>> incredible. >> yes. >> this is the house of pigeon, my favorite pigeon. >> your favorite pigeon? >> after, you will know why. >> yes, because we will taste it. yes. >> what we are looking at here are in fact -- carved into the walls by the -- who founded orvieto over 2000 years ago. encouraging pigeons to nest here, it gave the early town folks source of dishes meet without having to stray outside the city walls. >> people would come and go, but this is where they would roost. when would they the pigeon? at what stage in the pigeons life? >> usually when they are ready to fly. . >> when they are babies. >> yeah, baby. the babies are for food. >> or food. right. ♪ ♪ ♪ today, pigeon is still an orvieto staple.