Itineraries of the landscape, the nature and the environment in the territory of Orvieto
In the territory of
Orvieto, the landscape is very various, and introduces to the tourist
an excellent variety of solutions. The ecosystem of the
lake of Bolsena is a very appreciated wide lake area surrounded by woods of oaks and chestnut
trees.
Near
Parrano there’s a complex system of open caves discovered at the beginning of last
century, known with the name of
Tana del Diavolo (Den of the Devil),
inside which were discovered founds of the age of the bronze, precious
testimony of the systems of life of the men that lived that zone since the
Palaeolithic age.
In
San
Venanzo you can immerse yourself in a very particular and unusual
landscape, the volcanic one, due to the presence of the
Mount Peglia’s
volcano. Its particularity is the composition of the rocks that have no
similar. Just for this the mineral present on the volcano has been called
venanzite.
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Historical-archaeologic itineraries in the territory of Orvieto
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The zone of the district of Orvieto has been particularly interested from the Etruscan
installations, of which numerous testimonies and sites still remain to
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