Borgo Cerreto di Spoleto
Cerreto di Spoleto
The village of Cerreto di Spoleto was built in the fifteenth century and covers an area of about 357 meters. The purpose of its construction was to protect the area of the castle of Cerreto. Currently, only one of the four doors and a watchtower comes from the village, which has been transformed into a bell tower church. The environment was the center of some studies and was considered very important historic center.
Torre di Correto di Spoleto
Cerreto di Spoleto
The Tower of Cerreto di Spoleto was part of the medieval defensive system of this municipality. The building is also known as the bell tower because inside it is a huge bell of 16 tons.
Teatro Romano
Spoleto
(18 Km)
The Roman Theatre is located in Spoleto, in the province of Perugia and dates back to the first century BC. The structure suffered extensive damage due to a landslide, but was restored in the past. The theater is located within the city walls and keep a cavea of 70 m in diameter.
Rocca Albornoziana di Spoleto
Spoleto
(17 Km)
The Fortress is located in Spoleto and was built in 1300 by Matteo Gattapone. The structure is rectangular in shape and inside it there were two courts: the Court of Arms and the Court of Honor. From 1817 until 1982 the building was used as a prison. Built by innocent VI in the 14th century with the aim of strengthening the defensive system of the Church-State, it has two courtyards and a complex system of angular towers joined together by high defensive walls.
Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta
Spoleto
(14 Km)
The Cathedral dates back to the end of the 12th century. Inside, numerous works of absolute importance: from the Painted Cross by Alberto Sotio (1187), to the cycle of the apse with Stories of the Virgin frescoed by Filippo Lippi between 1467 and 1469.
Basilica di San Salvatore
Spoleto
(17 Km)
Originally dedicated to the martyrs Concordio and Senzia, it was built between the end of the VII and the beginning of the 8th century. Today it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site within the “Italia Langobardorum” serial site Centers of Power and Worship (568-774 AD)
Basilica di Sant'Eufemia
Spoleto
(18 Km)
Among the most notable Romanesque buildings in Umbria (X-XII century) The church is characterized by an internal arrangement with three naves and the presence of the matroneo (entrance from the Diocesan Museum).
Museo Archeologico Nazionale
Spoleto
(18 Km)
The National Archaeological Museum was opened in 1985 at the former monastery of Santa Agata. Recently, the museum was renovated. It presents the formation of the urban center of Spoleto from the first human presence. The Museum occupies two floors of the former monastery and also owns the theater built in the first century BC.
Complesso Monumentale di San Francesco
Spoleto
(19 Km)
The “fortress church of San Francesco”, dating back to the twelfth century, is par excellence the monumental construction of the Castle (10,720 cubic meters between church and convent). Benedictine oratory first and the friars of the Order of Minors Conventual then...
Piazza del Mercato
Spoleto
(18 Km)
An ancient Roman forum, Piazza del Mercato was until the last century the most lively place in the city, where the most important public events took place. The scenographic source built between 1746 and 1748 shows you.
Mosaici Domus Romana - Cupola parcheggio
Spello
(27 Km)
The Mosaic dates back to the second century AD and was discovered during the renovation work of the former hospital. The visible part of the work presents a polychrome decoration where two pairs of birds are depicted. The peculiarity of the mosaic is its chromatic effect. It is assumed that the mosaic is the most important part of the Roman domus built in the area of the Roman Forum.
Arco di Druso e Germanico
Spoleto
(18 Km)
Built in 23 AD, it was the triumphant entrance to the Roman Forum, the current Piazza del Mercato. Here the stratification of the city is perceptible: the right pylon of the arch rests on the original plane of the hole.
Borgo di Torre del Colle
Bevagna
(32 Km)
The Borgo di Torre del Colle is located on a hill in the valley of the Attone stream. During the first century it was known by the name Torre San Lorenzo, but in 1500, the town passed to the municipality of Bevagna. Access to the village was through an acute arch and at the entrance you immediately noticed the city walls along which a tower stood out, today a bell tower of the church of San Lorenzo.
