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The antique ‘volsiniensus lactus’ is the biggest volcanic lake in Italy, which a perimiter of 43 km, around the lake there are many small villages which make up this panoramic ring of rare beauty e.g. Bolsena, Capodimonte, Marta, Montefiascone. On this lake 146 mt deep imerge two islands, the Bisentina and the Martana where the queen of the Ostrogoti Amalasunta was executed. La Bisentina, rich of beautiful sights, houses the tombs of some of the Farnese family. The renaissance church of some of the SS Giroiani e Cristoforo has a magnificent Italian garden and seven renaissance chapels along a pothway which leads to the peak of the mountain, Mount Tabor. The island is reachable by boat leaving the port of Bolsena.
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