Canino, a charming little town
surrounded by hills covered with olive groves, lies in Alto Lazio on the Tuscan
border. Canino is also at the centre of an archaeological and naturalistic
territory of great interest with the Archeological Park of Vulci and the WWF
Oasis of Vulci. The production of Extra Virgin Olive Oil is the most important
item in the economy of Canino and an important Olive Festival takes place each
year in December. The historic centre of Canino preserves interesting buildings
erected by the powerful families who had bound their names to the history of the
town. At the entrance to the medieval quarter is the so-called Tower of Paul
III, according to tradition, birthplace of the great pope who initiated the
Counter-Reformation. Nearby is Palazzo Bonaparte, enlarged in the early
XIXth Century by Napoleon's brother, Lucien Bonaparte, according to the design
of Valadier. Piazza Costantino De Andreis is dominated by the façade of the
Collegiate Church built towards the end of the XVIIIth Century. Within the
church are valuable paintings donated by Lucien Bonaparte, as well as the
Bonaparte Chapel, built in 1854 by Alexandrine de Bleschamps, Lucien's second
wife. Our land has also extraordinary beauty to offer the visitor: the Etruscan
city of Vulci with its necropolis of over 10,000 tombs, where can be admired the
celebrated François Tomb, the Abbadia Castle with its breathtaking Bridge, the
National Archeological Museum of Vulci and the celebrated "Cento Camere" thermal
baths which were famous in antiquity. Our mill operates in this context with the
fullest respect for the environment, history and culture handed down to us over
thousands of years. This is where our Olive Oil comes from.
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