A walking tour in Guarcino, region šš®šš¶š¼, central Italy, province of Frosinone, a small town of about 1.500 inhabitants.
The origins of Guercino date back to the 8th century BC, when it was a settlement with the name of Vercenum of the Ernici, a pre-Roman Italic people, and strategic point in the valley of the Aniene river. Nowadays it is a favorite starting point for excursions into the limestone mountains, amid age old trees, spring waters and picturesque grottos.
Bolsena is a town and comune of Italy, in the province of Viterbo in northern Lazio on the eastern shore of Lake Bolsena. It is 10 km north-north west of Montefiascone and 36 km north-west of Viterbo. The ancient Via Cassia, today’s highway SR143, follows the lake shore for some distance, passing through Bolsena.
ToffiaĀ is aĀ comuneĀ (municipality) in theĀ Province of RietiĀ in the Ā ItalianĀ regionĀ Latium, located about 40 kilometres (25Ā mi) northeast ofĀ RomeĀ and about 25 kilometres (16Ā mi) southwest ofĀ Rieti. Toffia borders the following municipalities:Ā Castelnuovo di Farfa,Ā Fara in Sabina,Ā Nerola,Ā Poggio Nativo. The church ofĀ Santa Maria NovaĀ stands on the hill above the town.
Surrounded by vineyards and olive groves, Montefalco overlooks the plains of the Topino and Clitunno rivers from the top of a hill. For this favorable panoramic position, from 1568 he was given the title of Ringhiera dell’Umbria. From here, on clear days, it is possible to admire a 360 Ā° panorama that stretches from Perugia to Spoleto, from the Subappennino to the Martani Mountains.
Bassano in Teverina is a comune in the Province of Viterbo in the Italian region Latium. It is inhabited by 1,332 people and is located about 90 kilometres north of Rome and about 20 kilometres northeast of Viterbo.Ā
The origin of the town is extremely uncertain. The ending of the name, derived from the Latin adjectival suffix -anus, takes back to Roman times and, together with the root of the name, seems to remember the family name (Bassus) of a character who owned large estates in the area: Bassus – Bassanus – Bassano.
The town center of Bassano in Teverina arises on a tuff spur set in a slightly rearward position compared to the Tiber Valley, of which it overlooks one part. Downstream from the city center, not far away from the Tiber, lies Lake Vadimo, locally known as the “Pond”, described by Pliny the Younger as “a lying wheel with a regular circumference […] paler, greener and more intense than the sea.”
In Roman times the lake, called Lacus Vladimonis, besides being larger was also considered sacred: near its shores, the Etruscans performed rituals and periodic celebrations, while in its waters the Romans immersed their weapons to make them invincible.
The little center was already inhabited in Etruscan times but was abandoned during the domination of Romans, who conquered the whole surrounding area, taking the territory thanks to two bloody battles: the first in 309 BC, under the leadership of the consul Quintus Fabius Rullianus, and the second in 283 BC, with which they finally defeated Etruscans and Senones.
Ascoli Piceno is a town in central Italy. Piazza del Popolo, an elegant Renaissance square in the center, has travertine paving and the 13th-century Palazzo dei Capitani del Popolo, a palace built over Roman ruins. The Civic Picture Gallery, decorated with Murano glass chandeliers, displays paintings by Titian and Carlo Crivelli. Nearby is the Cathedral of St. Emidio, with a crypt featuring elaborate mosaics.
Pacentro is a comune of 1,279 inhabitants of the province of L’Aquila in Abruzzo, Italy. It is a well-preserved historic medieval village located in central Italy, several kilometers from the City of Sulmona about 170 kilometres east of Rome. Pacentro has been nominated as one of the “Borghi piĆ¹ belli d’Italia”.
