14Oct 0 Spello Posted By: Anna Maria Baldini All about Umbria, Sights of Umbria, Towns in the Province of Perugia in Umbria, Towns of Umbria SpelloSpello in Umbria, Italy - sights and history Spello is vastly under-rated as a place to visit in Umbria, Italy. This quiet Umbrian hilltop (or, rather, ridge-top) town is a pleasure for those who love to explore the integration of Roman structures into a living town. Three well-preserved Roman portals form the entries into Spello. They are Porta Venere, with its towers, Porta Urbica and Porta Consolare. Once inside, the cobblestone streets lead the visitor among the simple but elegant stone houses, a great many of them, like Spello’s churches, of mediaeval origin Indeed, Spello is regarded by many as the most perfect example of a walled mediaeval town in Italy. Not everything in Spello is mediaeval. Some of the finest frescoes of Pinturicchio can be found in the church of Santa Maria Maggiore in Spello. The Infiorate of Spello is a festival of Umbria that takes place on Corpus Christi in June. The main streets of Spello are carpeted with floral art in the form of images depicting religious figures or ornaments and which are created from flower petals and aromatic herbs. Worth a visit. More about the town of Spello in Umbria. Here are some similar topics: Assisi The “old town” of Assisi is not very large and can easily be explored on foot. The Papal Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi is the mother church of the Order of Friars Minor, commonly known as the Franciscan Order.… Read More » Città della Pieve Città della Pieve in Umbria overlooks the Val di Chiana towards the western frontier of Umbria, about 20 km south of Lake Trasimeno and 8 km from Chiusi in Tuscany. Città della Pieve is more a town than a city… Read More » Orvieto Orvieto, Italy is situated on the flat summit of a large butte of volcanic tuff, one of the most dramatic townscapes in Europe, rising above the vertical cliffs that are extended by defensive walls of the same stone. The facade… Read More » Panicale Panicale is a charming, mostly mediaeval, walled town about 6 km from Lake Trasimeno over which it offers a splendid view. The islands of the lake are sharply visible on a clear day. The few streets form concentric ovals that… Read More » Narni Narni in Umbria is first referred to as “Nequinum”, a populated nucleus dating back to about 600 BC. By 299 BC, Narni had become a Roman colony named “Narnia”. The name comes from the nearby Nar river, which is called… Read More »
