In the middle of the countryside between porpoises and Maccarese stands a small chapel in its primitive and simple beauty of 1700 tells the story of an ancient martyr of Holy Island, Santa Ninfa. Taking via delle draining pump from Porpoises towards Maccarese you arrive at the junction with via di Santa Ninfa, is here which is kept [...]
The Bishop of Porto was one of the oldest Christian centers of Rome, bishopric of primary importance in the middle ages became a fortified town to guard against attacks by the Saracens who were raiding up the Tiber. Houses the relics of the Patron Saint, St. Hippolyte. But a mystery hovers around its high walls.
Go back two thousand years, walk inside the port necropolis where the ancient Romans buried their loved ones and remembered them with offerings and prayers. Walking between nature and history, learn how each grave represents her guest with drawings, reliefs, sculptures and curios ...