Castelbuono
Bevagna
(34 Km)
Castelbuono is located in the hamlet of Bevagna, in the province of Perugia. Historical research shows that it was one of the possessions of Matteolo di Monaldo. The castle, after being independent, passed to Malatesta Baglioni who donated it to the Trinci in 1567. Inside the castle there was the church of Santa Maria Assunta, in which it was possible to admire frescoes from the 16th century.
Ponte delle Torri
Spoleto
(18 Km)
The Bridge of Towers was erected at the end of 1300 on the remains of a Roman aqueduct to lead water from the mountain to the city. At its extreme is the Fortilizio dei Mulini, from which numerous walks to the Spoleto mountain start.
Casa Romana
Spoleto
(18 Km)
Patrician house of the first century AD found between the end of the nineteenth century and the first decades of the next. This is a valuable stately house whose architectural pattern reflects the classic one of Roman homes.
Palazzo Collicola Arti Visive - Museo Carandente
Spoleto
(18 Km)
The museum's collection originated with the Spoleto Prize, an artistic competition designed to promote the birth of a permanent collection of contemporary art, thanks also to the important contribution of the critic Giovanni Carandente.
Museo del Tessuto e del Costume
Spoleto
(17 Km)
In the rooms of Palazzo Rosari Spada there are many artifacts from various collections that represent a cross-section of the history of fabric and costume between the fourteenth and twentieth centuries.
Palazzo Comunale
Montefalco
(23 Km)
The palace was built during the 13th century and is located on the famous Piazza del Comune. It is a medieval building, which has very particular architectural elements: the porches, mullioned windows, frescoes, and numerous decorative details inside. Today it houses the Civic Library, together with the municipal archive.
Porta Federico II
Montefalco
(23 Km)
The Federico II Gate, also known as “St Bartholomew”, was built in 1244. It took its name in honor of Emperor Frederick II, who stopped in the city during a passage. On the facade of the door is the emblem of the emperor.
Porta Consolare
Spello
(27 Km)
The Consular Gate is part of the oldest fortified wall in Italy. It was the main access to the ancient city and was composed of limestone blocks of the Subasio. It presented itself with a structure with three arches and bearing on the outside front three funeral statues.
Porta Urbica
Spello
(27 Km)
Porta Urbica was one of the city entrances. It is part of the ancient city walls built in Roman times. Like other Roman architecture, it stands out for its grandeur. On the one hand it is dominated by a small lookout tower.
Porta Venere
Spello
(28 Km)
Porta Venere is part of one of the oldest Roman doors that open along the city walls of Spello. Its name probably comes from a previous temple dedicated to the goddess Venus. The Door consists of three forks of which the central one is the largest. On the sides there are still two towers with a polygonal plan.
Fortezza Albornoz
Spello
(28 Km)
The Albornoz Fortress was built in the fourteenth century at the behest of Cardinal Egidio Alvarez Carrillo de Albornoz, from whom it also takes its name. It is located in the so-called Pian del Monte from where it dominates the whole city of Spello. The building has a rectangular plan and in the interior there are two semi-circular towers and two ramparts. On the ground floor there is the Bella Gerit classroom, inside which the exhibition Ardet ut Feriat is installed.
Torre dell' Olio
Spoleto
(18 Km)
The Torre dell'Olio is one of the most characteristic monuments of the city of Spoleto. In fact, it is considered the symbol of the city. Its construction dates back to the 13th century. The tower was named Torre dell'Olio as hot oil was poured to defend the city over enemies.
Castello di Eggi
Spoleto
(13 Km)
Eggi Castle dates back to the fourteenth century. From the few historical documents found, we know that it was the fief of the Racani family, the nobles of the country. The Castle has a triangular base surmounted by two high defensive towers.
Duomo di Foligno
Foligno
(23 Km)
The Cathedral of San Feliciano, known as the Cathedral of Foligno, is a beautiful religious building built around the twelfth century. It is worth visiting.
