The hilly area whose center of gravity includes , among the others, the villages of Montebuono and Tarano is the heart of that territory which the Romans used to call Ager Foronovanum

The area of the lower Nera valley from antiquity was a very important hub for river traffic, so much that it is believed that it was used by the Romans as a strategic naval construction site,

Nerola, in the Province of Rome, is a village whose magnificent medieval castle, which stands intact with its towers and crenellations, testifying to the past splendor of the Orsini family, dominates the Corese stream valley,

Vallecupola is a tiny medieval village in the province of Rieti, lying on the edge of a splendid basin dominating the pass that connects the Salto and Turano valleys, on the border between the lands that were home to the Equi and Sabini peoples, on the watershed between the Cicolano and the Sabina.