Olevano Romano is a little town near Rome. Surrounded by the Tiburtini, Ruffi and Simbruini mountains, and also located at an altitude of about 600 metres, Olevano Romano is famouse for the beauty of its landscapeand its nature, wich made it an irresistible attraction for European artists since the end of the eighteenth century.
Also known for its excellent production of oil and wine, Olevano Romano is today a town full of life and cultural initiatives. There are many historical-artistic sites to visit: the cyclopean walls (recently restored and dating back to the 8th century BC), the historic center with the ancient Palazzo Colonna (now a private residence of Marcucci family), the small Church of Santa Maria di Corte and the suggestive tower (painted several times by artists and today a symbol of the town) and the many religious buildings rich in history, such as the Churc of San Rocco which houses the remains of the German artist Franz Theobald Horny (Weimar, 1798 – Olevano Romano, 1824).
Amoung the most important institutions that bear witness to the artistic history of Olevano Romano, we find the Civic Museum of Art “Domenico Riccardi”. Founded in 1994 thanks also to the citizens’ association “Amici del Museo di Olevano Romano”, better known as AMO, the Civic Museum preserves the works of many German, French, English and Danish artists who came here to represent its uncontaminated nature, giving life to on of the first European centres of landscape art.
Others places to remember are also Villa Serpentara, where you can still admire the historic trees portayed by greatest artists of the nineteenth century, and Casa Baldi, both owned by the Akademie der Künst of berlin and managed in collaboration with the Accademia Tedesca Roma Villa Massimo.
