Artist studio · Contemporary · Riano, Lazio

Art Workshop of the Artist Antonella Lozito

The art workshop of Antonella Lozito is a contemporary artist’s studio located in Riano, a municipality in the Metropolitan City of Rome, Lazio. It serves as both a creative workspace and a point of cultural encounter for visitors interested in contemporary Italian visual art and craft.

At a glance

Type: Artist’s studio and workshop
Period: Contemporary
Style: Contemporary visual art
Location: Riano, Metropolitan City of Rome, Lazio, Italy
Coordinates: 42.0913° N, 12.5226° E

Overview

Antonella Lozito’s art workshop is situated in Riano, a small town in the Tiber River valley about 20 kilometres north of Rome. The studio represents the long Italian tradition of the bottega — a workshop where the artist both creates and occasionally receives visitors and students. This type of cultural space forms an important part of the living creative heritage of the towns surrounding Rome.

History

Riano is a commune with ancient roots, situated not far from the Etruscan site of Veio and the broader archaeological landscape of southern Etruria. The town has been a backdrop for artistic and cultural activity throughout the centuries, benefiting from its proximity to Rome and its quiet countryside setting. Contemporary artists working in the area continue a tradition of creative practice rooted in the Roman hinterland, where landscape, light and heritage all influence artistic output.

What you see

The workshop provides a glimpse into the working process of a contemporary Italian artist, with materials, works in progress and finished pieces reflecting the practitioner’s chosen medium. The surrounding area of Riano offers a rural Lazio landscape of olive groves and volcanic tufa hills typical of the Roman Campagna. Visitors can experience the intersection of artistic creation and the historic environment that has long drawn painters and sculptors to the towns north of Rome.

Cultural significance

Artist studios and workshops are a vital part of Italy’s living cultural landscape, connecting the country’s contemporary creative output to its centuries-old artisan tradition. The presence of active artists in small towns like Riano helps sustain local cultural identity and contributes to cultural tourism in the Roman hinterland.

Practical information

Location: Riano, Metropolitan City of Rome, Lazio, Italy
Opening hours: Check official website or contact the artist directly for visits
Admission: Contact the artist for information

Getting there

Riano is located approximately 20 kilometres north of Rome in the Tiber River valley. It is accessible by car via the Via Flaminia (SS3) or the A1 motorway (exit Settebagni). Regional bus services connect Riano to Rome; the nearest railway connections are at Prima Porta on the Roma–Viterbo line operated by ATAC.

Sources & resources

Historical events at this place (1)

2022 Festa delle Rose e della Cicuta

The first news we have of Castrum Raiani dates back to 1159, when, formerly belonging to Giovanni di Ronzone (or Roncione) and Berardo, his younger brother, living in Rome in the place called the mount of Johannes Roncionis, they donated the locality with the castle and all its appurtenances to Pope Adrian IV.



At the beginning of the thirteenth century, in 1203, Riano was among the places that Innocent III confirmed and donated to the Abbey of San Paolo fuori le mura.



It is not clear whether this donation was intended in full, because probably the portion sold by the de Rontionis brothers to Adriano IV had been sold to the Vezzosi family.



Pierluigi Galletti, in his work on Capena and the Collinense land, cites an existing document in the archive of the monastery of San Paolo, from which we learn that in 1259 the monastery bought the part of the Castrum Raiani belonging to Iacopo de Vezzosi and his relatives.&nbsp;



In 1268, to pay the sum for this purchase, he had to sell the farmhouse of Fiorano to the monastery of Santa Balbina.



In 1393 Riano was once again dependent on the Abbey of San Paolo and subsequently, due to the numerous conflicts that troubled Rome and its surroundings, the locality heavily suffered the effects that had to be largely rebuilt.



In 1527, the monastery of San Paolo, in order to cope with the impositions due to the imperial troops by Pope Clement VII, had to sell the locality with all its appurtenances to Luigi Gaddi for 20,000 ducats. Only two years later, however, he returned to the monastery for 20,000 scudi.



Due to new needs it was again sold in 1531 to Francesco Spinola for 12,000 ducats: in 1538 the descendants of Spinola sold it to the Gaddi for the second time for 16,000 ducats.



In 1570 Cardinal Pierdonato Cesi bought it for his nephew Emilio, from Silvia and Antonia Gaddi, heirs of Luigi, to whose family he remained in the branch of the Dukes of Acquasparta to subsequently pass to the Ludovisi-Boncompagni princes of Piombino.



In 1924 the body of Giacomo Matteotti was found on August 16, between 7:30 and 8 in the morning, by the dog of a sergeant of the Carabinieri on leave, Ovidio Caratelli in the Quartarella scrub.



In 1985 the abbey you see in the film &quot;The Name of the Rose&quot; on a mound was turned and rebuilt above the Pian dell&#39;Olmo quarry at 10 km of the Via Tiberina, as the scenographer Dante Ferretti testified in a film, the abbey it was built near Riano and immediately after the shooting was dismantled, now there is only a ruin of medieval times on the hill with a wide panorama of Northern Rome.

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