Elma
I made a second trip to Italy in February 2011. It was sponsored by the Wisconsin Alumni Association. “If you want to be a Badger, just come along with me…” It was a week in Rome with side trips to other points of interest.
A day trip from Rome was to Orvieto, in Umbria. Orvieto was originally a major centre of Etruscan civilization and later annexed by Rome in the third century BC. The territory of Orvieto was added to the Papal States; it remained a papal possession until 1860, when Italy was unified.
Access to Orvieto, on the flat summit of a large butte of volcanic tuff from the car park below, is via a series of escalators.
On The Road – Elma – A day trip from Rome was to OrvietoPost + Comments (13)