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IN THE HEART OF ETRUSCAN COUNTRY

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judithworks

January 25, 2015

One of my favorite day trips from Rome is heading north into the dreamy scenery of Etruscan country, that area of northern Lazio and bits of Tuscany and Umbria where the Etruscans once roamed. Our first stop one summer day was Vitorchiano a tiny town, set on a cliff…

THE CYCLE OF TIME – Tuscania

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judithworks

March 5, 2014

My friend and I drove to Tuscania through the countryside full of empty carved rock tombs, some so eroded that the steps leading to them now only reach empty sky – the heavens where perhaps Etruscan souls reside. But as we neared the town we could see that some…

Via Etrusca

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judithworks

January 16, 2012

I have a friend who lives in a small town an hour north of Rome. Her home is on Via Etrusca, a perfect name for visualizing the area’s continuing Etruscan influence even though the Romans had finished them off by the Third Century BC. The town, set high on a…