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Bolsena's lake is the largest European volcanic
lake.
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two islands, Martana and Bisentina (the rests of two
small volcanic cones), after having been abandoned
for centuries, are now open to the public. |
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Bolsena
is the Miracle's city happened in 1263 in the basilica
consecrated to the Saints George and Cristina. |
In 1264, has been instituted the
"Corpus Domini" festivity.
This festivity is celebrated with a procession and
with the traditional "Infiorata" through
the streets of Bolsena which are covered with floreal
carpets.
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S. Cristina's festivity, christian
martyr and patron saint of Bolsena, is equally important.
Every year the evening of the 23th July and the
morning of the 24th July, the S. Cristina's martyrdom
are remembered through
some living and plastic pictures called "Misteri".
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It is a must to visit the "Monaldeschi"
Castle that since few years is the centre of the
Lake's Museum, where is possible to observe important
geological and archaelogical finding from bronze
and iron age to the etruscan-roman period.
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