Historical Sites

<p>"The die is cast" (Il Dado &egrave; Tratto) ,This is the phrase Julius Caesar uttered as he crossed the Roman Bridge over the R… Read the rest

Its foundation dates back to the Lombard period (7th-8th AD) from which it derives its name meaning "fortified settlement." The location was… Read the rest

Legend has it that…there was once a very poor mason who owned two donkeys, which he needed to carry on his business. One day, while he was busy… Read the rest

The Garisenda Tower, erected in the 12th century by the Garisenda nobles, also Ghibellines, is 48.60 meters high and hangs 3.22 meters to the northeas… Read the rest

Sovana has retained the appearance of the classic medieval village.At the entrance to the town you will immediately find the ruins of the imposing Roc… Read the rest

Legend traces the founding of the Republic to a stonecutter originally from Rab, Dalmatia, named Marino. He came to Rimini in 257 A.D. where he worked… Read the rest

The Strade Nuove and the Sistema dei Palazzi dei Rolli, constitute by the&rsquo;uniformity&rsquo;of the urban layout and the architectural fea… Read the rest

The grandiose Villla of the Mysteries is perhaps the best-known building of all the excavations, comprising about sixty rooms and the ruins of a subur… Read the rest

The Etruscan name is not known, perhaps dealing with that Statnes (or Staties) which in Roman times became a prefecture and was called Statonia. Ins… Read the rest

According to legend, its origins go back to the Greeks. The first century B.C. geographer Strabene himself has it descended from the Arcadians of Gree… Read the rest