We are in Montefiascone. It is an interesting historical hill town. And I mean it is waaaaay up the hill. The first documented mention of the town in official documents is in the 9 th century, but people were in the area long before that. Today we walked on part of the Via Cassia which is part of the Roman Road, built between the 4th and 3rd centuries BC just outside the town. The Duomo on the cathedral
( which is supposedly the 3rd oldest in Italy) is very unique. It is a ribbed dome. At The top of the Hill and town is the Rocca dei Papà. The place where popes and other dignitaries stayed. Urbana V was here as pope I think in the 1300s. The history is just mind boggling. Here are some of our sights.
One of the historic gates. The Borgo gate. It was actually used by The Archbishop of Canterbury whose travels became the Via Francigena.
Part of the ruins at the Rocca dei Papa. This was the Torres Della Pelligrini (The tower of the Pilgrims).
The cathedral (duomo) taken from about 1/2 km out of town on our walk.
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