Video timeline: 0:00 – [Drone intro] 2:00 – [Walking tour begins / Piazza Umberto I] 3:20 – [Historical centre entrance / Via Santa Maria Maggiore] 9:40 – [Church of St.Marcello and Pope Celestino V Painting *closed*āŖāļø] 11:30 – [Via Santa Maria Maggiore] 14:40 – [Piazza del Popolo] 15:30 – [Church of Santa Maria della Misericordia – *tour inside*āŖāļø] 21:45 – [Largo del Mulino and Festivals of Pacentro] 25:25 – [šBrief historyš] 30:00 – [Via del Colle] 34:17 – [Scorciatoia del Castello] 38:00 – [Castle Cantelmo-Caldora – *tour inside*š°āļø] 44:00 – […Inside the tower…] 44:35 – [View from above and church bells soundsāŗāļø] 50:20 – […tour of the castle continues…] 53:50 – [Inside the main hall] 55:18 – [… Say Hi to Luna!…] 55:40 – […tour continues…] 58:00 – [Via del Colle] 1:02:50 – [Via Guardiola] 1:03:50 – [Panorama on the valleyāŗ] 1:06:30 – [Unexpected painting] 1:08:50 – [Piazza del Popolo]
A walking tour in šš¹š¹š²šæš¼š»š®, region šš¦šš«š¢š, central Italy, province of Terni, a small town of about 1.700 inhabitants a town included in “the most beautiful towns of Italy” official list.
Video timeline: 0:00 – [Drone intro] 2:05 – [Walking tour begins / Piazza Attilio Lupi] 3:20 – [Porta del Sole / “Sun” Gate] 4:20 – […walking in the narrow alleys…] 11:00 – [Panorama on the countrysideāŗ] 12:42 – [Brief Historyšāļø] 18:30 – [Piazza S.Maria] 22:00 – [Church of St.Maria Assunta – *tour inside*āŖāļø] 27:00 – [Water cistern] 28:00 – […walking in the narrow alleys…] 30:00 – [Porta della Luna / “Moon” Gate] 32:30 – […walking in the narroa alleys…] 40:00 – [Piazza S.Maria] 41:20 – [Parkāŗ] 42:40 – [Beautiful engraved messageāļø] 43:44 – [Museum of Geological Cicles] 45:00 – [Church of St.Micahel Archangel and exhibition of sacred art – *tour inside*āŖāļø] 49:00 – […walking…]
Colle di Val d’Elsa or Colle Val d’Elsa is a town and comune in the province of Siena, Tuscany, central Italy. It has a population of c. 21,600 As of June 2017. Its name means “Hill of Elsa Valley”, where Elsa is the name of the river which crosses it and Valdelsa the name of the valley.
Villalago, located 25 km south of Sulmona, in the Abruzzo region of L’Aquila, arose in the 11th century for Christian and Benedictine inspiration, finding in San Domenico Abate the founder of the monastery of San Pietro il Lago, in the upper Sagittario valley. At its foundation the monastery was endowed by the Lords of those lands, the counts of Valva, with goods and privileges and attracted settlers from all over, who settled, under the monks, in several villas in the Valle de Lacu, so called for the its five lakes. Over time, to ensure a valid defense, they perched on Mount Argoneta, where some Lombard towers already stood, and the new village took the name of Villalago. In 1479 the monastery was abandoned by the Benedictines and the Villalaghesi “no longer colonists, they became a body of the University, with independent possessions” (Antinori, chorography of Villalago). And under the motto of āUniversitas contra omnesā, they fought victoriously against the Belprato Counts of Antwerp and against others who aimed to take over the entire Valle de Lacu.
Video timeline: 0:00 – [Drone intro] 2:00 – [Walking tour begins / Piazza Celestino Lupi] 3:28 – [St.Mary of Loreto churchāļø] 5:09 – […walking in the old town…] 10:36 – [Via Buccini] 16:44 – [Church of St.Michael – closedāļø] 18:00 – [Brief history of the townāļø] 24:00 – [Via Iafolla] 33:25 – [Old Castle of Villalago] 38:42 – [Church of the Madonna Addolorata – tour insideāļø] 41:00 – […descending…] 48:00 – [Via Ernesto Grossi] 50:30 – [Piazza Celestino Lupi]
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