 |
CIVITELLA D'AGLIANO: Its strategic position made throat to the most powerful feudal lords, but also the church to which it belonged for a long time. Already at the beginning of 1000 there was a castle built by Monaldeschi which became in a short time feared tyrants in the area, triggering continuous revolts of the inhabitants of Teverina. Even the church had to intervene to appease the greed of Monaldeschi which must not had an easy life, in fact their castle was destroyed several times. It was also won by Di Vico but in 1352, during the passage of Cardinal Albornoz to serve the church these were hunted. The brief control of the church lasted just two years, then returned to the feud Monaldeschi that remained until 1451, became extinct when the last of this branch of the family.
|
|
Civita is a fraction of Bagnoregio, is completely isolated and can be reached only through a pedestrian bridge in reinforced concrete. The cause of this isolation is the gradual erosion of the hill and the surrounding valley, which gave life to the typical forms of gullies and which continues even today, threatening to disappear amounts, that this was called "the country who dies" .
The fraction, currently inhabited by a few families, is annually destination for many tourists and was several times used as a movie set. |
|
 |
|
THE DUOMO DI ORVIETO: is a large 14th century Roman Catholic cathedral situated in the town of Orvieto in Umbria, central Italy. The building was constructed under the orders of Pope Urban IV to commemorate and provide a suitable home for the Corporal of Bolsena, a miracle which is said to have occurred in 1264 in the nearby town of Bolsena, when a traveling priest who had doubts about the truth of transubstantiation found that his Host was bleeding so much that it stained the altar cloth. The cloth is now stored in the Chapel of the Corporal inside the cathedral.
Situated in a position dominating the town of Orvieto which sits perched on a volcanic plug, the cathedral’s façade is a classic piece of religious construction, containing elements of design from the 14th to the 20th century, with a large rose window, golden mosaics and three huge bronze doors, whilst inside it contains two frescoed chapels decorated by some of the best Italian painters of the period with images of Judgement Day. |
 |
LAKE BOLSENA: (Italian: Lago di Bolsena) is a crater lake of central Italy, of volcanic origin, which was formed 370,000 years ago following the collapse of a caldera of the Vulsini volcanic complex. |
|