Museo Diocesano e Capitolare di Foligno
Foligno
(28 Km)
The museum houses a rich collection on Christian history, and inside there are beautiful works of artists such as: Cristoforo Roncalli, Bartolomeo di Tommaso, Cesare Permei and others.
Borgo
Foligno
(23 Km)
The charming Borgo of the city of Foligno, in Roman Forum Flaminii, closes in a lot of history and places well worth your visit.
Monastero di Santa Rita
Cascia
(14 Km)
The old part of the monastery dates back to 1200, it was dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene. It was enlarged in the first half of 1700 with the generous offer of John V, King of Portugal, the eye healed of cancer through the intercession of the saint.
Castello Salvino ruderi
Foligno
(24 Km)
This castle is one of the oldest in the area. The architecture of the castle is special and characteristic, and its beauty has always enjoyed the attention of tourists despite some difficulties in accessing it.
Torre della Rocca
Foligno
(24 Km)
The Fortress was designed according to the most up-to-date military canons of the late fifteenth century when the advent of artillery was fundamentally changing the appearance of all defensive structures. The latter is better known as Rocca Sonora, as it is said that the sounds, voices and noises that were inside it, echoed from the moment of its construction until its abandonment.
Rocca Calestro ruderi
Foligno
(24 Km)
Rocca Calestro was built as a place of defense and as a residence of the Castellano. The building has an unregular shape and this is because it adapts to the hill above the village. From the original plan of the castle it would be said that the building was larger than what has been left in today's days. In the castle you can see part of the walls with two towers, the latter were renovated in the 90s and then moved on to the partial restoration of the ruin of the keep in 2006.
Torre di Montefalco
Foligno
(25 Km)
Palazzo Vitelleschi
Foligno
(23 Km)
The Palace dates back to the 17th century and over the years has undergone numerous restorations. It took its name from Giovanni Vitelleschi, a cardinal of the time, who modified all Foligno, on the delegation of Pope Eugene IV. The interior, divided into four rooms (by David, Joseph, Solomon and Moses) contains numerous decorations typical of the '600, while, on the facade, there are two letters (G & P), probably the initials by Gregorio Piermarini. Currently, the building is home to an office of the municipality.
Palazzo Guiducci
Foligno
(23 Km)
This building built in Via Antonio Gramsci, is one of the many historic buildings in Foligno and is currently listed as a historical monument of the city, even if it has been obscured by the various monuments and does not have received the appropriate awards from the town hall of Foligno.
Palazzo Deli
Foligno
(23 Km)
The Deli Palace was built in 1510. The construction of the building was decided by the Nuti - Varini family. In the building we can see the classic and fine taste with stone decorations. The garden also has a very nice decoration. Currently the building is the seat of the State Archives.
Palazzo Trinci
Foligno
(23 Km)
The Palazzo Trinci is characterized by the late Gothic style, the frescoes that are found correspond to the early fifteenth century. Thanks to the collaboration of other artists, Gentile da Fabriano managed to create these frescoes. At the end of the 14th century, the Trinci bought the houses and towers bordering their home to unify them later into a single complex. In 1439, the Trinci were expelled and the palace passed to the papal governors.
Oratorio Madonna del Gonfalone
Foligno
(23 Km)
The Oratory of Madonna del Gonfalone is located in Piazza San Francesco. The property has an elegant decoration of the Rococo style. It has an elliptical shape and the spaces marked by altars of the same type. The construction of the Oratory dates back to the 16th century. The current aspect is that of the last restoration of 1730.
Teatro Piermarini
Foligno
(23 Km)
The first information about the theater dates back to 1600, but the theater in the early 700 was destroyed by an earthquake. It was rebuilt later and over the years it had different denominations. Only in 1891 the city administration decided to name it to its most illustrious citizen Piermarini, after it had been renovated and modified in some of its parts, such as the three old doors with three arches.
