Lost in a rugged and barren landscape of clay hills, the Oratory of Sant’Ottaviano takes its name from the hermit saint who lived here – it is said in the hollow of a tree – as a refugee from Africa in the 6th century. Even today, the environment is well suited to the spirit of meditation and the desire for peace. After the death of the holy man, a small church was built on the site where he lived, the remains of which can still be admired today. A few centuries later, Octavian’s body was moved to Volterra and today rests in the Volterra Cathedral. Situated on the Via Salaiola towards Florence, during the Middle Ages, the gabelle of salt was levied here by the Municipality of Volterra, which kept a warehouse for storing salt.
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