GO-ON-ITALY Reservation: Bolsena

Bolsena Italy

Bolsena is a town and comune of Italy, in the province of Viterbo in northern Lazio on the eastern shore of Lake Bolsena. It is 10 km (6 mi) north-north west of Montefiascone and 36 km (22 mi) north-west of Viterbo. The ancient Via Cassia, today's highway SR143, follows the lake shore for some distance, passing through Bolsena. Bolsena is known for a miracle said to have occurred in the Basilica of Santa Cristina in 1263, when a Bohemian priest, in doubt about the doctrine of Transubstantiation, reported bleeding from the host he had consecrated at Mass. The Orvieto Cathedral was eventually built to commemorate the miracle and house the Corporal of Bolsena in a reliquary made by Sienese goldsmith Ugolino di Vieri in 1337–1338.[7] A famed fresco by Raphael and his school in the Vatican Stanze depicts the event.

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Recommended airport

Perugia (PEG)

Nearby destinations

orvieto a 13.10 km
Tarquinia a 47.72 km
Sorano a 21.90 km

Bolsena, Italy

Bolsena Italy