Bisentina Island

 island, extinct volcano

Bisentina The island is the largest lake area (17 hectares) and can circumnavigate the motorboat departing from central vicino di Capodimonte. Keep an almost unspoiled nature with dense forests of ilex, gardens, enchanting landscapes and monuments. I am an example the Church of Saints James and Christopher, with the imposing dome designed by Vignola, also observable from the west bank of the lake, the Franciscan convent, the Rocchino, the church of Santa Caterina, the Chapel of the Crucifix with frescoes of the'400 The horrible Malta of Pope prison for life dug into the ground for the condemned for heresy with only a small hole for the light. You can also admire beautiful bays, the top of Mount Tabor hill, the rocky cliffs sull'azzurro Lake to the east and finally the green on the south side to the country of Capodimonte. The Etruscans and Romans have left few traces of their stay on the island. In the ninth century there fled the inhabitants of nearby Bisenzio (which gave him the name) destroyed by the Saracens. In mid-1200 it became property of the lords of Bisenzio that following a dispute with the islanders fire abandoning it. In 1261, Urban IV even regain island in 1333 was again destroyed by Ludovico il Bavaro, accused of heresy and excommunicated by the Pope. Ownership of the Farnese from 1400 experienced a period of great prosperity, was visited by several Popes and the Farnese and was incorporated in the territories of the Duchy of Castro. Returned to the Church, nell'Ottocento became private property of local aristocratic family of the Princes of the Dragon who lived in the castle of Bolsena.also is a small tuff cone of the vulsini caldera complex