Assisi in Italy stretches out on the slopes of the Monte Subasio, above the plain where the Topino and Chiascio rivers flow.
Bastia Umbra, which is situated in the plain dominated by Mount Subasio, is now an important economic center in the Assisi area.
The town of Bettona can boast ancient Etruscan origins, insofar as its foundation is dated at around the 8th and 7th centuries B.C.
The first records of an inhabited settlement in Cannara area go back to around the Ist century B.C. This is probably the date of the town's foundation, but one believes that the settlement which the Romans called "Castrum Canarii", became a real town only after the barbaric invasions in Italy.
