Municipality of Bagnoregio
Lat. 42.641701 Long. 11.991630
Piazza S. Agostino n° 21
01022 Bagnoregio (VT) Italy
Tel. ++39 0761780815 – Fax 0761/780837
(72,63 square km with 3639 inhabitants: Bagnoresi)
Bagnoregio became famous because it is the town where Doctor Serafino San Bonaventura was born and it is located between Orvieto and Bolsena, at the boundary of Latium.
The Neolitic village was the abode of the Etruscan and Roman civilizations that gave it honour and fame.
Some finds seem to testify that the first settlements date back actually to a pre-Etruscan age. In the past it was sacked several times, by the Visigoths, the Goths, the Longobards and the Bysantines.
In 600 it was already a bishops seat.
PLACES TO VISIT
Civita di Bagnoregio
It was called by the writer Bonaventura Tecchi the dying town because of its position; in fact the ancient hamlet is located on a very precarious terrane: located on a tuff shelf, it risks tumbling down because the large clay banks that hold it up, are subject to continuous erosion.
St. Augustines church
It dates back to the period which goes from the XI to the XIV century and near there is a bell tower of successive age, dating back to 1735. The church in fact keeps unchanged the characteristics of the Romanesque style in which it was built. It is rich in tablets and frescos.
The cathedral
It rose from the ruins of a very old church, according to some historians it dates back actually to 440 and in the past was dedicated to the Madonna della Neve. Inside there is a XII century parchment bible, jealously kept, that probably belonged to San Bonaventura.
San Bonaventura Church
The small temple designed by the architect Pietro Gagliardi, was built in 1862 on the remains of an old building. It is characteristic for the Greek-cross plan and the Neoclassic dome.
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