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| Fossil Forest of Dunarobba - (Dunerobba) |
The Dunarobba fossil forest nearby Avigliano Umbro, has been discovered in the 70s, but the work to bring it up to surface are not yet finished.
All the trees belong to a family of sequoia which used to be present in this part of italy more than one million years ago. The particularity with this forest is that the trees lay in vertical position and not horizantally as it is the case for other fossil forests. This would confirm the theory that a flood could have overwhelmed the forest preserving it in the shape we admire today. The fossiles have enormous dimensions: 1.5 m in diameter and between 5 and 10 meters in high. |
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| Marmore Waterfalls - (Terni) |
Taking the State Road "Valnerina" from Terni, you'll reach the very famous Marmore Waterfalls after only 7 km.
This is definitely an absolute must for whoever decides to visit Umbria. The Waterfalls, which are immersed in a natural scenery of incomparable beauty, are an artificial work due to the Romans. In fact, at that time, the Velino river was greatly enlarged and had created a vast zone of stagnant waters, swampy and unhealthy. Aiming to make these waters deflow, the consul Curius Dentatus had a canal dug which directed them in direction of the Marmore cliff. From there, he had them precipitate, in a total fall of 165 meters, into the river-bed of the Nera river which runs along below. In every age, the beauty of the Waterfalls has inspired poets and artists, among these: Virgilius, Cicero, G. Byron, and many others. For about 50 years now the waters of the Waterfall are used to fuel the hydroelectric power plant Galleto. Therefore, the spectacle of the Waterfalls can only be admired during the opening hours which are quoted in the table below. It was in fact due to the abbundance of these waters and the energy they generate that it was possible to establish the metal-working, electrochemical and electric industries at Terni. |
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| Travel for tourism and holidays in Gubbio Italy - (Gubbio) |
Laying on the slopes of Monte Ingino, Gubbio is one of the most ancient towns of Umbria, extremely well preserved during centuries and rich of monuments testifying its glorious past.Two important witnesses of the past are the Tavole Eugubine, one of most important documents referring to the ancient people called Italici and the Roman Theatre just outside the walls of the town. Dominated from the top by the Basilica on which the rests of St. Ubaldo are buried, Gubbio keeps architectonic masterpieces testifying the beauty and the imprtance of what used to be during the Middle ages, a real town-state.
At the beginning of the XIV century the Consuls Palace, today symbol of the town, was constructed together with the square Piazza Pensile and Pretorio Palace. To remind the palaces Beni, del Bargello with the famous fountain, of People Captain , in typical renaissance style, Dukes Palace by Francesco Giorgio Martini which testity the importance of the period on which the Montefeltro's family had the administration of the town.
Very interesting are also the Cathedral (XII century), St. Maria Nuova (inside which one can admire the Madonna del Belvedere painted by Ottaviano Nelli on 1413), Church and Convent of St. Agostino (XIII century ) with inside frescoes of Nelli, Church and Convent of St. Francesco (XIII century), St. Giovanni (XII century) characterised by the facade and bell tower in romanic style, St. Peter enlarged in 1505 and St. Domenico enlarged in the XIV century.
Among the most important manifestations taking place in the city we should absolutely mention the Racing silk of the Crossbow and the Ceri Race. |
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Hotel Marabel ***
Sant'Alessio Siculo
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Hotel Golf Cattolica ***
Cattolica
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Hotel Gala ***
Misano Adriatico
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Hotel Cristina Corona ***
Cattolica
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Hotel Edelweiss ***
Riccione
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Hotel Sa Prenda ***
Villa San Pietro - Pula
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Azienda agricola B&B Macchiaria ***
Vieste
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Mithos Village ***
Misano Adriatico
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Hotel Boite ***
Borca di Cadore
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