Bolsena and Orvieto: Ancient Links
Both towns of Etruscan origins, the Latium lakeside town, Bolensa (Volsinii for the Etruscans) and the Umbrian medieval gem, Orvieto (the Etruscan Velzna), share another link: a sacred one. The Sacro Corporale (“Holy Corporal”) – now housed in the Orvieto Duomo (Cathedral) – was brought to Orvieto in great triumph in 1263 from Bolsena, medieval town on Lake Bolsena. A pious Bohemian…