by wheeleran | Nov 14, 2022 | Uncategorized
The ancient Etruscan town of Cosa and the ruins of the temples at the Arx sit high on the narrow rocky promontory above Ansedonia on the coast just south of Feneglia and Orbetello. It was taken by the Romans in 273 BC and fortified as an important lookout position...
by wheeleran | Nov 10, 2022 | Uncategorized
Tuscania is east of Capalbio on the road to Viterbo and one of the oldest towns in the Maremma, with ancient Neolithic roots and a legend that attributes its founding to Tusco, son of Hercules. It was a proud and important Etruscan city, founded in the 7th century BC,...
by wheeleran | Nov 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
South of Civitavecchia on the highway to Rome is the town of Cerveteri, and while the medieval town itself is very pretty, Cerveteri is famous as the site of one of Etruscan civilization’s largest and most prosperous city-states, Caere, and for the remarkable...
by wheeleran | Nov 3, 2022 | Uncategorized
Viterbo is a major regional town about an hour south east of Capalbio situated between the two volcanic lakes of Vico and Bolsena, and on the ancient Roman Via Cassia, which runs from Rome north to modern day La Spezia. It has ancient Etruscan origins, was taken by...
by wheeleran | Oct 30, 2022 | Uncategorized
Piazza della Provvidenza gets it’s name from the oratory (a small chapel) of the same name built for the cult of a lost Madonna and named after the patron saint of Capalbio, San Bernadino, who is also the patron saint of lungs, prayers, and advertisers . It...
