Pozzo di San Patrizio (St. Patrick's Well) Orvieto

For a nice day trip, I decided to visit the cliff top city of Orvieto, the former capital of the Etruscan league in ancient times. Riding on a funicular up to the top of the cliff, I had a beautiful of the surrounding countryside. Umbria is a beautiful region, which I hope to visit again soon when I take a trip to Perugia and Lake Trasimene. In …

... and two trolley car rides up to the city. You can park for free at the bottom near Hertz.  Tuorlo We visited the Pozzo di San Patrizio or in English St. Patrick which is a well 53 meters deep built in 1527 and 3 meters wide! This excursion is worth ...

... that in the event of siege by Charles' troops the city's water might prove insufficient, he had a spectacular well (the Pozzo di San Patrizio or "Well of St. Patrick", so called because this Italian expression, inspired by mediaeval legends that St. ...