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ITALIA

UMBRIA

ORVIETO

And

Orvieto

underground

An

ancient

city

beneath

the

present

city.
Orvieto

is

a

city

perched

on

a

majestic

plateau

made

mostly

of

tuff,

a

friable

magmatic

rock

that

is

easy

to

work

with.
Orvieto

is

a

collection

of

tunnels,

man-made

cavities

and

working

environments

found

beneath

the

city

of

Orvieto,

Umbria.

Etruscan,

Medieval

and

Renaissance

eras:

water

network

(wells,

cisterns,

tunnels,

silos),

pozzolan

and

tuff

extraction

cavities,

working

environments.
In

the

late

1970s,

a

sudden

landslide

caused

a

major

fracture

in

the

Orvieto

cliff,

just

a

few

meters

from

the

cathedral,

and

sparked

the

rediscovery

by

some

speleologists,

who

decided

to

enter

the

ravines

they

were

studying

from

the

outside.
To

their

amazement

they

discovered

an

entire

underground

city,

full

of

rooms

connected

by

tunnels

and

galleries

lit

by

small

windows,

wells,

columbaria,

cisterns

and

even

an

oil

mill.

The

first

to

excavate

this

underground

city

were

the

Etruscans,

when

Orvieto

was

still

called

Velzna,

a

city

that

had

achieved

total

independence

in

terms

of

water

supply,

thanks

precisely

to

the

wells

they

dug

and

the

cisterns

for

collecting

rainwater.

Backed

by

excellent

organization,

the

Etruscan

people

managed

to

withstand

a

siege

by

Roman

battalions

that

lasted

a

full

24 months.

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Walking

through

the

tunnels

of

underground

Orvieto,

one

has

the

feeling

of

being

time

traveling,

in

a

suspended

dimension,

looking

around,

as

if

anything

could

have

happened.
The

mere

fact

that

this

underground

city

was

completely

forgotten

is

magic

in

itself.
It

is

a

labyrinth

with

as

many

as

1,200

nooks

and

crannies

(which

cannot

be

fully

visited

and

are

open

to

the

public),

including

tunnels

and

caves,

for

thrills

galore,

from

the

beginning

to

the

end

of

the

tour.

The

guided

tour

begins

in

Piazza

del

Duomo

(just

a

30

–

minute

drive

from

Borgo

Giorgione)

and

winds

its

way

through

pigeon

and

pigeon

breeding

grounds

to

a

medieval

oil

mill,

complete

with

a

press,

a

hearth

and

some

troughs

for

use

by

the

animals

that

had

to

keep

the

millstone

moving.
The

visit

lasts

about

an

hour

and

is

suitable

for

families,

especially

those

with

children

who

are

not

too

young.

Daily

tour

times

are

11 a.m.

– 12:15 p.m.

//

4

p.m.

– 5:15

p.m.

(during

busy

periods,

every

15

minutes).

 

 

 

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