Ladispoli to Vetralla

May 26, 2018

Ladispoli to Sasso

I travel a short section north of Ladispoli on the Via Aurelia, which runs along the western coast of Italy, then back towards Lago Bracciano in the interior of Lazio.

Ladispoli to Sasso

Ladispoli to Sasso

Ladispoli to Sasso

Ladispoli to Sasso

Ladispoli to Sasso

Ladispoli to Sasso

Ladispoli to Sasso

Ladispoli to Sasso

Ladispoli to Sasso

Ladispoli to Sasso

Ladispoli to Sasso

Ladispoli to Sasso

 

Ladispoli to Sasso

Ladispoli to Sasso

Ladispoli to Sasso

Ladispoli to Sasso

Ladispoli to Sasso

Manziana lies near the northwestern corner of Lago Bracciano, just north of the town of Bracciano. The area of ​​Manziana was populated already in the Villanovan period, inhabited at first by the Etruscans and then by the Romans. By the eleventh century the territory became part of the possessions of the family of the Prefects of Vico, a small fiefdom called Castrum Sanctae Pupae.

Manziana

Manziana

Manziana

Manziana

In the mid-sixteenth century an offer of land was made for agricultural yield, which attracted people from Tuscany, Umbria, Marche and in some cases from Northern Italy, giving rise to the town of Manziana. And until 1870 it was under papal rule.

 

Manziana

Manziana

Manziana

Manziana

Continuing north through the forested landscape towards Vetralla, I pass through Oriolo Romano, another picturesque medieval town located in the hills of northern Latium, whose history dates back to Etruscan times, and along which the Via Clodia was built in ancient Roman times.

Oriolo

Oriolo

Oriolo

Oriolo

Oriolo

Oriolo

As with many of the towns in this region, it was ruled for a period by the Orsini family. The contemporary layout hearkening back to the late Middle Ages represents an innovative degree of planning for the era.

Oriolo

Oriolo

Oriolo

Oriolo

Oriolo