Civita is a fraction of the town of Bagnoregio, in the province of Viterbo, in Lazio, part of the most beautiful villages in Italy, famous for being called "The city that dies". It is located in the valley of the calanchi, an area located between the Bolsena lake to the west and the Tiber valley to the east, in the municipality of Bagnoregio. It consists of two main valleys: the Fossato del Rio Torbido and the Fossato del Rio Chiaro. Originally these places had to be sweeter and more accessible and were crossed by an ancient road that connected the Tiber valley to the Lake of Bolsena. Inside the village there are several medieval houses, the church of San Donato, which overlooks the main square and inside which the S.S. Wooden crucifix, Palazzo Alemanni, home of the Geological Museum and Landslides, the Episcopal Palace, a 16th century mill, the remains of the birthplace of San Bonaventura and the door of Santa Maria, with two lions holding a human head between their paws in memory of a popular revolt of the inhabitants of Civita against the Orvieto family of the Monaldeschi. In 2005 the Civita calanques were proposed as a site of community interest.
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