A scenic walk along the ancient “vie cave”, between the hill-top villages of Pitigliano and Sovana – two of the most acclaimed towns of southern Tuscany.
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The mysteries of Bomarzo: the Pyramid, Pasolini’s waterfalls, Santa Cecilia
Hiking in the woods surrounding Bomarzo it is easy to chance upon some odd, ancient relic, dating back to unknown ages…
Continue readingThe Gardens of Bomarzo: the Sacred Woods
The “Sacred Wood” of Bomarzo is a very peculiar park in the neighborhood of Viterbo. It is set up with dozens of sculptures shaped as sea monsters, giants, ogres, fountains or exotic animals, created in the 16th century but breaking all the rules of Renaissance’s beauty and symmetry.
Continue readingHermitages on the River Fiora
Where Lazio meets Tuscany. The Etruscan river and the invisible boundary
Continue readingA thousand of years: the necropolis of Cerveteri
The Necropolises of Cerveteri and Tarquinia, -UNESCO World Heritage-, constitute a unique testimony of the only urban civilization of the pre-Roman Age, the Etruscans.
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