The artists' village on a spur of tuff in the Treja valley
Calcata, in the Treja valley about forty kilometres north of Rome, is a tiny medieval village perched on a spur of tuff surrounded by gorges and woods. In the 1930s it was declared unsafe because of the risk of landslides, and its inhabitants were moved to a new village nearby, Calcata Nuova.
In the 1960s and 1970s the abandoned old village was occupied by artists, artisans and hippies from Italy and abroad, who restored the houses and turned it into a bohemian community, still alive today. Its lanes are full of workshops, small galleries, tea rooms and taverns. Below the village, the Valle del Treja regional park offers paths along the river, waterfalls and the ruins of the Etruscan and Faliscan settlements, such as the Monte Gelato waterfalls.
Tip: park outside the village and walk in; at weekends Calcata is lively, on weekdays it is wonderfully quiet.
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