Everywhere you go in this area, you encounter remnants of the Etruscan civilization. Many towns still have walls, roads, and remains of ancient Etruscan houses. On almost every hilltop are the remains of an Etruscan town. Fine museums exists everywhere and we've been to a few already. Just outside of Sovana are early Etruscan caves, impressive tombs, and the "vie cave" a long (they say it goes all the way to Mt. Amiata a seemingly long distance) narrow, deep road used by the Etruscans. Just why the Etruscans dug a deep road in the soft volcanic rock is one of speculation, the reason only known to the people who built it 2,500 years ago.
The vie cave.
An Etruscan symbol, the svastica, is clearly visible on road's wall. A root growing upwards looking much like a movie-set prop for The Hobbit.
Caves dot the entire area, some just off the road and others impossibly high up the wall.
One example of the ruins of an elaborate burial site.
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