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Lake Bolsena (Lago di Bolsena) is a crater lake of upper Latium (almost on the border with Tuscany), of volcanic origin, which began to collect many thousands of years ago following the formation of a caldera in the Vulsini volcanic complex. Roman historic records indicate activity of the Vulsini volcano occurred as recently as 104 BC; it has been dormant since then. The two islands of the lake were formed by underwater eruptions following the collapse that created the caldera.
By extension, it is the fifth largest lake in Italy and probably the largest volcanic lake in Europe.
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Topograficamente, mi incuriosisce vedere in un'unica immagine la cima dell'Argentario e la rocca di Radicòfani!
Saluti dal Nord Italia
Alberto.
Est! Est!! Est!!! is an Italian wine region centered around Montefiascone (the town from where the pano was taken).
On the origin of the strange name of the wine, there is a curious and amusing story that everyone knows in the area, even though it is often attributed to various historical figures.
In the 12th-century, a German bishop, Johann Fugger, was traveling to Rome for the coronation of Henry V as Holy Roman Emperor. It tells the story that the Bishop sends out a servant ahead to find places with the best wine. Visiting villages throughout Italy, the servant would scrawl Est (Latin for "It is") on the door of the places he found to have good wine for the bishop's party to later visit. The story has it that the servant was so impressed with the wine being served at Montefiascone that he enthusiastically scrawled Est! Est!! Est!!! on the door.
Probably the story is only a legend, but in a local church in Montefiascone there is a grave of Bishop Johann Fugger.
Est est est
propter nimium est
dominus meus mortuus est.
[There is, there is, there is... because of the excessive "there is" my boss has died]
Only for the sake to see these words carved in stone I had planned a detour in my 2006 travel «CiclAlpItalia», where I wanted to climb the highest summits of each Italian region, plus Corsica. But then stormy weather delayed me on the Sibillini (not bad to see, however: www.panoramio.com/photo/76198867), such that I had to rush quite a bit to the next «highest summits» and I missed the Est est est!
Yes. No doubt that ancient bishops were far better viveurs, and less distressed men, than us modern "sportsmen"...
However I believe that since then (or even a bit earlier ...) the Italienische Reise can be understood as a desperate flight of inhabitants living north of the Alps from wines grown north of the Alps. Maybe bringing grapes to the limes was one of the big mistakes of the Roman Empire - who knows ...
I buy my wine from a farmer in Rovereto, and lovely neighbours from Termeno/Tramin do the same with the grapes that they use to produce what they sell as echter Gewürztraminer - which, of course, equipped with an echter Südtiroler name can be sold at more...
I really like the vineyards, especially the terraced vineyards and I am very happy when I see them in the Alpine regions or in some valleys north of the Alps
@Arne: I've never been on Monte Amiata, but some years ago I saw the Lake of Bolsena from the Rocca of Radicofani (it is indicated with a label). Maybe I can even make a pano from the Rocca of Radicofani.
@ Peter: Your observation is very interesting. I had not thought about the possibility of seeing Corsica or Elba. In this pano you can not see, but I'll try to investigate further.
What you can see "under the sun" are the mountains east of Grosetto - it is the range (I do not know its name) between Scansano and Roccalbegna.
If you take udeuschle as truth, a tiny, tiny bit of Corse (Monte Formicola) should be visible behind the left slope of Monte Argentairo - but in a distance of 240 km ....
In any case, when you go for your bottles, think that the Council has been held - among hundreds of possible cities - in Trento, and try to figure out why!
Or, you you feel more bound to the secular world, remember that when Don Giovanni asks "Versa il Vino", then, as soon as Leporello has filled his glass, he remarks: "Eccellente Marzimino"...
From there you can see Corse, but not the Elba. But the chance to see the Corse is only a theoretical possibility. From the practical point of view I think it is almost impossible if not in days of outstanding visibility.
Now I will indicate the direction of Corse and add some label.
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