
Atina is a medieval village on a hill overlooking the Comino Valley. The legend says it was founded by Saturn in the mythical golden age, along with other 5 cities of Lazio which begin with the letter A. It had been a Volsca town along the road that joins Sora to Cassino. It was mentioned in Virgil's Aeneid. In the fourth century BC it was among the cities of the Sannitica League against Rome. It had a certain importance also for its proximity to the iron mines of Mount Meta. Conquered by the Romans, it became part of the Teretina tribe and then a prefecture and then a municipality. Cicero calls it "Atina mother of many illustrious men, so much so that no city in Italy can be said to be richer." Destroyed by the Lombards, it was rebuilt in 626 and became part of the domains of Monte Cassino, then the Duchy of Benevento, in the county of Capua, then the unified kingdom of the Normans, the Kingdom of Naples and the Two Sicilies. The exploitation of the iron mines of Meta, to which the history of Atina and the Comino Valley belong, has continued until modern times. In 1774 an ironworks was constructed that closed in 1799 during the French occupation. In 1852 the Bourbon government began the construction of an ironworks which was stopped with the Piedmontese occupation of 1860.
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Cannellini Beans DOC
For centuries, the Atina cannellini bean has represented the main food of the local people…

Extra virgin olive oil single variety of Marina
This local cultivar has a little voluminous foliage, short branches to the fruit, small pale…

Atina Wine DOC
Since the beginning of the nineteenth century there are selected vines of cabernet for wine…
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Polygonal Walls and Roman ruins
The walls are divided into pre-Roman polygonal section and a following Roman section. It is…

Cantelmos Palace
The palace is the oldest building in town, has a square shape, with rectangular towers,…

Co-Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta
The co-cathedral was begun in 1725 and completed in 1746 and was built on an…
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Atina Jazz Festival
The International Jazz Festival Atina Music comes from the passion of a local solicitor, Vittorio…

The River Melfa
The river source is linked to legends and popular venerations since ancient times. The river,…
Archaeological Museum
The museum is divided into five rooms with archaeological finds from the Comino Valley from…