The jewels of the hills of Umbria: Spello and Spoleto

Also this trail will take place in the car. We head towards the Umbria through E45.

Spello

This city  is situated at the far slope of Mount Subasio, is 4 Km from Foligno, and 35 from Perugia.
The historical origin of Spello  is very old and  according to most renowned historians  it was founded by the Umbrian.  It was called "Hispellum" from the Romans who made the Hall. It was declared by Caesar COLOGNE GIULIA and later the city was called Constantine Flavia by Constantin .
On the square the Palazzo Comunale was erected and there you can admire old memories of Spello as urns, busts and inscriptions.
The churches of Spello are remarkable for elegance of architecture: the Collegiate, which is the oldest temple, is called S. Maria Maggiore and is full of valuable paintings by Perugino and Pinturicchio.
 The vestiges of the original enclosure of Spello, much broader than the present, attest the former grandeur of this city, and so many ancient and valuable as scrap urbica Roman walls, the door of the Consulate, with the sides, the two towers Roman opera calls Properzio, the ruins of the Roman amphitheater, the theater is richly decorated with marble sculptures. The remains of  several aqueducts and  water baths testify  the greatness of this city at the time of Rome and its importance in the region of Umbria.
ittà situata sull'estremo declivio del monte Subasio, dista 4 Km. da Foligno, e 35 da Perugia.

Spoleto

The city, whose name probably derives from the greek "spaolithos" (broken stone) from the Latin "Spoletium" arose on the ruins of a village of Umbria, entering the orbit of Rome in the third century  B.C..
Through his story we can trace many of the events Italic, from the Bronze Age to the present: from the Roman period to the barbarian invasions, from the domain of the Longobard Dukes  direct government of the popes until the 
“ Risorgimento “. 
This little town  is conscious of its past, so it  will retain the best evidence in its museums and through its monuments: the Duomo, which establishes harmony styles of Romanesque and Renaissance styles, the early Christian basilica of San Salvatore, the Ponte delle Torri, the Romanesque basilica St. Peter, the church of St. Euphemia, the Roman Theater and the fourteenth-century Rocca Albornoz, majestically on top of the hill, the Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna projecting the city in future.
At the end of the visit of Spoleto will be able to stop in a typical Umbrian restaurant or return for an evening of relaxation at La Casa che Sogna .
 

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