Tour Civita di Bagnoregio

What is the trip about

Civita di Bagnoregio is located about 1 km from Bagnoregio from where you have to go to get to the village. Parking is located a few hundred meters from the village, where you can only access on foot. Inside the village are Bar, Bed and Breakfast, trattorias and restaurants, all at a good price. The famous Civita di Bagnoregio rises on volcanic products and appears almost like an island of red tuff in the sea of the white clays of the calanchi. From the analysis of the ancient Archives we have reconstructed the different historical moments in which very destructive collapses occurred, which determined the progressive reduction of the height on which Civita di Bagnoregio rises, from 1450 to the destructive earthquake of 1738. The suggestive medieval village, known throughout the world as “the city that dies” due to the progressive collapse of the perimeter walls and the consequent abandonment by the population over the last few centuries offers a truly surreal and unforgettable atmosphere. From the Eastern Rupe of Civita di Bagnoregio you can admire the marvelous spectacle of the “Ponticelli”, huge natural walls in clay, the last trace of an erosive process started thousands years ago and not yet stopped. And this is the last solution adopted to access the characteristic country, from 1854 to today the point where the road passes has progressively lowered by about 25 meters. A study conducted on the backwardness of the edges of the gullies found an average erosion of about 7 cm / year.