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Via Cava di San Giuseppe

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Via Cava di San Giuseppe

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Location: Pitigliano, Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy

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1. Via Cava di San Giuseppe – Via Cava dell'Annunziata loop from Pitigliano

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2. Via Cava di San Giuseppe – Edicola di San Giuseppe loop from Pitigliano

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3. Pitigliano Historic Town – Edicola di San Giuseppe loop from Pitigliano

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Bryan | Exploro Ergo Sum

February 13, 2024

The Vie Cave, sometimes also called Cavoni, form a suggestive road system from the Etruscan era that connects various settlements and necropolises between Pitigliano, Sovana and Sorano. They mainly develop between steep tuff rock walls, some of which exceed twenty meters in height. In Roman times, these streets became part of a road network connected to the main trunk of the Via Clodia, an ancient road that connected Rome to Saturnia, passing through the city of Tuscania and branching off from the Via Cassia in Lazio.

The Via Cava di San Giuseppe is one of the most evocative in the area, as well as the longest, leading up to Pitigliano. This street is associated with the traditional torchlight procession of San Giuseppe, which is held on March 19th. The link between ancient pagan rites and the dark atmosphere along the route, which still persists today, dates back to Christian times, when small niches with painted sacred images, known as "devil chasers", were dug to protect travellers.

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🅰️ndy

March 19, 2022

Very impressive hike on the paths of the Etruscans who carved these paths in the tuff...in some places you can still see the traces of working.

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Claus S.

September 1, 2018

Via cava at Pitigliano a beautiful hiking trails with impressive services of the people. Man should have run him necessarily. Ps sturdy footwear helps 😎😬👍

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Distance 626 m

Uphill 60 m

Downhill 0 m

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Location: Pitigliano, Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy

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