
The name Varco refers to its status as a 'pass', pass between two mountain ranges' and Varco Sabino is a medieval town 700 meters high. Varco Sabino was a fiefdom of the Abbey of San Salvatore Maggiore, founded in the eighth century and which had the support of the Carolingian emperors which then lapsed and it was suppressed in the seventeenth century. But the village of the fiefdom had only been created in the second half of the fifteenth century by the inhabitants of the Mirandella Castrum, destroyed by an earthquake. For this reason it seems an unusual town without castle fortifications. The heritage of the lands and of Mirandella grazing rights was contested by neighbouring Ascrea and this began a long dispute that finally ended only in 1898, after the unification of Italy.
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Village of Rocca Vittiana
The medieval village of Rocca Vittiana, at an altitude of 640 meters, is surrounded by…

Village of Rigatti
The medieval village of Rigatti is surrounded by nature and was built around a castle,…

Village of Poggio Vittiano
The village of Poggio Vittiano is a small medieval village with magnificent views of Cicolano…

Roman bridge
At Varco you can see a Roman bridge of simple arches, perfectly preserved, which represented…

Church of San Girolamo
The church dedicated to St. Jerome, the patron saint of the town, is located in…
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Nature Reserve of the mountains of Navegna and Cervia
The town falls within the Nature Reserve of Cervia and Navegna mountains and includes a…