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The Cake is for CAMA is the name of the event I created on Facebook about a week ago about my trip to C towns in my area. I had prepared my visit in advance as my purpose was to tour five C towns in one day. However this past Saturday I only made it to Chiusi and Cetona. The five C towns are: Chiusi, Cetona, Città della Pieve, Corciano and Cortona. So I am dedicating some extra time to completing my visit as planned. So far I have added Corciano to the list. So I am down to three towns out of five. I must say that the trip is getting more and more interesting. Yesterday in Corciano I visited their archaeological museum that was founded in 2009 based on the findings of Etruscan tombs in the area. Indeed I am going to visit the related necropolis one of these afternoons. I have called the family that has the keys to the place and they said they will open the necropolis after 4:00pm for me. The necropolis area is called 'Strozzacapponi'. Knowing that there is an Etruscan necropolis in Strozzacapponi (literally tr. capons' strangler) was an amazing discovery, as I go by this area every time I drive from Piegaro, where I live, to Perugia. What's more interesting is that the family that has the keys to the necropolis owns the supermarket that was built there. In fact, the necropolis was found when excavating for building the supermarket. Isn't that amazing? The necropolis was totally found by accident. From what I can see what these C towns have in common is definitely their Etruscan heritage. In fact, I will be heading to Cortona next to visit their Etruscan museum. Città della Pieve is the closest C town to where I live and I want to go there to see the place where recently new Etruscan tombs were discovered. The place is called San Donnino Poggiovalle.
Chiusi was the first C town that I visited at my event. Additionally, I drove to Chiusi the Sunday prior to my visit. Just in case there was not enough time the day I planned to be in Chiusi to visit their Etruscan tombs. Tombs are located a little outside the town towards Chianciano and it's three of them. We had to make a reservation with a museum guide to visit. Visits are organized by small groups. During the week prior to my official visit to Chiusi for the event, I also visited the Etruscan Museum in Perugia and the Ipogeo dei Volumni in Ponte San Giovanni (Perugia). What was neat about my visits is that I got to talk to the museum janitors. What they all want is more visitors to their places. Museum janitors in Italy may be fine archaeologists, this is also what I found out upon my visits. The ones I talked to are in love with their studies and would like the museums for which they work to receive more visitors.
Cetona is the second C town I visited. I wish to go to Cetona again to visit the Etruscan tomb that is part of a private estate. The area is open to the public a few days a year in August/September. Therefore this is a new appointment for next year. In the meantime, I have accepted the invitation to join a yoga class in Cetona. A special host welcomed me in Cetona the day of my visit and she is a yoga teacher. We had a glass of white wine together sitting outside the local coffee shop and then I headed home for lunch. In Cetona I felt like being in the main piazza in Siena. In fact, the town belongs to the province of Siena. What a great feeling!
So now I have two C towns left to visit: Città della Pieve for its new Etruscan findings and Cortona for its Etruscan Museum. I hope to be back with more news about my Cake for Cama event soon. Thank you for following my journey. It's fun to be in touch. With much fondness, Roberta
"Cake Stands for Cama" is a series of short blog posts
regarding all things I like starting with 'C' like 'Cama'.
I have also thought of adding towns to my favorites list.
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