my favorite pigeon. after you will know why. >> we're going to taste it. >> yeah. >> what we're looking for here are in fact dovecotes, carved into the wall by the etruscans that found or vietto thousand of years ago. the nesting here gave the townspeople a source of meat without having to stray outside the city walls. >> they would come here and roost and at what stage who they eat the pigeons? >> usually when they were ready to fly. >> yeah, when they were babies. >> yeah. the babies are for food. >> for food, right. >> today pigeon is still an orvietan stable. it's one of the town's significant dishes and anyone exciting locals can run the