Next to our farm, you will find the fount from which comes the water Santo Stefano”; density 3,05, with a low calcic content, diuretic, helps to relieve gout and is one of the softest waters in Italy.
The fount of Santo Stefano was found during the fascist 20's , the source of the water came from the 19th century parc Villa Clementi, under the surviving and majestic oak trees. The villa originally belonged to the local wealthy Gramiccia family and was sold to the Clementi family. The villa was used by the Sisters Pie Filippini as a nursery school from 1938 and was then used as a military automobile parc during the Second World War. The Clementi family donated the parc to the community in the 60's who transformed it into a public parc. Part of the villa still belongs to the Pie Filippini Sisters.
The fount of San Stefano was and still is claimed as having therapeutic characteristics. About 30 years ago commercialization of the water was attempted with little success. The water from the fount is: oligomineral, low in calcium, antiuric, diuretic, little radiative, density 3,05, amongst the softest waters in Italy. Advisable for those suffering from problems such as gout, calculosis, kidney problems, and portentous for infections of the urinary system and for general detoxicating treatment, for curing calculosis and urcimia as one can read in the studies of professors Mariano Messini, Mario Talenti, Giovanni Labranca, Giorgio Lulli, Luciano Mazzanti (published in Omnibus in an article by Luciano Serra, Tuesday 23 November 1969 – page 9).

In Cave you will find the “Museo della Civiltà Contadina”(museum of agriculture), the “Museo Geopaleontologico “ (geopaleontologic museum) and an astronomic observatory.

During certain periods of the year you may participate in many quality musical and choral representations, organized by the active local organizations.
Actually in process is the requalification and the reevaluation of the historic center of Cave, once the stronghold of the Colonna family, where one may visit the Palazzo Leoncelli, the nearest detachment of the university La Sapienza of Rome and the ex-Augustinian convent from the 12th century, actual main office of the community of Cave. Inside the ex-convent, you can visit the museum “Museo Ferri” (Lorenzo Ferri, 1902-1975) , dedicated to the famous artist and scholar of the Holy Shrine. In the same museum you can see the renown monumental manger, one of the largest in the world, with statues measuring up to 4 meters high, a work by Lorenzo Ferri. A testimony of his fame is his donation of the bronze door at the entrance of the church S. Maria Assunta. It is a small representation of the Holy Door, which would have been used in Saint Peter’s Basilica had the artist won the international contest, in which he came second behind the master Manzù who went on to make the work.
Other important archeological sites include many churches such as S. Stefano Protomartire (upper and lower), S. Maria, San Carlo, S. Lorenzo , Madonna del Campo, where many frescoes and works dating back to the 10th century may be admired.

FESTIVITIES AND FOLKLORE AT CAVE
S. Lorenzo and Madonna del Campo are the patron saints of Cave who are paid tribute to with great festivities.
The festival of the chestnut in the streets: Every year during the last week in October, the production of the “marrone” (chestnut) is commemorated, renown for a long time in Cave and famous for its export to France, where they made an excellent “marron glacé” The chestnut of Cave is still amongst the best in Italy.
Good Friday and the remembrance of the historical -religious tragedy of Golgota,.
Historic remembrance of the peace treaty of 1557: 13th and 14th September. Historic procession celebrating the peace treaty of 1556 with people dressed up in costumes and contests between archers and crossbows from the seven different districts of Cave, with menus from the period. (Festivity organized for the first time in 1996)

SURROUNDINGS.
You will be able to visit the “Museo delle Navi Romane”(museum of roman ships) at lake Nemi, the villa of Nerone, in Subiaco or the picturesque Castelli Romani, the natural parc of the Prenestini Hills “Parco Naturale dei Monti Prenestini”, Tivoli with its marvelous roman villas and much more besides the beauty of Rome, which is easily reachable from Cave by various routes