Ceramics throughout the City

The Cocciales

In the 1990s, the La Lestra Cultural Association, was strongly active in the artistic sphere in the Tarquinia area. They organised a series of summer events, called ‘La Piazzetta’, in…

The Cocciales

In the 1990s, the La Lestra Cultural Association, was strongly active in the artistic sphere in the Tarquinia area. They organised a series of summer events, called ‘La Piazzetta’, in…

The Cocciales

In the 1990s, the La Lestra Cultural Association, was strongly active in the artistic sphere in the Tarquinia area. They organised a series of summer events, called ‘La Piazzetta’, in…

Cordeschi Amphitheatre

In 1922, accountant Saverio Cordeschi and his brother Enrico founded the Fornaci Cordeschi in the place where clay had been mined for centuries, employing a large number of workers and…

Via Roma

At house number 5, we find the house with the coat of arms of the Stelliferi family. Gimignano Stellifero is among the most important Vascellari in Acquapendente, where he lived…

Via Cesare Battisti

At number 56, looking up about 3 metres, one can see a devotional plaque set into the wall, one of the oldest still standing in Acquapendente, dating back to the…

Piazzale Santa Maria – Church of San Francesco

Looking out over the Paglia valley from here, one can easily spot the chimney of the Fornace Cordeschi, built in the 1920s and active until 1993.  The clay historically used…

Porta della Ripa

It is one of the main entrance gates to Acquapendente, along the route of the Via Francigena. Just outside and immediately inside the walls were a number of mills fed…

Piazza Girolamo Fabrizio

Acquapendente’s main square, dominated by the resurgent Palazzo Comunale and designed by architect Guglielmo Meluzzi, has always been a meeting place for the population and a commercial centre. Some of…

Church of Santa Vittoria

The deeds of the Arte dei Vascellari were stipulated here. The production of the nearby Papirio kiln, which was active between the mid-14th and mid-15th century, is of the highest…


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