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From Podernovo visitors can easily reach the following
historical sites: Saturnia, Sovana, Pitigliano,
Poggio Buco, all of them in Grosseto's area, well
known either for Etruscan or Middle Age ruins.
Tuscania, well known for an important Museum and for great
Middle Age religious and civil buildings. Vulci where are
visible: the famous Badia Castle close to a wonderful Etruscan-Roman
bridge and an important Museum where, close to valuable finds
there are the tools of surreptitious archaeologists called "tombaroli".
Norchia and Castel d'Asso with their Etruscan necropolis;
Ferento, with its well preserved Roman theatre still used
in summer for classic dramas;
Viterbo, the Pope's town, which has a beautiful medieval
centre, wonderful religious and civil buildings and an important
archaeological museum; Bagnaia, with its monumental "Villa
Lante"; Bomarzo with its famous "Monsters' Park";
Orvieto, whose origins are Etruscan and then Roman; later
on it became Gothic and Barbarian. When Cardinal Albornoz occupied
the town, it started to belong to the Church's State until 1860.
It is worldwide known for its Cathedral, the "Duomo", one of the
most important Romanesque Gothic buildings of our country. Other
beautiful buildings are:The San Patrizio's well, The Etruscan
necropolis,
Two museums; Montefiascone, an important town along Francigena
road, with its beautifiul stronghold and its wonderful cathedrai,
S.Flaviano. The latter goes back to year 807; Civita di Bagnoregio,
known as "the dying village", it has been built on a tufaceous
rock which is slowly crumbling.
Last but not least, Bolsena, in which area Podernovo
is, whose ancient Etruscan name was Velzna and which was one of
the most powerful towns of Chiusi's Etruscan league called "Locumonia"
(Chiusi is a town not far from Orvieto). Bolsena's main buildings
are: S.Cristina's cathedral, with its early Christians' catacombs
and the "Miracle's altar", The Monaldeschi's stronghold, The Roman
archaeological site "Volsinii Novi".
Find out more about Bolsena lake apartment.
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