Spoleto umgebung

The town of Campello sul Clitunno is to be found at about 10 km north of Spoleto. Its fame is due more to the bucolic atmosphere of its springs, descrived in the past by poets as important as Vergil and Carducci, than to its artistic works or to the fortified town of Campello Alto.The small Temple of Clitunno (or church of St. Salvatore) is situated near the springs; it is of paleocristian... Details

Taking the road from Spoleto to Montefalco, one finds the town of Castel Ritaldi, which, obviously, even if it is not to to be compared with other larger towns of the region as regards works of art, is not without buildings of a certain artistic interest. In fact, other than the castle, one should not forget to visit the parochial church of St. Marina, the church of St. Nicola, the church of... Details

Giano dell'Umbria was erected in the 11th century in the region called "Normandia" because of the Norman stationment when these attacked the Duchy of Spoleto. After the destruction brought about by the Ghibellini ( 1435), the town was ceded to the lords Trinci of Foligno, afterwards it became a free comune and finally was subject to the Papal State. Any tourist who has decided to abbandon the... Details

Spoleto, even if shows evident traces of the Roman era even in its urban structure, substantially mantains a medieval appearance, due to the period in which it was first a flourishing longobard Duchy, and then an important city within the Papal State.The Arch of Drusus (23 A.C.) to be found near the Romanic church of St. Ansano , the Roman theater, whose construction goes back to the first... Details