Collegiata di San Salvatore
Foligno
(23 Km)
The collegiate church of San Salvatore was erected in the X-XII century. It is an ancient Benedictine structure with a facade of the fourteenth century that has three pointed portals surmounted by three rose windows. In the interior of the church you can admire the burial stone of Corradino Trinci, who was the prior of the collegiate church. You can admire the ancient frescoes, the Madonna with the Child, Saint John the Baptist and Blessed Pietro Crisci.
Monastero Sant'anna
Foligno
(23 Km)
The Monastery was founded in the second half of the fourteenth century by Fra' Paoluccio Trinci. At that time he exercised his monasterial function for a group of young noble girls, for which he was also known as the 'Countess' Monastery. The building is full of frescoes from the 15th century, which make the decoration of the monastery very special; we can also mention its two famous interior cloisters. Currently, at the center of the building we can also find “La Casa Beata Angelina”, an institute of religious women, it is a receptive structure also open to the public.
Monastero di Santa Lucia
Foligno
(23 Km)
The monumental complex designed by architects Stefano Ittar and the Prince of Biscari was built at the end of the 18th century. Among the eighteenth-century structures, marble altars, a rococo choir and the majestic central altar with canopy cover emerge. The interior plan of the church consists of a single elliptical nave with a dome.
Eremo di Santa Maria Giacobbe
Foligno
(22 Km)
The hermitage of Santa Maria Giacobbe is located among the rocky flounces of Mount Pale, in a concavity of the wall. It can be reached only on foot from the village, along a steep path, sometimes staircase, that climbs between holm oaks and scree. The interior has numerous frescoes that we can distinguish in votive paintings and ornamental paintings.
Museo della Civiltà dell' Ulivo
Trevi
(15 Km)
The Museum of Civilization of the Olive Tree is located at the former convent of St. Francis. It is the first public museum dedicated to oil and olive trees in Europe. The exhibition offers the opportunity to read news about the olive tree from a historical, botanical, and agronomic point of view.
Raccolta d' Arte di S. Francesco
Trevi
(15 Km)
The Art Collection of San Francesco is located inside the former convent of San Francesco. It was opened in October 1996. The collection includes paintings, sculptures, drawings, memorabilia and archaeological finds. It is part of the City Museum Circuit together with the Museum of Civilization of the Olive Tree which is located in the same place.
Trevi Flash Art Museum
Trevi
(16 Km)
The Trevi Flash Art Museum is held in the Palazzo Lucarini Contemporary. Many contemporary works are housed in this Museum. The gallery can be visited at any time, even outside opening hours, but only by reservation.
Esposizione Archeologica sui Plestini Umbri
Foligno
(69 Km)
The archaeological exhibition of the Umbrian Plestini is the first nucleus of the State Archaeological Museum of Colfiorito. The data collected testify to a great vitality of the Plestine area, documented from the early Iron Age until the early Middle Ages, other finds come from recent surface research and excavations in the fulginate territory. Among the materials on display are objects from sanctuaries, religious and commercial centers of the territory and rich funeral kits.
Museo Archeologico Comunale
Foligno
(23 Km)
The Municipal Archaeological Museum is located in the center of Foligno, in Piazza della Repubblica. It is located in the Palazzo Trinci, inside which are located the Pinacoteca, the Museum of the Municipal Institution, the Multimedia Museum of Rides and Tournaments and the Archaeological Museum. It currently houses a large collection of works, a hundred paintings, sculptures and a collection of ancient and modern art. The Museum is open to everyone.
Pinacoteca Comunale
Foligno
(23 Km)
The Municipal Art Gallery of Foligno is the most important museum in Foligno and is located at the Palazzo Trinci. The Art Gallery has 8 rooms in which the works of different artists are exhibited, the best known in the period of the fourteenth and nineteenth centuries. It is divided into 3 sections, that of the '300, the '400, of the '500.
