Private, exclusive tour to discover Sovana, one of the most beautiful villages in the tuff area and the extraordinary Etruscan Necropolis which is located a few km away.
Suana, the name that was given to it by the Romans, after their conquest of the Vulci territory, derives from the Etruscan word suf meaning "green earth".
Today, the village has less than 300 inhabitants, but in its heyday it was one of the most important centers of the Etruscan civilization. Sovana is also known as the birthplace of Ildebrando who became Pope Gregory VII, the famous reformation pontiff who in 1075 confronted the dispute regarding the Pope's supremacy over the Emperor.
In the 4th Century Sovana became Christian thanks to the work of the evangelist San Mamiliano (patron of Sovana), the saint linked to the legend of the treasure of Montecristo described in the renowned novel by Alexandre Dumas.
After the visit of the town, we will make a short trip to the slopes of the suggestive Monte Rosello, perforated by tombs, and finally to the extraordinary Etruscan Necropolis--discovered by the English Aisley in 1843 allowing the territory of Sovana to take a prominent position in the world of archeology and culture.
We will visit the Tomb of Ildebranda, the most famous and, by far, one of the most monumental temple tombs in all of Etruria, the Tomb of the Winged Demons dating to the second half of the Third Century BC. (and undiscovered until the autumn of 2004), and finally the Via Cava (Etruscan road carved out of the tuff rock).
The purchase of this ticket is valid for a private group of up to 10 people.