In June 1723 the Gualterio family hosted James III of England in their villa: a plaque on the back of the building records it. Cardinal Filippo Antonio Gualterio had close ties with the British royal house, and the villa, where prelates retreated in summer, was known as the villa of the seven cardinals.
Outside the town lie the Etruscan tombs of the Golini and the Hescana. In 1874 senator Gualterio, one of the leading figures of the Risorgimento, had to sell the estate: politics had cost him too much. Today the villa belongs to the national research council and is called Villa Paolina. The 1,989 residents live on a plateau six kilometres from Orvieto, inside medieval walls.
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Next up: Saint Blaise, patron depicted on the town's coat of arms with a crosier and the Gospel, Wednesday 3 February
Nearest airport: Perugia San Francesco, 56 km away
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📅 Every year, on 3 February
Porano celebrates Saint Blaise on 3 February; the saint also appears on the town's coat of arms, recognised by decree in 1929, depicted on a silver field with a crosier in his right hand and the Gospel in his left.
A white wine carved into Etruscan tufa history, toasted by Garibaldi's Thousand: Orvieto has held Denominazione di Origine Controllata status since 1971.
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