Museo Civico Diocesano "La Castellina"
Norcia
(14 Km)
The Civic and Diocesan Museum “La Castellina”, built in 1967, after a long period of closure, was reopened in 1996 as a permanent exhibition. This is based in the main floor of La Castellina, a fortress built in 1554 on a project by Jacopo Barozzi, by the will of Pope Giulio III. The museum itinerary is divided into three sections: the Collection of the Civic and Diocesan Museum, which brings together works of art owned by ecclesiastical or municipal, dating from the twelfth and eighteenth centuries, the Collection Massenzi and the Permanent Archaeological Exhibition “Leave for the Afterlife”.
Museo Comunale di Bevagna
Bevagna
(28 Km)
The Municipal Museum of Bevagna was inaugurated in 1996. It welcomes materials and exhibits from the surrounding territory that tell the history of the city and its development between the 16th and 18th centuries. The core of the primary works comes from the storage of ecclesiastical goods decided by the Italian State in 1860. The Museum exhibits significant works such as the Cassa del Blessed Giacomo and the Altarpiece of Ciccoli.
Pinacoteca "Chiesa di San Giovanni"
Pieve Torina
(27 Km)
The Art Gallery is located inside the church of San Giovanni. Since 1985, many works have been kept inside, including several altarpieces belonging to the Churches of Pomarolo and San Teodora. In addition, of great importance is a cycle of frescoes preserved here, dating back to the second half of the '300. The Art Gallery is open to the public.
Museo della Nostra Terra
Pieve Torina
(26 Km)
The Museum of Our Land is located inside the fifteenth-century convent of Saint Augustine. In the exhibition halls it houses about 5000 objects and tools related to working life in the Macerata hill. The museum is also provided with extensive photographic and paper documentation that traces the artisan history of the peasant shops.
Pinacoteca Civica
Spello
(23 Km)
The Civic Art Gallery is located since 1994 in the Palazzo dei Canonici, in the historic center. The collection of the art gallery was born in 1914 from the collections of works from the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore. The route is divided into seven rooms arranged in chronological order.
Museo Diocesano
Spoleto
(18 Km)
The Museum was inaugurated in the 1970s at the Archbishop's Palace. The works are exhibited chronologically in the rooms dedicated to thematic consideration. The living rooms are adorned with doors of the '500. The first news dates back to the 10th century. The interior with three naves is divided by columns with reuse capitals, coming from classical and early medieval buildings, while the 13th century marble altar is carved with refined bas-reliefs.
Laboratorio di Scienze della Terra
Spoleto
(18 Km)
A point of interest of the municipality of Spoleto is represented by the Laboratory of Earth Sciences, created by an important and well-known nineteenth-century collection, geopaleontological by Count Francesco Toni. It is an educational and scientific museum. The geopaleontological collection was proposed to the public between 1867 and 1892 and includes about 6000 minerals, rocks and fossils.
Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna
Spoleto
(18 Km)
It is located in the historic center of Spoleto and is housed in the Collicola Palace. The museum was opened in 2000. A lively museum, an active contemporary art hub, houses on the first floor the legacy of Giovanni Carandente and the works of the Spoleto Prize, while on the second floor there are contemporary exhibitions. Do not miss the visit to the library, the legacy of Giovanni Carandente, which preserves more than 20 thousand volumes of contemporary art.
Chiesa Gotica di San Francesco
Cascia
(14 Km)
It was built in 1424 by Bishop Anthony Alms. Striking for the beauty of the rose window and its arched doorway. Worth seeing!
Porta Cannara
Bevagna
(28 Km)
Palazzo Carli
Cascia
(14 Km)
Seat of the Library of the Historical and Cultural Office, it is an old mansion owned by the city, enriched by an internal Italian garden
Torre Santa Margherita
Spello
(28 Km)
The Santa Margherita Tower was built in medieval times outside the urban walls of Spello. It was part of the women's monastery of San Giacomo and San Margherita. The complex then became the seat of the Augustinian nuns of Santa Maria del Paradiso. The Tower is quadrangular in plan, and is made of Subasio stone decorated with battlements.