Civita di Bagnoregio

 

The village of Bagnoregio, is in the Province of Viterbo (central Italy) and is noted for it’s hill top location overlooking the Tiber river valley. This is another holiday snap from our recent visit to my daughter who lives in the central mountain region in Italy.

 

Bagnoregio dates back many centuries and consequently has an interesting history. Saint Bonaventure’s family home was here in the 13th century but like many other homes in the village, it has long since crumbled into the valley below as the rock the village is built on has eroded. Unlike most modern towns and villages, I gather Bagnoregio gets smaller and smaller over the years as homes on the edge of the village meet their sad end.

 

While we were wandering around in the area I saw some superb photographs of Bagnoregio where the valley was completely shrouded in mist leaving the village looking like it was floating on clouds. Unfortunately the conditions were a bit more benign while we were there and this is as good as it got in the mid-day light.

 

I think I may have previously mentioned the major earthquake which had affected the central Italian mountain region just a few days before our last visited. My daughter’s house had visible signs of damage but in the past few days, there have been two more major quakes and her house, along with hundreds of others in the area, has now been condemned. Luckily she was visiting us in the UK when the more recent earthquakes occurred.

 

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