The Dying City

The dying city or what Julia refers to as the death city. Not quite the same.

That was truly a beautiful place though extraordinarily hard to get to. Which I think is why they call it the dying city. I assume back in the day they had donkeys carrying up supplies since the donkey seems to be there spirit animal.

There were a couple of very small vehicles that drove around up there, but there’s not much room. It’s really a walking path kind of place.

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Civita di Bagnoregio, located in the province of Viterbo in Lazio, Italy, is famously known as La città che muore ("The Dying City" or "The City in the Sky").

• Why it is "dying": Founded over 2,500 years ago by the Etruscans, the village perches on a fragile plateau of volcanic tuff resting on unstable layers of clay. Centuries of wind, rain, and a major earthquake in 1695 have caused severe, continuous erosion of the surrounding calanchi (badlands).
• Population: The permanent resident population is tiny—estimated at around 11 people—though many homes are used as vacation properties.
• How to get there: The village is completely car-free and accessible only on foot via a long pedestrian footbridge from the neighboring town of Bagnoregio.Meer informatie