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The Best Attractions In Viterbo

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Viterbo [viˈtɛrbo] listen is an ancient city and comune in the Lazio region of central Italy, the capital of the province of Viterbo. It conquered and absorbed the neighboring town of Ferento in its early history. It is approximately 80 kilometres north of GRA on the Via Cassia, and it is surrounded by the Monti Cimini and Monti Volsini. The historic center of the city is surrounded by medieval walls, still intact, built during the 11th and 12th centuries. Entrance to the walled center of the city is through ancient gates. Apart from agriculture, the main resources of Viterbo's area are pottery, marble, and wood. The town is home to the Italian gold ...
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The Best Attractions In Viterbo

  • 1. Villa Lante Bagnaia
    For the villa in Rome, see Villa Lante al Gianicolo. Villa Lante at Bagnaia is a Mannerist garden of surprise near Viterbo, central Italy, attributed to Jacopo Barozzi da Vignola). Villa Lante did not become so known until it passed to Ippolito Lante Montefeltro della Rovere, Duke of Bomarzo, in the 17th century, when it was already 100 years old. The Villa, a property of the Republic of Italy, since December 2014's run by the Polo Museale del Lazio.
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  • 3. Palazzo dei Papi Viterbo
    Palazzo dei Papi is a palace in Viterbo, northern Latium, Italy. It is one of the most important monuments in the city, situated alongside the Duomo di Viterbo. The Papal Curia was removed to Viterbo in 1257 by Alexander IV, due to the hostility of the Roman commune and constant urban violence: the former bishop's palace of Viterbo was enlarged to provide the Popes with an adequate residence. The construction, commissioned by the Capitano del popolo Raniero Gatti, provided a great audience hall communicating with a loggia raised on a barrel vault above the city street. It was completed probably around 1266. The massive façade, facing the central piazza San Lorenzo which is dominated by the Duomo, is approached by a wide staircase completed in 1267. The top of the palace walls is decorated...
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  • 4. Macchina di Santa Rosa Viterbo
    The Macchina of Santa Rosa is a 30 metre high tower, which is rebuilt every year in the months of July and August in honor of Saint Rose of Viterbo, the patron saint of the city of Viterbo, Italy. Every year on the evening of 3 September 100 men called Facchini di Santa Rosa hoist the Macchina and carry it through the very narrow streets and squares of the medieval town centre. The whole route is a little bit more than 1 km . The procession is an important event in Viterbo and attracts thousands of people. Today, the procession is included in the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
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  • 9. Orto Botanico dell'Universita della Tuscia Viterbo
    The Orto Botanico dell'Università della Tuscia is a natural area and botanical garden operated by Tuscia University and located at Località Bulicame, Strada S. Caterina, Viterbo, Lazio, Italy. The garden was established in 1985 and officially inaugurated in 1991. It lies on the Viterbo plains beneath the Monti Cimini and is divided into the botanical garden proper and the Park Bulicame natural area , source of a sulphurous thermal spring. The garden is organized into reconstructions of African oasis, Australian subtropical vegetation, Mediterranean scrub, and Mexican desert. Collections include an evolutionary display of pines, as well as agave, aloe, bamboo, Cereus, Chamaerops humilis, Cordyline australis, Ginkgo biloba, Euphorbia, Opuntia, Phoenix canariensis, P. dactilifera, and Washi...
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