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Roccantica Medieval Fest

Roccantica, Latium, Italy

In partnership with

The camp is made in collaboration with the association ALA. Since 2009, ALA association has been working to develop the rural area where it is based, revitalizing the spaces it occupies. Over the years, it has transformed abandoned structures into vibrant community hubs, welcoming both locals and international youth, who have been an integral part of the renovation process. The mountains play a central role in the community, serving for years as a space of active work aimed at making them more accessible through trail cleaning and marking. Through non-formal education and a learning by doing approach, the association offers a place to explore and challenge ourselves, discover our limits, and celebrate our strengths.


Description of the Work

The camp will engage volunteers in preparing the festival together with the Pro Loco of Roccantica, with activities such as setting up the kitchen, arranging traditional costumes, preparing festival spaces, and caring for nearby areas. During the central days of the camp, volunteers will take an active role in the Medieval Festival, offering both logistical and artistic support. Volunteers will also have the opportunity to discover the traditions that define the Sabina region, working closely with local residents.
The daily workload will be approximately 6 hours per day.

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Accommodation & Food

Volunteers will stay in the gym of the Roccantica school, where they will have access to the school kitchen and shared facilities, including toilets and showers. Accommodation is communal, with volunteers sleeping on mattresses on the gym floor, and they are asked to bring their own sleeping bags.
The cleaning of the spaces and the preparation of the meals will be managed by the volunteers themselves through cleaning and cooking shifts. During the festival, volunteers will eat together with the local community.


Location & Leisure

Roccantica is a picturesque medieval village of 500 inhabitants located in Bassa Sabina, about an hour away from Rome, on the slopes of the Pizzuto mountain at 454 meters.
Bassa Sabina is a rural region defined by the striking contrast between rugged mountain ranges, gentle rolling hills, and the fertile plains of the Tiber River valley with olive groves, vineyards, and small hillside villages dotting the landscape. The free time activity will be organized by the leaders to allow participants to explore the village and the surroundings. During their free time, volunteers could also make some excursions, workshops and sports. Due to the relative isolation of the village, visits to Rome or other nearby towns will not be possible during the workcamp.


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Host Organization

Lunaria is an association started in 1992 carrying out research, information, training and actions on social economy, immigration, globalization, youth and seniors programmes and voluntary service. Our activities include •youth projects: information and participation, intercultural understanding, non formal education •promotion of international voluntary service for all, with activities for the European voluntary service: youth and senior volunteers exchanges. International workcamps and solidarity activities •campaigns, building coalitions of civil society groups for alternative priorities in public expenditure, expanding the third sector, North-South solidarity, integration of immigrants •research, with projects on employment and work in the social economy, ethical finance, immigrants, globalization •services, advising non profit organizations on law, fiscal and financial opportunities •training, with courses on the social economy, managing non profit organizations and understanding globalization The purpose of our work is to bring together understanding and action; social rights and voluntary activities; the local and the global. Lunaria organizes workcamps all around Italy, in partnership with local groups, associations, municipalities and other bodies. We promote not-for-profit projects, for the benefit of the local communities and to fight racism and increase intercultural exchanges. “We ask to the international volunteers to commit themselves in the mission of the hosting projects, having an open mind, and arriving aware that the accommodation conditions may not be suitable for those looking for cheap and comfortable holidays. Every project is made by many factors, and we need from the volunteers a problem-solving approach.â€