4000 years old! Tower of Cicerone!!…read more This is the Civitavecchia of Arpino! The oldest fixture in oldest town! The town that was built before Rome was built! The town also got attack many times by the romans. You can see the canon holes, a broken canon and so on here too! Climbing the tower: a must! My family's pride and joy this tower! And one of my cousins actually work for the city/government so he's all about restoring and making this place visited. They don't charge you anything! There are about 100 stairs to go up. It is already extremely hot right now so pick a good time. But it is fascinating and break taking to visit this! The story behind it! The history of it all! If you make it to Arpino, go here!!! You cant drive here: Park outside, about a 20 minutes walk and a climb up to get to the tower. Maybe even 30 minutes if you are slow! Just come see for yourself!

The Collegiate Church of Santa Maria del Buon Gesù is a beautiful three-nave church, which in its…read morepresent form dates back to 1788. But the church was built in the fifteenth century (it was very small) to the influence of the preaching of St. Giacomo della Marca The church is in Renaissance and Baroque style. Inside we are: a painting of the crucifixion by Boscoli (1601) and frescoes on the vaults of the same author and Ripanelli; a wooden sculpture of Abruzzese art depicting the Virgin and Child (sec. XV); The Organ, the Chorus in walnut; The baptismal font in wood, semi-hexagonal, carved by G. Morelli of Montegiorgio and the gilding by Contadini, Macerata (century. XIX). Curiosity: Carassai offers 5 different brotherhoods: Sant'Antonio, Sacro Cuore, Madonna del Buon Gesù, Santa Monica e il Santissimo Rosario.