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THE LABYRINTH
Daily visits 6 days a week, closed Mondays
NOVEMBER-MARCH FROM 10.30 AM TO 3.30 PM, (LAST ENTRANCE TIME 3.00 PM)
PARIL-OCTOBER FROM 10.30 AM TO 4.00 PM (LAST ENTRANCE TIME 3.30 PM)
Visits with a system of explanatory signs
Ticket € 5,00 per person
Reduced ticket (over 65 and students) € 4,00 per person
Free for children under 12 years old
Pets allowed
We accept the Carta Unica
For groups or custom requests please send us an e-mail
Orvieto's ancient origins
Between the small towns of Italy is considered a jewel of culture, history, archaeology. Witness and protagonist of a mysterious past.
Located above a tufa rock known as “La Rupe” the citadel was home to the Etruscan civilization from the eighth century BC and eventually became in 265 BC an integral part of the Roman state.
The Etruscan’s were able to create a vast domain organized jointly with high manifestations of civil coexistence and social commerce playing a large roll in controlling roads and crossings.
The Etruscans, masters of hydraulics, they built wells and cisterns (two types: with and without plaster) to ensure water supply to the house, the shops and distribution in the various sacred areas.
Those devoid of plaster are made without the use of any type of waterproofing inside them, their construction is related to the geological condition of the soil in which they are dug.
The Labyrinth Map
Il labirinto di Adriano extends over a surface area of over 400 sqm on several underground levels.
It is a place where the visitor can admire a vivid example of an underground city up close. A network of tunnels and caves typical of the historical and archaeological substratum of Orvieto, enriched by a series of sculptures and works of art imprinted in the tuff.
It presents several particular and original underground environments which differ in terms of characteristics and historical eras: in fact, we move from environments used in modern times as cellars for storing wine to medieval rooms used as wells and dumps for throwing rubbish.
Other rooms date back to the Etruscan era and had the function of storing grain and collecting rainwater (cistern). Even more suggestive is the room that houses a cave where a plant fossil (probably a tree) about 250,000 years old is still visible!
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