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Volterra is prevalently Medieval and yet cherishes abundant evidence of the
Etruscan
period: the Porta all'Arco (the Etruscan
gate) which date from the 4th century B.C.,
the Acropolis, the defensive walls which
are still visible in parts of the town.
The Roman period is attested by the important remains of the Teatro di
Vallebona which date back to the Augustan period,
the Baths and an enormous rectangular
water cistern.
The Middle Ages are not only visible in its
urban structure but too in its buildings, its
hause-towers and churches: the Palazzo dei
Priori, a 13th century building, the Palazzo
Pretorio, with its crenellated Tower of the
Little Pig, the pair of towers of Buonparenti
and Bonaguidi family, the house-towers
of Toscano family, the Cathedral (12th
century), the Baptistry (13th century) streaked
with Volterran stone, the conventual Church
of San Francesco with its adjacent chapel
of the Croce di Giorno, the Church of San
Michele and of San Alessandro.
The Renaissance period has influenced
Volterra in a particular way, however without
changing the Medieval atmosphere. Some
good examples are the Palazzo Minucci-Solaini, beautifully inserted among the
Medieval hause-towers, the Palazzo Incontr
Vitii with its theatre Persio Flacco added
in the courtyard in the 19th century, the
Palazzo Inghirami, the Palazzo Ruggieri, the Convent of San Girolamo with
the
terracotta statues of Della Robbia and the
Medicean Fortress which looms over the
Medieval town.
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