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/village"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/village\/176949\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/352075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"stato_borgo","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stato_borgo?post=176949"},{"taxonomy":"village-conntection","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/village-conntection?post=176949"},{"taxonomy":"borghi","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/borghi?post=176949"},{"taxonomy":"village-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/village-category?post=176949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}The Gates of Alatri: Scenic Varchi in the Past<\/h4>\n
\nThe Porta San Benedetto is a picturesque corner of Alatri, characterized by its ancient architecture consisting of tall boulders and a unique monolith for lintel, which does not allow vehicles to pass through it.<\/p>\n
\nThe Porta San Francesco, on the other side, is a tribute to innovation and progress. Carved out in the 19th century by architect Subleyras, the opening in the megalithic wall features a large vestibule designed to increase the city's defensive capabilities. Not far away, the Church of St. Benedict can be visited.<\/p>\n
\nSt. Nicholas represents one of the medieval entrances to the city from the east, challenging in its imposing architecture, currently in ruins and with traces of the 19th-century transformations carried out to the design of Subleyras. Representing history, we finally find St. Peter's Gate oriented north toward St. Peter's Hill. Today, it has side walls of boulders, reminiscent of the ancient Hernian gate called Bellona, with symbolic phallic bas-reliefs from past eras testifying to the passage of time.<\/p>\nAlatri's Trivio: the beating heart of the town and home to the historic Gottifredo Palace<\/h4>\n