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BOLSENA
Bolsena, the roman volsinii, heir to the etruscan Velzna is set on the
north east bank of the homonymous lake at the centre of the Volsini
mountain group.
The medeival village, perfectly conserved is
dominated by a castle with four towers, arected by the Orvietanni in the
XIII- XIV century. It was conquered by romans in 264 BC and thanks to them,
experienced a long period of splendour, partly thanks to the nearby Cassia,
an important rouk of communication between Rome and Tuscany.
The Cassia however also favoured the passage
of invaders who submitted the city to continous sackings until walls, when
leaving the fude to the protection of the Monaldeschi della Cervara.
However the Monaldeschi were routed by the
Bolsinesi because there were excessively prepitent and the citypassed from
hand to hand of various aristocrats among which the De Medici, Under the
guide of Giovanni De Medici, the city flourished, new palaces for the
nobility were built and the urbes asset was amelorated. The city then passed
on ot a daughter of Paolo III Farnese, under when Bolsena finally reached
the state of peace which only the Farnese managed to produce after centuries
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