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<< Our Photo Pages >> Via cava di S. Sebastiano - Ancient Trackway in Italy in Toscana

Submitted by ivanjohnson on Saturday, 07 August 2010  Page Views: 4463

Roman, Greek and ClassicalSite Name: Via cava di S. Sebastiano Alternative Name: Rock-cut roads
Country: Italy
NOTE: This site is 12.668 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: Toscana Type: Ancient Trackway
Nearest Town: Sovana  Nearest Village: Sovana
Latitude: 42.654967N  Longitude: 11.637051E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
5 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Via cava di S. Sebastiano
Via cava di S. Sebastiano submitted by ivanjohnson : Via cava di S. Sebastiano, interior of the watch room overlooking the junction in the via cava below. Site in Toscana Italy (Vote or comment on this photo)
Via cava (excavated or quarried road) are narrow roads, cut vertically out of solid rock, which switchback up and down inside the steep Tuscan tufa cliffs, connecting the valley floors to roads on the clifftops. They often have vertical sidewalls though some have inward-leaning sidewalls. Several of the many roadway shafts are fairly spectacular (some are still in use). This particular road, Via cava di S. Sebastiano, was quite interesting.

These roads are vertical slots hewn out of solid rock 30 to 40 feet deep in places and only as wide as an oxcart. The roadways at the bottom of the slots are eroded from centuries of abrasion and everything really looks ancient. This particular road features a junction of these slot roads inside the rock, shown in the photos, but the photos don't convey the grandeur of it. Twenty five feet straight above that junction, carved into the solid rock at the top of the slot is a watch room to monitor the junction. It is the cave and room shown in the photos - outside its window, which faces inward to the via cava, guards could watch the junction directly below.

This is a fascinating place to hike around and explore.

This site is part of the large but walkable archaeological area with nearby parking which includes Ildebranda Tomb and the Tomba della Sirena, all in the valley directly below the town of Sovana. Get the very helpful tourist map of the area at the small tourist offices in any of surrounding towns. Another great site nearby is Vitozza.
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Via cava di S. Sebastiano
Via cava di S. Sebastiano submitted by ivanjohnson : Via cava di S. Sebastiano, another switchback on the hewn road. Site in Toscana Italy (Vote or comment on this photo)

Via cava di S. Sebastiano
Via cava di S. Sebastiano submitted by ivanjohnson : Via cava di S. Sebastiano, entrance to watch room at the top level of the slot road. Site in Toscana Italy (Vote or comment on this photo)

Via cava di S. Sebastiano
Via cava di S. Sebastiano submitted by ivanjohnson : Via cava di S. Sebastiano, junction inside rock. Site in Toscana Italy (Vote or comment on this photo)

Via cava di S. Sebastiano
Via cava di S. Sebastiano submitted by ivanjohnson : Via cava di S. Sebastiano, view inside the deep man-made slot canyon roadway. Site in Toscana Italy (Vote or comment on this photo)

Via cava di S. Sebastiano
Via cava di S. Sebastiano submitted by ivanjohnson : Via cava di S. Sebastiano, entrance to deepest section. Site in Toscana Italy

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 225m ESE 107° Tomba della Sirena* Rock Cut Tomb
 485m NW 323° Ildebranda Tomb* Rock Cut Tomb
 495m NNW 327° Via Cava di Poggio Prisca* Ancient Trackway
 1.2km ENE 77° Sovana Necropolis* Rock Cut Tomb
 9.9km ENE 72° Vitozza* Cave or Rock Shelter
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