Directory of secret places in Tuscany

Trail

Sovana

Via Cava del Cavone

Trail

A cliff-cut way carved by the Etruscans in the tuff, described as the most monumental in the Maremma, with tombs and engraved symbols

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Archaeo. site.

Sovana

Necropolis of Sovana

Archaeo. site.

Sovana combines a 2,500-year-old Etruscan necropolis, Vie Cave carved into the tuff and a medieval hilltop borgo of 399 inhabitants

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Archaeo. site.

Sovana

Tomba della Sirena

Archaeo. site.

The Tomba della Sirena is an aedicula Etruscan tomb whose figured pediment is the only preserved one comparable to that of the Demoni alati, in the rock-cut necropolis of Sovana

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Museum

Sovana

Co-Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul in Sovana

Museum

The co-cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, Gothic-Romanesque in style, stands on the tufa block overlooking the valley of Sovana's necropolis, a medieval borgo of just a few houses

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Trail

Sovana

Via Cava of San Sebastiano

Trail

An Etruscan path carved into the tuff at Sovana, with vertical walls and a cool, humid atmosphere, in the area of the vie cave of the Città del Tufo

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Museum

Sovana

San Mamiliano Museum

Museum

The San Mamiliano museum, in the church where 498 gold coins from the 5th century were found in 2004, also displays objects discovered at the entrance of the Cavone

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Archaeo. site.

Sovana

Tombs of Ildebranda

Archaeo. site.

In Sovana, the Tomb of Ildebranda is a temple-tomb carved into the tuff, integrated into the rock-cut necropolis and the Vie Cave of the Città del Tufo park

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Archaeo. site.

Sovana

The Pola Tomb of Sovana

Archaeo. site.

At Sovana, the tomba Pola is an Etruscan temple tomb carved into the tuff: a single chamber of 18.50 m, a fluted column in place, a necropolis crossed by the vie cave

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Trail

Pitigliano

Via Cava of San Giuseppe

Trail

An Etruscan canyon carved into the tuff, paired with a small necropolis of chamber tombs and an image of Saint Joseph painted on the rock

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Trail

Pitigliano

Via Cava di Poggio Cani

Trail

Last stop of the vie cave circuit, the Via Cava di Poggio Cani plunges into corridors of tuff dug by the Etruscans, with caverns still used as wine cellars

7,5

Market

Piazza della Repubblica

Pitigliano Market

Market

Weekly market on Wednesday morning in Pitigliano, where shepherds and confectioners sell pecorino aged in tuff cellars and local sfratto

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Museum

Via Zuccarelli

Synagogue of Pitigliano

Museum

The synagogue is at the heart of the «Little Jerusalem», the Jewish ghetto of Pitigliano occupied since the 15th century, extended by a museum and spaces carved into the tuff

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Museum

Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul Pitigliano

Museum

Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul: Renaissance façade, sculpted angels and Romanesque bell tower in the heart of Pitigliano, a tufa borgo known as little Jerusalem

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Museum

SR74

Madonna delle Grazie viewpoint

Museum

From the Madonna delle Grazie sanctuary, adjoining an Etruscan via cava, opens the most famous «postcard» view of Pitigliano perched on its tufa

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Museum

Piazza della Repubblica

Palazzo Orsini of Pitigliano

Museum

The Palazzo Orsini brings together two museums in an Aldobrandeschi palace of the 15th-16th centuries, with 21 frescoed rooms and an old oil mill

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Other

Pitigliano (GR)

Medici Aqueduct of Pitigliano

Other

Its 16th-century tuff arches, leaning against the medieval walls, and the fountain of the Sette Cannelle with animal heads mark the entrance to the village

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Village

Pitigliano

Piazza della Repubblica Pitigliano

Village

Pitigliano, a village carved into the tuff nicknamed Little Jerusalem, combines a 15th-century Jewish ghetto, a synagogue, the Palazzo Orsini and gorges along the Vie Cave

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Village

Pitigliano

Village

Tuff village clinging to its cliff, with a Jewish quarter, a 1598 synagogue, the Palazzo Orsini and Vie Cave carved by the Etruscans

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Vineyard

Pitigliano

Bianco di Pitigliano DOC

Vineyard

Bianco di Pitigliano, among Italy's first DOCs, is born from the tufa lands of the old town, where the Cantina di Pitigliano brings together the grapes of the cru

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Sagra / Festival

Pitigliano

Pitigliano acquacotta festival

Sagra / Festival

A village dinner centered on acquacotta, the peasant soup of the Maremma, served at the former Seminary of Pitigliano to benefit the inclusive Living Nativity

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Market

Piazza Cairoli

Sorano Market

Market

Small Tuesday market in Sorano, beneath the Orsini fortress: heritage vegetables, local beans and charcuterie from free-range pigs raised in the oak groves

7,1

Archaeo. site.

San Quirico

Vitozza

Archaeo. site.

Abandoned rock-cut town and one of the largest in Italy: about 200 cavities carved into the tuff, ramparts, cisterns and churches, inhabited until the 17th century

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Trail

Sorano (GR)

Lente River Trail

Trail

Tuf trail linking Sorano to Vitozza: the via cava of San Rocco, the Lente valley and nearly 200 cave dwellings

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RestaurantsOù manger autour de Sovana16 restaurants à moins de 12 km

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Compléter ton séjour

Autour de Sovana

Wine tastingsDégustations autour de Sovana29 dégustations à moins de 12 km

ActivitiesQue faire autour de Sovana36 activités à moins de 12 km

AgriturismosAgriturismos autour de Sovana66 agriturismos à moins de 12 km

AccommodationsOù dormir autour de Sovana183 hébergements à moins de 12 km

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