AllSaints and Hallowen on a farmhouse in Frascati in the Roman Castles area

Whyspend the weekend of AllSaints and Halloween in Rome? A fewmiles from the Roman chaos, ourfarmhouseoffers the opportunity to spendeven the week end or also a single day of relaxation and well-being in a wine estate of 130acresstillintactin the Roman Castle area

All Saints Do you know its origin?

On May 13, 609 AD, the Catholic Church creates the feast of AllSaints by dedicating the Pantheon, the temple of allpagangods to Mary, mother of God, with the evidentpurpose of replacing the pagangods with Christian saints!

Later on, the festival ismoved to November 2, joiningit, from the 11th century, to November 1, the day of the dead with the aim of absorbinginto the Christian religionalso the paganfestivalsthatremembered the deceasedancestors with rites in contrast with the Catholicreligion of whichHalloweentwas just a small example

Halloween: Wheredoes the name come from? Why dead and saintstogether?

The term Halloween comes from the word Hallowwhichmeanssaint in archaic English.

AllHallow’s Eve isthereforeequivalent to the eve (Eve) of allsaints, and thisis the reasonwhy Halloween iscelebrated on October 31st, the eveningbeforeAllSaints’ Day on November 1st.

The origins of the festival date back to severalcenturiesbeforeChristianity and werelinked to the New Year’s Eve celebrated on October 31 by the Celts of Ireland.

Itwas the moment when the shepherdsbroughttheir flocks back to the valley by joining the celebrations of Samhain to the cult of the saints, which in archaic English meant “summer’s end, the end of summer and therefore the beginning of the new year.

During the night of Samhain the spirits of the dead, guided by the torchesplaced in front of the houses, returned to earth and mingled with theirstill living descendants.

With the advent of Christianity, the Halloween party has become a Christian holiday dedicated to the saints and the dead, losing all reference to the Celtic New Year.

Halloween: Why has it become a world wide holiday? Didyou know that it is thanks to the potato?

The potato arrives from Peru at the end of 1500 but it is only with the end of 1700 that it spread in Europe causing a strong increase in the population thanks to the quantity of calories equal to 4 times those of wheat. In Ireland, the population, wholivesonly on milk and potatoes, was hit in the mid-1800s by a terriblefaminecaused by the destruction of potato crops by a fungusweed.

Due to the faminemillions of Irish emigrate to the United States but do notforgettheirholidays, amongwhich Halloween occupiessuch an important place as to become a national holiday for the USA and from the USA to spread throughout the world.

The party isjoined by the legend of Jack, an inveterate sinnerwho, after death, becomes a restless soul, wanders the world guided by the light lit in a pumpkin.

All Saints’ Day and Halloween in a farm house near Rome

In 2024 the calenderoffers the possibility of spending a long weekend from Thursday 31 october to Sunday novenmber 3 in a farmhousenear Rome

AllSaints’ Day and Halloween with a cultural tourism

For cultural experienceswe offersonly the embarrassment of choicebetween Frascati, Castelgaldolfo, Nemi up to Tivoli with Villa D’este and Villa Adriana.

All Saints’ Day and Halloween with the tour of the vineyards, the visit to the cellar an tasting of our wines

The experience of visiting the Pietra Porzia cellar starts from the historiccellarduginto the tuff 2000 years ago, a fascinating cave whereyou can admire the columndrums of an archaictemple from the 5th century BC. Thenyouvisit the moderncellar with the scents of the new winethatisfinishingfermenting. Visits can be bookeddirectly from our website or duringyour stay on the farm.

AllSaints’ Day and Halloween with a visit to the spring and the sub merge temple

Duringyour stay you can book a guided tour of the source and the submergedtemple, an unforgettableexperience!

AllSaints’ Day and Halloween at the restaurant of our farm house

the restaurant of the farmhouseis open from Thursday october 31 to Saturady november 2 for dinner,  Sundaynovember3 for lunch , we can make additional special openings on demand.

• In addition to the normal à la carte menu we have prepared a special pumpkin menumade with our pumpkins, vegetables from our garden and wheat from our field.
• You can accompany the dishes with our Frascati without forgetting the Lecino or Lecinaro, the extraordinary red wines from the native grapeLecinaro with the scents of cocoa and cherries in alcohol. Finally, nothing better than Cannellino accompanied by the typical Frascati winedonuts.

If you like this article and you decide to spend All-Saintsholiday and Halloween in our farmhouse in Frascati, in Castelli Roman if ill the form below and we ill welcome you with joy.