About Nectar Of Gods Tour

From Rome it takes only one hour to take you to the very famous wine area: Frascati.
From the 3th Century b.C. the Appian road was built to connect Rome to Capua, a famous village thanks to it's Gladiator's training centre, but mostly to connect Rome to the Roman villas of Senators and VIP's. In fact the hills of the south were very famous for the gentle breeze and the loam of the field. For these reasons Frascati and Marino are still today visited by locals and turists interested in wine and also in olive oil production. I usually take my guests on a really relaxing visit of the most productive farms that export this fine italian wine all around the world .... not only the Chianti is the symbol of Italy, you'll see and drink the best roman wine !

Departing from the Hotel in Rome at 9:00 am, along the original Appian way my escort will explain to you the beautiful scenery you'll see all around: the aqueduct of the Quintiliano family, the Appian Park and the wine yards.

After a stop on the top of the hill of Castle Candolfo (the summer Residence of the Pope) where you can take pictures of the lake of Albano (where the Romans would play famous fights and battles between boats) I'll take you in a very friendly farm were you can have your first wine and olive oil test accompanied with some 'bruschetta', ham and cheese, all delicious local products of the Farm. The owner of the farm will be proud to show and explain how he produces his local products taking you inside the laboratory, watching the barrikes of wine or the machines that squeeze the olives, explaining step by step all the production.
In this places you'll be able to buy all the products: cheese, wine, olive oil bottles, marmalades, honey, biscuits .... or pottery and ceramics painted by local artists.
Back to the Hotel in Rome around 5:00pm ... happy but not drunk, eh eh!

Frascati in 1798 also constituted itself as the Republic Gemellata than Romana (see French Revolution in the Castelli Romani and Velletri).

In autumn 1837 a major epidemic broke out in Rome and thousands of residents left the city eternal, Frascati was the only district centre of Rome that opened their doors in the city and housed them until the end of the epidemic. So from that day, in thanksgiving of hospitality, Frascati has the same flag of Rome, giallorossa.

The May 14, 1849, during the Roman Republic (1849), the King of Naples, Ferdinand II, he entered in Frascati, accepted with 'indifference' from the population frascatana.

In November 1873 the orphanage was opened Female Micara in Palazzo Spada purchased through the use of a bequest of Cardinal frascatano Ludovico Micara. In December 1878 the Asylum was opened for Infantile Tuscolano initiative of the Municipal.

The first railway built by the State of the Church, Rome Frascati Railway was inaugurated during the reign of Pope Pius IX on July 5, 1856. In 1884 the last part of the railway, from the periphery (zone Campitelli) to the city centre, was inaugurated during the reign of King Umberto I of Italy. It was the second railway built in Italian territory. In 1901 electricity arrived in Frascati and lighting became public electricity.

In 1906 he was inaugurated the tramway for Rome and Castelli Romani Frascati which connected with the crossroad of Grottaferrata where dipartiva to Rome or to Marino. In 1954 the service tramviario was replaced by bus service: in popular memory, however, still remains the memory and regret of the old trams of the Castelli Romani.
Vicinale Station in 1929
Vicinale Station in 1929

In 1916 he was put into service the tramway Vicinale Frascati which connected with the line Rome-Fiuggi through Monteporzio, Montecompatri and San Cesareo. In 1943 the line was destroyed by war, then replaced by bus service.

During the second World War, around 12 hours, 8 September 1943, Frascati, command headquarters of German field marshal Kesselring, was heavily bombed: 130 Boeing B-17 Americans, better known as Flying Fortresses, 1,300 bombs dropped well . Lost their lives about 500 civilians and 200 German soldiers, half of the buildings destroyed and went between the many monuments and villas. The church of St. Peter the Apostle was almost completely razed to the ground, remained standing only the facade. The body of the church was later rebuilt after the war. After Sept. 8 there were more than forty new incursions of lesser gravity. In particular, the bombing on January 22, 1944 as a result of the Allied landing at Anzio (Operation Shingle).