The reign of the tuff

Pitigliano and its secrets

Pitigliano

The charming "kingdom of tuff" with its Etruscan settlements of small and medium size, develops along the area of ​​hills and Fiora is a complement and enhancement to the nature and the colors of the Maremma.

It is a 'wide area of ​​rolling hills, the viscera of which hint at the nature that occurs in volcanic hot springs gushing copious, with environmental and historical characteristics that make it unique. The landscape is highly suggestive: giaciture mighty tuff here and there surrounded by thick green vegetation; cliffs that drop straight into the deep valley in which there are ancient and mysterious tombs; and, finally, the villages clinging to steep slopes with large wineries, caves and tower-houses which create a distinctive and unique landscape profile.

Excel track important Etruscan Pitigliano and many are the artistic and monumental scattered 'throughout the, but concentrated in a particular way in Sorano and Sovana. Here in the necropolis were excavated in the rock and now immersed in a natural environment that enhances the charm.
Sorano A monumental tombs are visited as the most famous "Hildebrand", considered the masterpiece of all graves, which represents the transition from Etruria to that archaic next to succumb to Rome and its empire. Protected and wrapped in thick vegetation are the rock tombs, discovered near Sorano, almost bare compared to the other, but equally interesting, which were probably used for raising pigeons or as incinerators and later, in Roman times and medievale, adaptations to homes , stables and cellars.