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Orvietano

Allerona
• Ancient and important agricultural hamlet from unknown origins, rose in the important Meana wood on the left bank of the Paglia river close by the border with… more

Baschi
• Clear etruscan origins, takes the latin name Vasculum. First knowledge go back to 1235, when already fortified, it was under jurisdiction of their own… more

Castel Giorgio
• Etruscan origins, for its stategic position in the triangle of Volsini, Tarquinia and Populonia, it was tied to their alternate events. The hamlet developed around… more

Castel Viscardo
• Arises not long after the 1300's, the castle was build around a tower build by Benedictine monks which used it for working. Under the family Monaldeschi's… more

Fabro
• Arises in unprecise epoch with the name Faber where the ford of the Chiana river and the street which crossed its marshes, met. First historical knowledge go back… more

Ficulle
• Although founded by the from Ficulea from Rome emigrated Sabini in the Xth century, its name Figulus seems to derive from latin, profession of its inhabitants or… more

Montecchio
• Rose with the subdivision of the Commune of Baschi, in the Xlth century it was fortified with a popular castle by the Normanni in fight against Spoleto. The… more

Montegabbione
• Rose as a fortified place in castle form on a hillock fortified with quarter deck in medieval times. Between 1353 and 1367, at the times of Albornoz of the Papal… more

Monteleone di Orvieto
• The Monteleone castle rose as a colony of Orvieto between the year 1000 and 1100 at the crossroad where the Orvietana Cassia branch to Perugia and Siena. In the… more

Orvieto
• Founded by the Etruscans, it was part of the league of the 12 cities which opposed themselves to Rome until 263 when it was destroyed by this. The name… more

Parrano
• Big agricultural centre from the Xth century fenced with walls and a castle, Parrano develops in medieval times as a fortified hamlet and provided with a castle, in… more

Porano
• Important prehistoric agricultural installatioin, it was fortified in the Middle-ages by the Normans in fight against Spoleto. Its ancient history identifys itself… more

San Venanzo
• Historical feud of the Monaldeschi rebels of Orvieto's dominion. Of San Venanzo there's no knowledge of roman-etruscan epoch, therefore considered from… more