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subject of studies of the School of Architecture of Torrente Capecchio, from antique times, was the
Tuscia and the passage Prince Carlo from England in 1995. only way of communication that from Tyrrhenian
Sea was arriving to Lake of Bolsena. Visit of its
of the Etruscans After one walk in the centuries-old park we will splendid churches of San Pietro and of Santa Ma-
4 days move to the clear Lake of Vico, of volcanic origin ria Maggiore, both in romantic style create works
and unmistakable form of iron horse. It has a re-
of art of inestimable value.
cord of being one of the biggest Italian lakes with
1st Day: Viterbo its 510m above sea level. We proceed to Bagna- 4th Day: Lake of Bolsena - Bisentina Island
Viterbo, the wonderful “City of the Popes” with ia, a small thousands of years old village, rich of Visit of Lake of Bolsena, from volcanic origin,
very rich historical - artistic patrimony: The Pa- fountains and a place for noble people and prela- with blue water and surrounded by green hills.
lazzo of the Popes, the Duomo, the Piazza San te’s vacation. A visit to the prestigious Villa Lante, Thanks to these two islands the area seems like
Lorenzo, the Medieval Quart of San Pellegrino an antique residence from the sixteenth century, one of the most leading landscapes of Tuscia. A
which thanks to its particularity, is often chosen accessorized with stunning Italian gardens with boat trip to the island Bisentina (it lasts around
for a movie set and commercials. fountains and water games. 2 hours). On a map this island is presented like
a triangle with indented sides, most of it flat,
Curiosity: there is also Viterbo underground, a 3rd Day: Tarquinia - Tuscania (km 25) with an elevation that shows an accent to nor-
network of tunnels which extend below the hi- All day dedicated to the places that are the sym- th (Mount Tabor) 56 m high. The oldest archeo-
storic centre and lead up to the walls. The origin bol of the Etruscan culture: we will begin with logical evidence can be considered the pirogue
of the tunnels is controvert, probably they were Tarquinia and the Necropoli Etrusca, with more found in the depth around the isle (Punta Calcino
used by the Etruscans like hydraulic system, one than 200 painted tombs, the widest pictorial nu- locality) back in 1989, 13 m deep: it is monoxi- Business Proposals in Rome & Lazio
way for collect and canalize the water from the cleus of the Etruscan art and the most important la (obtained from only one segment) excavated
rain, and then to sort it where is necessary throu- document from all antique painting before the from fire and refinished with a scalpel, 6.60m
gh the thick net of the galleries. imperial roman age: scenes of magical-religious long, dated with radiocarbon in the period of the
character, illustrating funeral stands, dancers, bronze (VIII century BC).
2nd Day: Caprarola - Lake Vico (km 12) performers and jugglers. Visit of the sixteen-
Caprarola and its imposing Palace Farnese, the th-century Palazzo Vitelleschi that hosts the Na- Curiosity: the island was many times an object of
biggest art of the Italian Renaissance. The anti- tional Museum inside which there are precious different TV shootings: the most famous is cer-
que medieval village was teared in a way that the custodian of the zone’s architecture. A walk in tainly the one from 1990 with the director Carlo
spectacular Via Dritta could pass from the foot of the historic centre between the wonderful faces Verdone in the movie “Stasera a casa di Alice”,
the hill climbing the ravines, until it gets to the of the palaces and the romantic churches. Then when it was recorded one scene inside the chur-
principal square the imposing Palace Farnese. we proceed towards Tuscania, evocative me- ch of Santo Giacomo and Cristoforo.
dieval city, that is rising on 7 promoters of tuff
Curiosity: The beauty of these places has been a rock. Situated between the river Marta and the

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