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| CIVITA DI BAGNOREGIO: "The dying city" | ||
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Almost suspended in mid air between the Tevere and Lake Bolsena, at the border of Umbria and Lazio, Civita di Bagnoregio, known as the dying city looms bifore us on a large spur of tufa rock, and is almost an island in the middle of a fringed basin. The small city is infaxt perched on a cone of a tufa rock hinged on to a clay base. I is actually water and clay that condenns the historic Civita much more then the earthquake of 1695 almost destroying it. The ground started to crumble and give way one year later, hence the name the dying city.
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Azienda Agrituristica La Riserva Montebello - Strada Orvietana Km. 3 - 01023
Bolsena (VT) Italy - Tel./Fax (+39) 0761.798965 |