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Via Cava di San Rocco

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Location: Sorano, Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy

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1. Via Cava di San Rocco – Vie Cave di San Rocco loop from Sorano

6.22km

01:56

240m

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2. Via Cava di San Rocco – View of Sorano loop from Sorano

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3. Via Cava di San Rocco – View of Sorano loop from Cerreto

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04:18

360m

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Bryan | Exploro Ergo Sum

February 13, 2024

The Via Cava di San Rocco goes up the opposite side of Sorano, skirting the remains of the church of San Rocco, a religious building in Romanesque style now reduced to ruins that maintain sections of the original wall structures. Behind these remains extends a vast Etruscan necropolis with tombs dug into the tuff.

The Vie Cave, dug by the Etruscans about 3000 years ago in the tuff, are still shrouded in mystery regarding the technique used to sculpt the rock so precisely and vertically. This street represents the most important of the Vie Cave around Sorano, as it guided the Etruscans to their necropolis. Incredibly, for over six centuries, from the Middle Ages until 1940, it was the only road that connected the city of Sorano to Sovana. Every horse, cart and traveler had no choice but to travel this steep, damp road between its high walls.

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Nicolet

July 25, 2018

The Vie Cave can be found in the surroundings of Sorano, Sovana and Pitigliano. They were hewn by the Etruscans about 3000 years ago in the tuff. Even today, it is unclear with which technique the Etruscans could cut the rock so accurately and vertically out of the rock. This technique was lost later, as can be seen in later excavations. Also, why the individual dwellings, which already all contain a fire pit with fireplace and lowered animal stables for the use of animal heat, so far apart, is unknown. The Etruscans have not delivered anything written or the subsequent Romans have destroyed everything. Source: Tuscan private guide - highly recommended

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timafe

October 19, 2020

Great hike in the footsteps of the Etruscans for young and old explorers. There is also no lack of beautiful prospects.

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Distance 754 m

Uphill 60 m

Downhill 20 m

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Via Cava di San Rocco

1. Via Cava di San Rocco – Vie Cave di San Rocco loop from Sorano

2. Via Cava di San Rocco – View of Sorano loop from Sorano

3. Via Cava di San Rocco – View of Sorano loop from Cerreto

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