Category: 5. History, Art and Culture

Vitozza is a rock settlement among the largest in Italy, there are about two hundred caves located in a beautiful park, on a hill overlooking the the River Lente.   The paths of the...

 The written history of Sorano begins 9th of October in the year 862, when it was established by the Emperor Ludovico II of the County of the Aldobrandeschi, then we find evidences of this...

Some excavations conducted since the eighties of the twentieth century have allowed the discovery of a necropolis with four burial mounds (called tomb of the drum, the Chariot grave, grave of Cippo and tomb...

Rocca Pisana is located in the highest part of the village of Scarlino. The archaeological excavations carried out between 1979 and 1983, showed that the area was inhabited since the late Bronze Age (XII...

In spring 2005, following the cutting of the forest, on top of a hill in front of the river Fiora, (Pitigliano, GR), it came to light a megalithic stone circle. The discoverer, Giovanni Feo,...

The cemeteries are very extensive and document an Etruscan presence already since Villanova with a period of greatest prosperity between the seventh and sixth A.C. In the plateau of Le Sparne, the Etruscan necropolis...

Pitigliano, village of Etruscan origin, was built on a hill in which were dug tunnels, tombs, cellars and alleyways and during various periods and under various Roman and Lombard dominations. The “tufa” rock formations,...

To retrace the millennium of history of Saturnia and surroundings, simply visit the urban archaeological area, recognized as the old Aurinia, with its remains of the city walls. The Church of Santa Maria Maddalena...

The Castellum Aquarum is a monumental cistern from the Roman period. Measuring 6 meters in height, 37 meters in length and 17 meters in width. This giant work of Roman hydraulic engineering, collected the...

It was one of the closest cemetery to the town of Saturnia, from which it was separated from the river Albegna. It was explored and unfortunately plundered from 800, now you can visit about...