Velathri as the city was called when it was founded by the Etruscans in the seventh century BC, had a perimeter wall of more than seven kilometers left to scholars assume that over the city, there were also inside of the land. The city acquired the years with great importance and it became one of the twelve lucomonie nation Etruscan. The economic aspect of this area has changed over the years, in fact, once the only source of trade were the extraction of copper, dell'allume, dell'alabastro and salt, which were then subsequently worked in manufacturing volterrane.
Today some of these activities remain as tradition, such as small artisan firms working the alabaster, but many are also innovations, and the first metalworking industries and chemistry. Still one of the first sources of income of the country is tourism.