Staying at our Resort accommodations near Volterra is the ideal solution for visiting places in the history of Edward and Bella and be captured by the pathos of the city of Volturi ..

Palazzo dei Priori

Raised in the first half of the thirteenth century, is the oldest town halls in the region, the elegant façade is decorated with coats of arms and mullioned windows and tiles of Commissioners of the Florentine Republic, the tower has a double round of blackbirds. Opposite is the thirteenth century Praetorian Palace (restored in later periods), with an elegant statement punctuated by single and double windows, is part of the tower of the Podesta, adorned with a shelf of sculpture called 'the pig'

Duomo

Twelfth-century Romanesque building (expanded in XIII), the facade has a large portal and decorative elements clearly derived from Pisa. The interior shows interventions sixteenth and has a rich coffered ceiling. To admire on the inside of the altar frontal Romanesque facade. The interior contains beautiful works of art including: Deposition, an extraordinary group of polychrome wood sculpture of the thirteenth century, the ark of Sant'Ottavio Cioli Raffaele (1522), the ciborium and marble angels hold candlestick-Mino Fiesole altar, the arrival of the Magi (1479), fresco by Benozzo Gozzoli in the chapel .

Battistero

he octagonal building located in front of the cathedral and is characterized by two-color bands of ornamental and the beautiful Romanesque portal. Inside, the baptismal font by Sansovino (early
Sixteenth century), decorated the altar by Mino da Fiesole and a milestone Etruscan font used to.
Diocesan Museum of Sacred Art
Also known as Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, preserves important works from the cathedral and other churches in the city, including: cross table on the thirteenth century bust of San Lino Andrea della Robbia Sant'Ottavio bust, fine work in silver chased by Antonio Pollaiuolo; different sacred gold, including the reliquary bust of St. Victor (XIV century), illuminated the tabernacle, choir, religious objects, a crucifix attributed to Giambologna bronze gilt, and Madonna and Saints of Rosso Fiorentino..

L'alabastro a Volterra

the Etruscans used this to build transparent stone sarcophagi and urns. A working Volterra alabaster gypsum (calcium sulfate hydrate), abundant in the fields of Castellina Marittima. Because of its softness, lends itself to being easily worked and thereby reproduce minute details and decorative details of the human face. Today, craft workshops, located in the historic center, are not numerous, and the tradition is alabaster to the few craftsmen are still operating.

Roman Theatre

From Piazza San Michele is followed by Guarnacci that down, door leading to Fiorentina. To the right of the door sees the Medicean rampart, left the important remains of Roman theater, whose foundation dates back to the imperial period (late first century BC). Ben kept the auditorium and the stage on which stands a beautiful portico with Corinthian columns. In the porch was later added a spa building, whose remains were found significant.
Museum Guarnacci
One of the most important Etruscan museums in Italy. Its collections come from the work done by Mario Guarnacci, archaeologist Volterra eighteenth century, who extended an existing collection of urns. The findings offer many significant and fascinating insight into the civilization and art of the Etruscans. Among the most valuable works, remember the famous urn * The Wedding (I century BC) and the beautiful statue known as Shadow of the evening * dating from the second century. BC

At the door Flints are the fortress and the archeological park Rivers. The mighty fortress - now the prison - was built by the Duke of Athens (fourteenth century) and was accompanied by a Medici fortress age square. The tower is the highest part of the New Rock (XV). The fourteenth-century fortress Old trapezoidal, has a central tower. Rivers Archaeological Park Located across from the New Rock, is a green public space that occupies the site of an Etruscan acropolis. Includes an archaeological site with remains of structures Etruscan, Roman and medieval, the most interesting cover a swimming pool with Augustan temples of second and third centuries BC

On the way back to our holiday home or your cottage in Volterra, you can stop for a pleasant stay in one of these centers of great interest: Montecatini Val di Cecina The village is placed on the heights of the Val di Cecina and retains traces of the medieval center, to see the remains of the fortress, the co-Gothic Romanesque church of San Biagio and the Praetorian Palace. All around are visible outcrops of igneous rocks that have contributed to the formation of copper deposits. The copper mine, which started out from the industrial complex of Montecatini, is a significant example of industrial archeology. Pomarance Ancient settlement of medieval with the modern part, located along the road from Volterra to Massa Marittima, through the Metalliferous Hills. The town is famous for being the birthplace of the painter and architect Christopher said Pomarancio Roncalli (1552-1626), with the same surname is sometimes also referred to Nicholas Cir-Cignani (1516-96), another painter's native place. Noteworthy, the three medieval gates, the square of San Dalmazio, the Palazzo Pubblico (fourteenth century) with arms in front, the parish of St. John the Baptist, in the medieval part, which contains works by Pomarancio (XVI-XVII) ; home Mugnaini-Ricci (XIII) and other buildings of the sixteenth century. Larderello Fraction Pomarance, lard-trolley stands at the edge of the so-called 'valley of the Devil', which, with its 'lagoni' boric acid fumaroles of boiling mud, is one of science fiction Italian landscapes. In the first 800 French-Francois Jacques De Larderei said beginning the extraction of boron, and today the vapors escaping from the 'lagoni' are conveyed in geothermal plants and geothermal, and are a source of energy readily usable and less polluting. The surrounding landscape is characterized by the huge cooling towers and piping system that conveys the vapors. A Larderello is the Museum of Geothermal Energy, in which records are sorted on the exploitation of dandelions, the discovery of boric acid and modern technologies used in geothermal energy. In town are the palace of fat and modern church designed by Giovanni Michelucci. Nearby is worth visiting the ancient village of Montecerboli.