The “country that dies” is the city that dies: these are the gloomy nicknames that have been given to Civita, a small fraction of the Municipality of Bagnoregio, in the upper Lazio, on the border with Umbria, within the wonderful Valle dei Calanchi, in the province of Viterbo.
Despite these uninviting names, Civita di Bagnoregio is considered one of the most beautiful villages in Italy and every year it is visited by hundreds of thousands of people who come from all over the world to admire its timeless appearance and the magical atmosphere that it can be perceived walking through its narrow alleys.
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Civita is a fraction of 11 inhabitants of the municipality of Bagnoregio, in the province of Viterbo, in Lazio, part of the most beautiful villages in Italy, famous for being defined “The dying city” by the writer Bonaventura Tecchi, who spent his his youth.