Fanum Voltumnae: An Etruscan “Celestial Place” Near Orvieto
I’ve often termed our bellissima italia “that land of the endless discoveries.” A recent early evening visit to an Etruscan find below Orvieto (of Etruscan origin, 9th-c. B.C.) confirmed this. Spreading out on a volcanic tuff rock plateau, splendid Orvieto overlooks an astounding recent archaeological find: the ruins of perhaps the most vast Etruscan sanctuary (and meeting…