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Viterbo
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Old city of Viterbo is still today enclosed
from powerful walls in lava stone whose construction is
begun in 1095 and completed in 1268. They are high beyond
ten meters, with towers very conserved and still intact
medieval doors; the nucleus of Viterbo has maintained
medieval aspect in particular in the Quarter of Saint
Pellegrino, with palaces and towers of XIII century. Monumental
complex important of the City of Viterbo is undoubtedly
the papal palace on the hill of the dome that represents
great testimony of gotic architecture, with double lancet
windows, merlons, arches; it is adorned from a splendid
one loggia supported from once, while the public square
is completed from the cathedral with rinascimentale facade
and its beautiful old bell tower. Most famous they are
also the numerous fontanas at particular form, that they
adorn to the roads and the Public squares of the City
of Viterbo, going back for more to the same period. Other
important monuments to Viterbo are the rocca Albornoz,Center
of the national museum and the saint church maria of the
truth,to the whose flank is the civic museum, with important
testimonies of The history of the City of Viterbo; then
palace farnese, chigi, of the Podestà and the common
one, with its high tower very 44 meters. In the outskirtses
of Viterbo city the church of s.maria of the oak, Harmonious
rinascimentale construction, the villa lante di bagnaia,
Designed from the vignola, the ruins roman of ferento
and those Etruscans of castel d'Asso are found.
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of viterbo appeareance from the archaeological results
that have been find again In the centuries, indicating
existence to you, since the primordial of the neolithic
one, one native etruscan population around to the City
of viterbo, the research to the rinaldone and the Riello
of are the testimony. Christian of VIII Century, the castrum
viterbii, was this its name, attracted to attention of
king desire, last king of the longobardi that,wanting
to invade the ducato of rome, came here with a fort army,
fortified the city of Viterbo with walls and powerful
towers and it made its base you, from which leaving for
the conquest of the eternal City. But it was terrified
from the message inviated from pope Adrian I, but also
perhaps military trups of carl magno, king of the Franchi,
than the pope it had called in aid; it abandoned its Fastly
proposed you of conquest towards the tuscany. The City
of viterbo from there drew many benefits, in how much,
fortified As it was, attracted people from the near villages
and also many Longobardi decided to remain to you. Viterbo
began to acquire Political and military importance on
all the territory and to magnify Itself remarkablly. In
the centuries succeeded to you the city of Viterbo faced
the raids of the turks, than civitavecchia and those of
The normanni had gotten hold of. In the 1148 city of free
viterbo constitution in common, showed in the 1251 just
charter, one of the First examples in italy. To Viterbo
city call still today the city of the Popes, came held
in XIII century various conclaves (reunion of the Cardinals
for the nomination of the pope), between which that longer
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Viterbo City of the northern Lazio and headplace of Province. It
rises to the feet of the Ciminimounts and the historical nucleus
is stretched over a plane ondulated, to medium altitude of 350 meters,
between the necks of Saint Lorenzo, Saint Francesco and others.
Crossed from the Urcionio torrent, in great covered part, and from
the mola torrent that, before throwing itself in the first one,is
combined to that one of paradox. Viterbo city finds to the center
of one Rich campaign, to 35 km. from the tyrrhenian sea and its
famous Tarquinia, to 30 km. from the lake of bolsena with omonimus
and to 15 km. from the lake of vico with the caprarola neighbor
and
its Farnese palace. Viterbo is joined to rome from the road cassia
and Cimina road (approximately km. 80), from two railroads and a
efficient service of bus.
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indeed the same word conclave
is used for Before the time when the Viterbo people held
sluices cumclave (to key) exactly in the papal palace,
the cardinals because they hurried choose the pope. During
the fights between papacy and empire, the City of viterbo
had alternate vicissitudes, emperor federico II the granted
ones varies privileges, between which that one to coin
Currency; Viterbo county of the patrimony of saint peter,
that is of all the territories donates you to the church.
Viterbo must its importance also to its mineral sorgive
waters that gush out in the outskirtses of the city and
have rendered famous from old period for its sulphureous
waters that has fed numerous etruscan terms and the roman
one, whose ruderi are Scattered on the territory. Currently
in the thermal zone of the city of Viterbo with water
that it gushes out to the source of the Bulicame to 52°c,
they are in function of the thermal plants equips you
of lodges and sophisticated equipments.Welcomes in the
city of popes
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