Etruscan Gate

The oldest standing Etruscan gate in Italy - leads into Volterra. The 3 very eroded heads above the gate (they look like big blobs) are meant to be Zeus and his sons Pollux and Castor. Per Rick Steves, this is what happens when you leave something outside for 2000 years.

Volterra

March 8th 2010
(Sunday March 7) On Sunday we headed off to Volterra, another hill town in Tuscany. Like San Gimignano, Volterra is surrounded by a huge stone wall. To get into town, you park outside the wall and walk in. Volterra is famous for its alabaster stone works. The weather is very cold (high in the low 40's) and they are forecasting snow for the region. Seriously...snow. And alot of it apparently ... read more

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more

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