In Orvieto, Italy’s, subterranean city, journey to antiquity Under the piazzas, an Etruscan treasure - Travel

Travelers visiting this ancient city perched on a cliff above the Paglia plain invariably find their attention drawn upward — to the lacy spires of the jewel-like Duomo and the clanging bells atop the Moro’s Tower. Few realize that beneath their feet is a vast subterranean city, called Velzna by the Etruscans, who created it over nearly 3,000 years.