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The center, located on a hill in the eastern edge of the Valley of Spoleto, is known since ancient times for its springs: the Clitunno Springs, praised by Virgilio to Giosuè Carducci. The territory already inhabited in Umbrian times from 434 BC by the Etruscans, was never dominated by a unique and important urban settlement, but was made up of, (as it still is today), by numerous small villages and castles scattered throughout the countryside and in the woods...read more

Cascia sits on the hill of St. Augustine (skimmed by the winding stream of the river Corno) surrounded by the green mountains on a strip of the Apennine Mountains) to the south of the Sibillini Mountains. The city of Cascia along with Assisi, (San Francesco), is known throughout the world as the place which is the birthplace of St. Rita of Cascia. An ancient center established by the Italic people of ancient Italy...continua a leggere

Set on a hill a few kilometers from Spoleto, Castel Ritaldi’s history followed closely the historical events that affected Spoleto. Since the time of the Romans, it was assigned the hub center for defense, fortified within city walls and towers. Along with Spoleto, therefore, for better or for worse, it prospered under the Roman Empire and was destroyed at the fall of the Roman Empire, and from the....read more

Cerreto di Spoleto, located on a limestone hill, the San Sebastian, between the Nera River and the Vigi river, surrounded by a forest of oak (cerreto in Italian is oak forest hence comes the name). The town sits guarded by the Valnerina (Nera Valley), placed strategically and with panoramic views. This enviable and defensible position, in the medieval period, made ​​it the subject of bitter disputes between Spoleto and Norcia...read more

Foligno, located in the southeastern margin of the Umbrian Valley, on the left bank of the Topino River, has ancient origins. Traces of human presence date back to Neolithic times, as documented by archaeological finds in Belfiore, others from the Iron Age, found in Annifo (a Necropolis) and early Christian tombs were found in the Madonna del Fosso. It was a thriving Umbrian town favored by its geographical position...read more

"The railing of 'Umbria" (La Ringhiera di Umbria) is what Montefalco is referred to due to its unique position overlooking the Topino and Clitunno Rivers and was already a thriving rural center in the Roman Age. Numerous relics epigraphic and sculptural (the Municipal Museum, a cloister of San Fortunato, etc.) still testify to its origins. Evangelized in the fourth century by San Fortunato, Coccorone...read more

Set on a hill along the valley of the river Corno, near the border and the province of Rieti. Monteleone di Spoleto has its ancient origins as shown by archaeological findings unearthed near the town; in the Colle del Capitano a burial ground from the Bronze Age and a chariot of the sixth century B.C., perfectly preserved, now on display at the...read more

Set in the heart of the Valnerina (Nera Valley) and the Sibillini Mountains National Park, and in the highlands of the Plains of Santa Scolastica, crowned by the Apennine Mountains culminating in the spectacular thrashing view of the Sibillini Mountains. Norcia has seen the settlement of its territory as early as the Lower Paleolithic Period and the Middle Neolithic Period...read more

Poggiodomo is located nearly a thousand feet high above sea level, on the eastern slopes of Mount Coscerno, in the upper valley of the River Tissino. The center of town was until Xl century part of the Lombard Duchy of Spoleto. Its geographical location has established Poggiodomo over the centuries as an ideal place to meditate and to seclude oneself, becoming a destination for monks, hermits and mystics...read more

Located on the left side of the small Castoriana Valley in Valnerina, we find Preci already mentioned in the Books of Dialogorum from 594 A.D., written by St. Gregory, for the presence of numerous pre-Benedictine hermitages. In 1232, we find Preci mentioned in archival documents and probably the first settlement was built near a Benedictine Chapel which almost certainly took the name: “Preces”, meaning, prayer...read more

Located on the south side of the Vigi River Valley, which concludes its run at the Nera Valley (la Valnerina). Sellano, according to legend, was founded in 84 B.C. by some followers of Silla (hence the name) had found refuge, after battling Spoleto, in the place where Silla is located today. In the Middle Ages, due to its strategic geographical position, was ruled by the Lombards and thus included in the...read more

Set on a hill at the foot of Monteluco, near the River Tessino, in the lower edge of the Valle Umbra, Spoleto is an ancient town, inhabited since prehistoric times, as documented by archaeological finds within its territory. In the Iron Age, remains of walls and tombs were found under the cathedral, Center of the Foundation of Umbra, at the time of the Sannitiche Wars, Spoleto was Romanized in the fourth...read more

Trevi perched on a the foot of the hilltop of Mount Serano, surrounded by a sea of ​​green olive trees, dominating the Spoleto Valley crossed by a stretch of the river Clitunno. Trevi was the center of the Umbrian foundation, mentioned by Plinio as well as Trebiae. They both recalled Trevi as one of the the most ancient towns of Umbria, located in the place where now stands the village of Pietrarossa. Trevi became a Roman Municipium...read more