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Away from the beaten tracks, at the crossroad of Tuscany, Umbria and Lazio, you can find a fascinating region with an unspoiled nature and rich in history and mistery.
Castello di Santa Cristina will provide you with a natural base for exploring this beautiful conuntry in many ways. "Adventure, hystory and nature" this is our motto. Our many ways can be: on a horse, on a mountain bike, on a 4X4 vehicle, on a sailing boat, diving into the lake.
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Versione Italiana
sorry, work in progress
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RIDING EXCURSIONS IN HIGH-TUSCIA
In the ancient Dukedom of
Castro, by horse, by bike, by jeep 4x4
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The
Cartago of Maremma
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The Dukedom of Castro started in 1535 thanks to Pope Paolo III Farnese,
the territory was a big triangle that had its point in the North East
by the town of Acquapendente while the two sides were stretching
South towards the Tirrenian sea, respectively on the South along the river Marta
and to the North to the peninsula of the Argentario...
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RIDING EXCURSIONS
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A vast range of
incredible treks are possible from S.Cristina Castle.
You just hop on your horse and we will lead you through
a selection of the best excursions according to the
riders level. Mount Amiata on the north, lake Bolsena on
the south, High Tuscia is there, waiting to be explored
in every season. Booking at S.Cristina Castle reception.
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Self-made itinerary
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LAZIO
Etruscan and Medieval
Medieval e Renaissance
UMBRIA
Renaissance
TOSCANA Southern, Etruscan and Medieval
BOLSENA LAKE
GREEN ITINERARY |
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The history of the Dukedom of Castro is strictly tied
to the history of the Farnese family that were for a long time
one of the most important families of Europe.
At the beginning of the Renaissance in the middle 1500
he created a cushion state between the Church State and the Grand Dukedom of Tuscany.
The city of Castro had already benefited of a certain importance with the Etruscans,
that remained so under the Romans.
Of that period there are some remains like the via cava cut in the "tufo"
and the Etruscan tombs of which the most famous is the tomb “Della biga”
where they found a "biga" with its horses and its prince warrior that there rested,
an equipe of Belgian archeologists discovered it in 1967.
The importance of Castro increased when in the medieval period
the city became diocese with a bishops residence,
after the destruction of the city of Vulci in 749 work of the Saracen trups.
Its position didn’t seem of great interest, but, in 1957 the city was occupied by Pierluigi Farnese,
son of the cardinal Alexander, future Paul III
... to be continued
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