da wheeleran | Ott 19, 2024 | Uncategorized
Beautiful medieval Tarquinia was one of the oldest and most important of the ancient Etruscan cities, a commercial power by the 8th century BC, home of a dynasty of Etruscan kings, and a miltary stronghold with massive city walls that repelled Celtic invasions and...
da wheeleran | Ott 11, 2024 | Uncategorized
The view from the apartment gardens on a golden October evening, looking down over the nature reserve to the north. Beyond the hills between Capalbio and Orbetello is the hazy outline of Argentario. There have been a few storms in the past weeks, but these days are...
da wheeleran | Ott 7, 2024 | Uncategorized
North east of Capalbio is the extraordinary little town of Pitigliano, one of three along with nearby Sovana and Sorano perched on steep volcanic ridges of tuft rock and linked by a network of pathways and roads cut into deep trenches called Cave del Vie. Pitigliano...
da wheeleran | Set 30, 2024 | Uncategorized
The attractively named Devil’s bridge crossing the Fiori river gorge in Vulci, right next to the archeological museum housed in the medieval fortress on the other side of the river. The bridge was first built by the Etruscans in the 3rd century BC, then rebuilt...
da wheeleran | Set 24, 2024 | Uncategorized
Orbetello was an important Etruscan port connecting trade routes between the northern and southern cities, and even more so during the Roman domination until the first century BC. In medieval times, it was donated to the Tre Fontane abbely by Pope Gregory in 1074, and...
