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Abandoned village · 20th century
Celleno (borgo vecchio)
Old Celleno, on a tuff spur in the Tuscia, emptied in the twentieth century because of landslides and earthquakes. Today it is one of the most photographed villages in the Viterbo area: among the ruins stand the churches of San Rocco and San Carlo and the castle where the artist Enrico Castellani lived.
Visiting
Before you go
- Getting there
- In the Teverina, north of Viterbo; about an hour and a half by car from Rome.
- The visit
- An hour and a half among the alleys, churches and castle.
- When to go
- Spring, when Celleno, the «cherry village», celebrates its fruit; in summer the Teverina Buskers street-art festival.
- Good to know
- The Castellani castle can only be visited on organised openings: check first.
Practical information gathered from official and local sources on 9 October 2026. Opening times and conditions change: always check before you go.
Plan your visit
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History
Celleno is an Italian comune of 1,321 inhabitants in the province of Viterbo, Lazio, set on a tuff spur among the river terraces of the Tiber valley, between Lake Bolsena and Lake Alviano.
Text: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · translated from Italian
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