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See also:BOLSENA (anc. See also:Volsinii)
,' a See also:town of the See also:province of See also:Rome, See also:Italy, 12 M
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W.S.W. of See also:Orvieto by road, situated on the See also:north-See also:east See also:bank of the See also:lake of See also:Bolsena
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The town is dominated by a picturesque See also:medieval See also:castle, and contains the See also: In See also:commemoration of this Pope See also:Urban IV. instituted the festival of Corpus Christi, and ordered the erection of the See also:cathedral of Orvieto . The miracle forms the subject of a celebrated See also:fresco by See also:Raphael in the Vatican . The Lake of Bolsena (anc . Lacus Volsiniensis), 'coo ft. above See also:sea-level, 71 sq. m. in See also:area, and 48o ft. deep, is almost circular, and was the central point of a large volcanic See also:district, though it is probably not itself an See also:extinct See also:crater . Its sides show fine basaltic formation in places . It abounds in See also:fish, but its See also:banks are some-what deserted and not See also:free from See also:malaria . It contains two islands, Bisentina and Martana, the former containing a church constructed by Vignola, the latter remains of the castle where See also:Amalasuntha, the daughter of See also:Theodoric, was imprisoned and strangled . (T . |
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