The Palazzo Farnese di Caprarola is both a fortress and a palace built on a pre-existing building, designed by Jacopo Barozzi da Vignola (1507-1573). The grandiose work was commissioned in the late 40s of the sixteenth century by Cardinal Alessandro Farnese the Younger (1520-1589) at a particular time for the family, in order to celebrate the enormous power achieved by the Farnese.
Meeting with the guide in Piazza XX Settembre in Bagnaia from where you continue on foot to the Villa with a short walk of a few minutes. Duration of the guided tour: approx. 1.30 hours
Villa Lante was built as a summer residence for the bishops of Viterbo after 1568 on commission from Card. Giovanni Francesco Gambara, probably to Jacopo Barozzi da Vignola.
Civita di Bagnoregio rises on top of a fragile tuff hill surrounded by the Valle dei calanchi with countless clay ridges shaped by the erosion of waters and winds. We are in a corner of Tuscia which is 10 km from the Vulsinio volcanic area with Bolsena and touches the Tiber Valley.
