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The Lost Castle of Rocca Guidonesca (The Rocchettine) - Journey through the abandoned Medieval ghost castle of Rocca Guidonesca (also known as the Rocchettine) on the Sabine hills in central Italy.
Medieval castles in Italy are plenty, and the abandoned castles are the most evocative, broken vestiges of long-gone eras.
MUSIC: ' A Place in Heaven" by Two Steps from Hell
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The Lost Castle of Rocca Guidonesca (The Rocchettine) - Journey through the abandoned Medieval ghost castle of Rocca Guidonesca (also known as the Rocchettine) on the Sabine hills in central Italy.
Medieval castles in Italy are plenty, and the abandoned castles are the most evocative, broken vestiges of long-gone eras.
MUSIC: ' A Place in Heaven" by Two Steps from Hell
Buy this album on iTunes: tiny.cc/TJB-Illusions
Follow Thomas on Facebook: fbl.me/TJB
Follow Two Steps From Hell on Facebook: fbl.me/TSFH
Composed by Thomas Bergersen.
Audio quality has been lowered due to public availability, please support the composer by purchasing the album for the full audio experience.
Also available on:
Amazon: tiny.cc/TJB-Illusions1
CDBaby: tinyurl.com/kk8pxcl
![EP. #122 Via dei Fori Imperiali, part 2 [2/2]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_XQQiNTcqak/mqdefault.jpg "EP. #122 Via dei Fori Imperiali, part 2 [2/2]
(http://www.aroadretraveled.com) We continue or visit to Romes famous Via dei Fori Imperiali from Trajans Column and Market to the end of the road: Colosseo. We end our visit with a lovely Sunday evening passeggiata with live entertainment and sunsets.")
![Ancient Medieval Templar Tower - Sant’Egidio in Italy [ by DRONE ]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/b3mZJzji40U/mqdefault.jpg "Ancient Medieval Templar Tower - Sant’Egidio in Italy [ by DRONE ]
Medieval Templar Tower - Sant’Egidio in Civitavecchia, Italy
Along the road that connects Tolfa to Civitavecchia, was the Templar settlement of San Giulio. Of it, only the tower from the original settlement survived. Initially built with a defensive function, the tower was later used as a bell tower. San Giulio, also indicated as Tituuls of Sant Edigio and San Giovanni alle Terme, belonged to the Templar Order.
Learn More about Templars in Italy:
E. VALENTINI, I Templari a Civitavecchia e nel territorio fra Tarquinia a Cerveteri, Tuscania 2008.
https://www.penneepapiri.it/catalogo/templari-a-Civitavecchia-e-nel-territorio-fra-Tarquinia-e-Cerveteri-I-p80786637
The Servant Vivolo del Villa Sancti Justini mentioned San Giulio among the Templar Preceptories where he offered his services and that charity donations of food and hospitality to the poor used to take place here. Remains of the church and other buildings are most likely underground buried by time.
According to a local tradition, there was a small church mentioned by Pope Gregory I (Gregory the Great, Gregorio Magno) that should be identified with the Templar church of San Giulio which, until a few decades ago, was known as San Giovanni alle Terme.
The currently visible ruins can be attributed to a church which, over the centuries, has been indicated with three different dedications: San Giulio, SantEgidio, and San Giovanni alle Terme.
The belonging of San Giulio to the Order of the Temple is documented in the acts of the trial of the Templars, which began in 1309, in Rome, in Lazio, in the Duchy of Spoleto and in the Abruzzi.
In an apostolic visit of 1573 it was specified that only the ruined walls remained of the church SantEgidio. It is not known when the name of the church changed from one saint to another took place, but from the seventeenth century onwards has been referred to as SantEgidio.")
