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CHAPTER LIII.
CETONA AND SARTEANO.
Molta tenent antiqua, sepolta, vetusta.
Ennics.
— gia furo
Incliti, ed or n'e quasi il nome oscuro.
Aeiosto.
The hills to the west of Chiusi are rich in Etruscan
remains. The several towns of Cetona, Sarteano, Chian-
ciano and Montepulciano are supposed, from the positions
they occupy, and the mines of ancient wealth around
them, not from any extant remains of fortifications, to
indicate the sites of so many Etruscan cities. It is certain
at least that in their environs are ancient cemeteries
yielding the most archaic relics of Etruscan times. He
who visits Chiusi should not omit to extend his tour to
these towns, for they are all within a trifling distance of
that city, and of each other; and should he feel little
interest in their antiquities, he cannot fail to be delighted
with the glorious scenery around them. He may make
the tour of the whole in a day, for the roads are very
respectable.
Cetona is only five or six miles from Chiusi—a clean
little town, and a picturesque, on an olive-clad height,
with a ruined castle of feudal times towering above it,
Moreover, it has a decent loccmda, kept by Alessandro
Davide, where bright eyes will look brighter when the
traveller comes.
VOL. II. JI)
CETONA AND SARTEANO.
Molta tenent antiqua, sepolta, vetusta.
Ennics.
— gia furo
Incliti, ed or n'e quasi il nome oscuro.
Aeiosto.
The hills to the west of Chiusi are rich in Etruscan
remains. The several towns of Cetona, Sarteano, Chian-
ciano and Montepulciano are supposed, from the positions
they occupy, and the mines of ancient wealth around
them, not from any extant remains of fortifications, to
indicate the sites of so many Etruscan cities. It is certain
at least that in their environs are ancient cemeteries
yielding the most archaic relics of Etruscan times. He
who visits Chiusi should not omit to extend his tour to
these towns, for they are all within a trifling distance of
that city, and of each other; and should he feel little
interest in their antiquities, he cannot fail to be delighted
with the glorious scenery around them. He may make
the tour of the whole in a day, for the roads are very
respectable.
Cetona is only five or six miles from Chiusi—a clean
little town, and a picturesque, on an olive-clad height,
with a ruined castle of feudal times towering above it,
Moreover, it has a decent loccmda, kept by Alessandro
Davide, where bright eyes will look brighter when the
traveller comes.
VOL. II. JI)