Picinisco, Autumn Delights 2022

PICINISCO, 17 SEPTEMBER 2022 “Prof. Orfeo Vacca” Pro Loco Association, with the support of the Lazio Region AUTUMN FESTIVAL – 10th edition 2022 Mushroom Foraging, Mycology Lecture, Festival featuring the harvested mushrooms – Music – Prizes For organisational reasons and in compliance with anti-Covid regulations, booking is recommended. Info: tel 347 8900463 – 338 2324503 – 347 [email protected] – […]

Shepherding in Festival 2023

Get ready to immerse yourself in a unique experience celebrating the millenary pastoral tradition of the Comino Valley and its majestic mountains. Pastorizia in Festival, the unmissable event taking place on 8 and 9 July 2023, offers an incredible variety of activities and culinary delights that will leave you breathless. If you are a gastronomy enthusiast, [...]

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Settefrati

Pilgrimages to Canneto from the neighbouring village of Picinisco (1639-1665) The cult of St Anne is born

Picinisco is the last village on the Canneto itinerary, before tackling the roughness of the high mountains and reaching the coveted destination, for the companies or processions of devotees, who every year on August bank holiday come on foot from the plains of lower Liri, from Cassinate and from the mountainous hinterland of the Mainarde, preserving one of the oldest and most [...].

Picinisco, Autumn Delights, 9th edition.

08:30 – Participants gather in Piazza Capocci; registration; choice of route; and distribution of the “packed breakfast” 09:30 – Departure for the excursion through the natural surroundings of Picinisco with mycologists and naturalists 13:00 – Return to Piazza Capocci and mushroom collection; submission of specimens for the prize competitions “The Most Beautiful Mushroom” and “The Most […]

Picinisco, Sheep-farming Festival

9.00 am – Opening of the exhibition and market in Piazza E. Capocci 9.30 am – Shuttle bus departs for a guided tour of local farms, including tastings of local specialities. 1.00 pm – Street food village opens in Piazza E. Capocci 2.00 pm – Children’s activities and musical performances 6.30 pm – Event closes.

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History

Municipality of Picinisco in 1897

PICINISCO Cassino electoral college. Diocese of Sora. Inhabitants. 3510. Dist. km. 14 from Atina (District capital). Surface area 3500 hectares.Above a hill between the Mollerino stream and the Melfi Riviera. Products. Scarce cereals, many pastures.Industries. Paper factory.Post office. Local telegraph office. Railway station. Cassino is 29 km. away on the Rome-Naples line. Bus service.Fairs. 19, 20 [...]