Day trip Via Cassia

Ever seen such pretty coffees?










I signed up for the day trip Via Cassia. I had no idea what it was or what I would see but I want to take advantage of any and all opportunities the school is offering.

VIA CASSIA, an ancient high-road of Italy, leading from Rome through Etruria to Florentia (Florence). It is currently being closely followed by the modern highroad from Rome to Florence. The date of its construction is uncertain: it cannot have been earlier than 187 B.C., 2 when the consul C. Flaminius constructed a road from Bononia to Arretium (which must have coincided with the portion of the later Via Cassia). A milestone of A.D. 124 mentions repairs to the road made by Hadrian from the boundary of the territory of Clusium to Florence, a distance of 86 m.

Ron Huber a professor here in rome lead the tour, yeah he kinda looks a bit like Johnny Dep, only he is way more interesting because of his vast historical knowledge.
The first place we stopped at was an area called Sultri where there were ruins of a coliseum/roman amphitheather, not as big as the one in Rome obviously but impressive no the less.

Then is little town on the top of another mountain, the inclines and angles these streets were totally intense and you huff and puff your way up them while tiny little old Italian ladies stroll by with ease with their grocery carts in tow.
























Then we went to The Villa Farnese, also known as Palazzo Farnese or Villa Caprarola, is a mansion in the town of Caprarola in the province of Viterbo, Northern Lazio, Italy, approximately 50 kilometres (35 miles) north-west of Rome. It should not be confused with the Palazzo Farnese and the Villa Farnesina, both in Rome.