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| BOMARZO
MONSTERS’ PARK |
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Viterbo province and it's a monumental complex situated on the
slopes of a real natural amphitheatre. In the 16th century
Vicino Orsini built some monuments that portray monstrous and
mythological animals. The architects were Pirro Ligorio,
Jacopo Barozzi da Vignola and other successors. He called the
park “Sacro Bosco (the Holy Wood)” and dedicated it to his
wife, Giulia Farnese (not the Pope's Alessandro VI concubine).
There are also particulars architectures, like the enigmatic
statues that maybe represent the stops of an itinerary of
alchemic matrix, and the inclined tower. |
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| BAGNAIA VILLA
LANTE |
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most important achievements in Italy in the sixteenth century.
The whole Villa covers a surface of about 22 hectares. To be
particularly remembered the Mori of Giambologna Fountain, the
two houses (Gambara and Montalto) and a spectacular complex of
fountains and water effects.
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| VULCI |
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It's in the
Viterbo province, in Montalto di Castro commune (Canino
direction).
It was one of the biggest town-state in Etruria with a strong
maritime and commercial development with Greece and the East,
as it's shown by the wonderful funeral outfits found in the
necropolis.
Here you can find thousands of tombs, of different shapes and
typologies: tumulus, ditches, room tombs and corridor tombs.
Among the most well-known there is the “Francois” tomb, the
“Cuccumella” tumulus, the “Tori” one and “Dei due Ingressi”.
Among the most striking monuments, the stately “Del Diavolo
(of the Devil)” bridge that dominates the Fiora river, near
the Badia medieval castle (XIII). |
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| VITERBO
THERMAL BATHS |
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| The spring water
Bullicame, with its 58 C temperature has always been the most
famous one for its therapeutic qualities. It's constituted of
various sources, the majority of them
sulphureous-sulphate-bicarbonate-alkaline. The wonderful
thermal water swimming-pool is fed by the Bullicame spring and
has a surface of 2.000 square metres. |
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| VITERBO |
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| It's the capital
of the province and is in the middle of northern Lazio. Today
it's still surrounded by powerful peperino walls more than 10
metres high with still intact medieval doors. The historical
centre preserved the medieval look particularly in the San
Pellegrino area with 13th century palaces and towers. The most
important monument in Viterbo is definitely the Papal Palace
on “Colle del Duomo”, in gothic architecture, with double
lancet windows, merlons and climbing arches. It's adorned by a
wonderful loggia supported by a vault, while the square is
completed by the cathedral with Renaissance façade and by its
beautiful 14th century bell tower. In Viterbo the several
Fountains that decorate the streets and the small squares are
also famous. |
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| ORVIETO |
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Orvieto town
known also for its precious doc orvieto wine, gives you the
possibility to plunge in a territory where history, art and
culture express themselves to their best. Orvieto is situated
in a very strategic position of Umbria, in fact it's 5 minutes
from the A1 motorway and one and a half hour from the most
famous art cities: Florence and Rome.
During the year Orvieto hosts many important events such as
“Umbria Jazz”, “Orvieto con Gusto”, the “Corpus Domini”, “La
Palombella”, “Slow Food” and many other events. |
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| CIVITA DI BAGNOREGIO |
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Civita di
Bagnoregio is an example of unique beauty of its kind. Linked
to the world only by a long and narrow bridge, the “City which
dies”, long called like that due to the slow sliding of the
tuff walls, contains a quiff of medieval houses and a
population of very few families.
Situated gently on a summit, the village imperiously dominates
the huge valley below, thus offering a lovely and
unforgettable scenery to the tourist.
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| LAKE VILLAGES
(tour of the lake) |
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Bolsena Lake: the
Villages and the Islands
The villages
The villages we could visit leaving from Bolsena following the
panoramic road clockwise will be, as follows:
- Bolsena, the place that named the lake
- Montefiascone, the most beautiful view of the
lake
- Marta, a fishermen villane
- Capodimonte, picturesque small village situated on the
promontory
- Valentano, a wonderful view
- Gradoli, that stands on a tuff spur
- Grotte di Castro preserves the charm of the
medieval structure
- San Lorenzo Nuovo perfect example of the 18th
century town planning plant
- Bisentina Island
- Martana Island, the famous Amalasunta queen
island
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| PITIGLIANO |
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Pitigliano is a
typical village of the Grosseto Maremma, unique because of the
peculiarity of being built entirely on a tuffaceous rock, that
makes it one of the most interesting places in the tuff area.
The village is surely one of the most beautiful artistic
places in Tuscany and in Italy. It preserves various monuments
of artistic interest which range from the medieval time to the
18th century. |
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| SORANO |
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The village rose
in the Middle Ages near the close necropolis and the Etruscan
roads, becoming a possession of the Aldobrandeschi family.
In 1293 the place was inherited by the Orsini after the
wedding between Romano Orsini and Anastasia Aldobrandeschi.
In the 15th century the Sienese tried in vain to conquer the
village with various and repeated sieges which were never
successful; the village though was taken away from the Orsini
County at the end of the sixteenth century, when the Medici
conquered it and incorporated it in the Tuscany Grand Duchy at
the beginning of the seventeenth century together with the
close Pitigliano. |
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| SOVANA |
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The present
historical centre was developed during the Middle Ages near
the pre-existent Etruscan necropolis, under the control of the
Aldobrandeschi family, that built a castle around year one
thousand.
In Medieval time it also became a free commune and was the
place of birth of Ildebrando di Sovana, who then became Pope
Gregorio VII; it was also the capital of the homonymous
county.
At the end of the thirteenth century was inherited by the
Orsini following the same destiny as Sorano and Pitigliano
until the fifteenth century, when it was conquered by the
Sienese.
In the middle of the sixteenth century the final fall of the
Republic of Siena gave Sovana to the Medici, who incorporated
it in the
Grand Duchy of Tuscania. |
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