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| The
Building |
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More
than a farmhouse, Podernovo is a hamlet that is part of Santa
Maria farm, an ancient, still working, wide farm which used to
be one of the most important and dynamic estates of the area.
Podernovo is situated on a green hill overlooking of Bolsena Lake
in a wonderful natural scenario, along "Francigena Road"
- nowadays only a path for pedestrians and cyclists - which used
to be the main road for pilgrims coming from Gaul (the ancient
France) to Rome.
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Podernovo's
main building goes back to the XIX century and shows, with its small tower
and black stone walls, a beautiful example of the past rural architecture
of the area. The building has been completely restored in its original
shape and it is made up of a main part and a rural one. All around the
hamlet guests can enjoy a vast Mediterranean wood, plenty of oaks, privets,
hollies, brooms, laurels and so on, where, undisturbed, live and nest
blackbirds, magpies, hoopoes, owls and many other species of birds and
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Close to
Podernovo main farmhouse is still visible part of the ancient Roman
road whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Trajan to make the
journey to Chiusi shorter (the distance was reduced by approximately
10 kilometres).The wonderful natural scenario is completed by the sight
of the entire lake basin, which lies at less than one kilometre from
the hamlet, so that visitors can easily walk to have a cooling swim.
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The
Surroundings
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From
Podemovo visitors can easily reach the following historical sites:
Saturnia, Sovana, Pitigliano, Poggio Buco, all of them in
Grosseto's area, well known either for Etruscan or Middle Age ruins.
Tuscania, well known for an important Museum and for great
Middle Age religious and civil buildings.
Vulci where are visible: the famous Badia Castle close to
a wonderful Etruscan-Roman bridge and an important Museum where,
close to valuable finds there are the tools of surreptitious archaeologists
called "tombaroli". Norchia and Castel d'Asso with
their Etruscan necropolis; Ferento, with its well preserved
Roman theatre still used in summer for classic dramas; Viterbo,
the Pope's town, which has a beautiful medieval centre, wonderful
religious and civil buildings and an important archaeological museum;
Bagnaia, with its monumental "Villa Lante"; Bomarzo
with its famous "Monsters' Park"; Orvieto , whose origins
are Etruscan and then Roman; later on it became Gothic and Barbarian.
When Cardinal Albornoz occupied the town, it started to belong to
the Church's State until 1860. It is worldwide known for its Cathedral,
the "Duomo", one of the most important Romanesque Gothic buildings
of our country. Other beautiful buildings are:The San Patrizio's
well, The Etruscan necropolis, Two museums; Montefiascone,
an important town along Francigena road, with its beautifiul stronghold
and its wonderful cathedrai, S.Flaviano. The latter goes back to
year 807; Civita di Bagnoregio, known as "the dying village",
it has been built on a tufaceous rock which is slowly crumbling.
Last but not least, Bolsena, in which area Podernovo is,
whose ancient Etruscan name was Velzna and which was one of the
most powerful towns of Chiusi's Etruscan league called "Locumonia"
(Chiusi is a town not far from Orvieto). Bolsena's main buildings
are: S.Cristina's cathedral, with its early Christians' catacombs
and the "Miracle's altar", The Monaldeschi's stronghold, The Roman
archaeological site "Volsinii Novi".
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Accommodation
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Accommodation
in Podernovo is possible in three panorarnic and completely restored
apartments inside the main farmhouse of the hamlet (the one which
goes back to XIX century).
The apartments, whose names derive from the nicknames of the peasants
who once lived in the farmhouse, are the following:
Birichino of 62 mq.
Polleggione of 80 mq
Sem of 123 mq
The price varies from 370 to 800 € per week according to the different
tourist seasons. The apartments are fully furnished. A relaxing
area mid private gardens are at guests' disposal.
Price
includes:
electricity, gas, water towels, sheets and final cleanings of
the apartment. Heating in winter is paid according to the amount
consumed (0.77 €/cent per hour).
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| The
Distances |
| Roma |
115
Km. |
| Siena |
110
Km. |
| Firenze |
145
Km. |
| Grosseto |
100
Km. |
| Viterbo |
30
Km. |
| Orvieto |
22
Km. |
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Podernovo is situated at not more than 40 and not less than 25km
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How
to get to Podernovo
(by car; it is also possible to get Podemovo by
bus)
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Guests
should drive along State road no.2 called Cassia until Km. no. 115
and 800, then if guests come from Rome they will tum right, if they
come from Siena they wiil turn left. From Cassia the path, at the
beginning asphalted, then not, is about 1.5 Km.
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