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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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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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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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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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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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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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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

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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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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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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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Village

Sovana

Village

Sovana, a small medieval tuff town, is home to an Etruscan necropolis as well as the vie cave of Cavone and San Sebastiano, linked to the Città del Tufo park

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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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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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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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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.

San Quirico

Aqueduct of San Quirico

Archaeo. site.

At the bottom of the Lente valley, a 19th-century aqueduct with neoclassical arches winds through a wooded ravine near Vitozza [pitigliano.org](https://pitigliano.org/en/vie-cave-etruscan-built-roads/)

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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

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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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

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Autour de Pitigliano

Wine tastingsDégustations autour de Pitigliano28 dégustations à moins de 12 km

ActivitiesQue faire autour de Pitigliano17 activités à moins de 12 km

AgriturismosAgriturismos autour de Pitigliano52 agriturismos à moins de 12 km

AccommodationsOù dormir autour de Pitigliano168 hébergements à moins de 12 km

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Where can I see the last beach?

Si tu parles de la « dernière plage » de Toscane avant le Latium, elle se trouve à Chiarone Marina, dans la commune de Capalbio, tout au sud de la région. Le nom désigne…

Why is Pitigliano called the little Jerusalem?

Pitigliano est surnommée la « petite Jérusalem » parce qu’elle a accueilli une communauté juive importante, dont la présence a profondément marqué la ville. À partir du XVIe siècle, des familles juives fuyant les…

What are the routes of the sunken roads in Pitigliano?

À Pitigliano, le parcours principal des voies creusées dans le tuf forme une boucle d’environ 10 km, à compter en près de 3 heures sans longues pauses. Tu pars de Piazza Garibaldi, descends par…

What is the typical dish of Pitigliano?

À Pitigliano, la spécialité la plus emblématique est le sfratto dei goym — mais attention, c’est un dessert, pas un plat salé. Ce bâtonnet de pâte renferme une garniture de miel et de noix,…

What is the history of Pitigliano?

L’histoire de Pitigliano remonte aux Étrusques, mais le nom de la ville apparaît dans un document écrit seulement en 1061. Les Étrusques ont laissé des nécropoles et des vie cave, des chemins creusés dans…

What to visit in Vulci in Tuscany?

À Vulci, visite d’abord les vestiges de la cité étrusco-romaine, puis le Castello della Badia et son musée : petite précision, Vulci n’est pas en Toscane mais dans le Latium, près de la frontière…