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Torre Alfina between tradition and innovation

A charming medieval village, full of fascination with natural beauty and for plurisecolari historical, Torre Alfina, a hamlet of Acquapendente, stands on top of a hill of volcanic origin dominating from the borders of three regions, Lazio Umbria and Tuscany .
Art and history
The name derives directly by the presence already [...]

the churches and cathedral of Viterbo
Gothic churches
The Gothic architecture draws its fundamental features from the development upwards, to the extreme consequences, structures arc and barrel vault that had already characterized the Romanesque period.
This development is made possible mainly by the advancement of technical design and construction, in particular the progress in the study of forces [...]

The palace of the Priori terminating the north-western side of square Plebiscito, already square of the Municipality   , opened in the thirteenth century and since then become the true social and institutional center of the city.
After Viterbo became the seat of the papacy and there were established first conclaves in fact, felt the need to equip the Municipality of keeping a [...]

The town Viterbo
A heart of stone “in which the sign has continued to express themselves over time faithful to the ancient Etruscan roots leaving with the work of many artists messages unique in tuff.
Entering from Porta Romana, S. Sisto ninth century marks the beginning of one of the warmest stories of medieval Italy.
Architecture with set [...]

Lake Bolsena is the largest volcanic lake in Europe. Its vast catchment area (270 square kilometres) is not the wreck of a great volcano, but was formed during several millennia through a series of sprofondamenti soil caused by volcanic vents of many eruptive. Two of these, the latest in business, have transformed the islands Martana [...]

Machine of Santa Rosa
At 21, September 3 of each year, from 750 years, Viterbo lives his highest moment of celebration of tradition and faith: This is the Transport Machine of Santa Rosa, a “tower” enlightened 28 metres high and weighing 50 quintals increased to shoulder through the streets of the city abbuiate on [...]