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Cortona is a small town perched on a hill looking over Lake Transimeno. It was founded by the Etruscans and was later controlled by the Romans.
A new duomo, designed by Antonio da Sangallo, was built over an old parish... Cortona

Civita di Bagnoregio is between the Tiber and Lake Bolsena, in the middle of the countryside of Latium and perched on an unstable clay cliff. Civita seems isolated on a jutting rock and overlooks the ravine. The town’s isolated position has allowed its medieval architecture to survive to the present day... Civita di Bagnoregio

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Viterbo was an old Etruscan town in Upper Latium, built in a plain between the Volsini and Cimini Mountains and along the via Cassia. Its historic centre has kept its evocative medieval atmosphere, especially in the St Pellegrino district... Viterbo

Pienza developed round the castle of Corsignano and became part of the feudal lands of the Piccolomini family. It was thanks to this family, particularly to one member, Enea Silvio Piccolomini, who became Pope Pius II, that Pienza acquired the look it still has today... Pienza