Forano
Forano is one of the villages of beautiful Sabina, crossed by the Tiber river and facing Mount Soratte that overlooks the valley. In its long history it has always been chosen by noble families as buen retiro. Its urban layout and its buildings still bear the sign of such magnificence today
Population
3.160
Area
17,69 km²
Altitude
218 m
Where is it?
Forano, with its 3,180 inhabitants, stands on a hill at an altitude of 218 m. above sea level, 42.5 km. away from Rieti and 55.4 km. from Rome. Thanks to the Orte-Fara Sabina-Fiumicino Airport railway line that stops in the important hamlet of Gavignano, it is very well connected to Rome, also easily reachable by car, given the proximity to the A1 highway and the tollgate of Ponzano Romano-Soratte.
What to see?
Forano preserves a great variety of religious and non-religious traditions that animate the summer and winter months and is characterized by a territory that attracts visitors and invites them to go walking, horseriding and cycling. The main square of Forano in dominated by the 17th-century Baroque structures of the Church of the Trinity and the Sauve Palace. Worthy of attention is in particular the Holy Trinity, donated to the Community by Duke Luigi Strozzi in 1682, typical for its exposed brick facade, an entrance portal with jambs and a lintel surmounted by a curvilinear tympanum. In the historic centre, the beautiful marble portal testifies to the antiquity of the building near the Ducal Palace (18th century), built by the Strozzi family on the ruins of an ancient fortress, which represented the first nucleus of Forano. The imposing presence of the Ducal Palace dominates the beauty of the historic centre and the surrounding landscape. The main attractions are found in the “Old Forano”, just behind the Ducal Palace. Leaving the village, along the Viale called "the promenade" stands the Waldensian Evangelical Church, a temple inaugurated in 1894 by Luigi Angelini, and the church of the patron saint San Sebastiano, built in 1627, under the rule of the Strozzi family. Two rows of mulberries planted in 1712 accompanied the people of Forano from Piazza Garibaldi (at the time Piazza del Gioco) to the church of San Sebastiano along Via del Passeggio.
