Rivodutri
Rivodutri () is a (municipality) in the Province of Rieti in the Italian region of Lazio, located about northeast of Rome and about north of Rieti. Rivodutri borders the following municipalities: Colli sul Velino, Leonessa, Morro Reatino, Poggio Bustone, Polino, Rieti. Monuments and places of interest Rivodutri retains for the most part its ancient appearance, with buildings from the fifteenth and sixteenth century. Church of Madonna della Valle The church of the Madonna della Valle is a Roman Catholic church located on a hillside above the town. Church of San Michele Arcangelo In the parish church of San Michele Arcangelo, patron saint of the town, there is a valuable eighteenth-century canvas depicting "Jesus crucified, with St. John, Mary Of Sorrows and Magdalene". Church of Our Lady of the Valley Another much-loved church, a destination for pilgrimages, is that of Our Lady of the Valley, erected in the place where, in 1652, the Virgin appeared to such Alessio Damiani. An attempt was then made to transfer to the church of the village the image of our Lady which, miraculously, was found in the original church (the episode occurred several times). The idea was born then to transport elsewhere, together with the image, the entire rock on which Our Lady had appeared and to build on it the current eighteenth-century sanctuary. Alchemical door The alchemical gate,located in Via Umberto I, is a monumental 16th-century arch decorated with esoteric bas-reliefs,whose symbolism is, however, different from that of the better known Alchemical Gate of Rome. The arch today gives access to a small park, but in the past it was the main access of a palace that no longer exists today (Palazzo Camiciotti). A recent study, carried out by Franco Lelli, places the artifact in the second half of the 1700s and wants it destined to adorn the entrance to the house of a couple of young spouses. Symbolism refers to Greek, Latin, Christian, pagan, and alchemical themes, but only, the latter, to the extent dictated by the historical period of its realization. The "alchemical" call lies all in the power of love, capable of magically transforming, esoterically, the subjects who love each other. The two faces above the Arch can be traced back to Dionysus and Arianna, an expression of Christ's bond and the Church, confirmed by the underlying indication "UNA (DEAR?)" a single flesh, as recalls the letter of St. Paul the Apostle to the Ephesians, directed at the duties of wife and husband. Natural areas Santa Susanna Springs Inside the municipal territory (near the hamlet Piedicolle) there is the spring of Santa Susanna, with an extraordinary flow rate of 5000 liters per second that makes it one of the largest in Europe. In the spring, at Christmas time, an underwater nativity scene is set up. At the source there is a botanical garden equipped with benches and playground and a pond populated by swans. From the spring originate the Santa Susanna river (which, after feeding an ancient mill, flows into Lake