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The thrown stones : ウィキペディア英語版 | The thrown stones
About a kilometer from the town of Bolsena, which leads to Montefiascone along the Cassia, you can observe a rare geological monument, consisting of hollow prisms in the rock, due to some phases of volcanic activity in the area. The so-called “thrown stones”, whose shape struck the curiosity of many travelers going to Rome. == Etymology ==
The “thrown stones” the popular term, which is commonly referred to these particular rocks, was coined by the locals in an attempt to understand what seemed like an inexplicable phenomenon. People imagined that the volcano, that is now replaced by Lake Bolsena, had thrown stones during an eruption and that they had driven into the ground.
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