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Ariccia, in brief.

Porchetta, Bernini's piazza, fraschette taverns.

Illustration · Ariccia

A Castelli Romani town reshaped by Bernini, whose round church of Santa Maria dell'Assunzione anchors the central piazza.

Ariccia is the spiritual home of porchetta, the herb-stuffed roast pork served in its old fraschette taverns.

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