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Spoleto (/ s p ə ˈ l eɪ t oʊ /, [3] also US: / s p oʊ ˈ l eɪ t oʊ, s p oʊ ˈ l iː t oʊ /, [4] UK: / s p oʊ ˈ l ɛ t oʊ /, [5] Italian: [spoˈleːto]; Latin: Spoletium) is an ancient city in the Italian province of Perugia in east-central Umbria on a foothill of the Apen
Perugia was an Umbrian settlement [11] but first appears in written history as Perusia, one of the 12 confederate cities of Etruria; [11] it was first mentioned in Q. Fabius Pictor's account, used by Livy, of the expedition carried out against the Etruscan League by Fabius Maximus Rullianus [12] in 310 or 309 BC.
It is located in the central Piazza IV Novembre in Perugia, Umbria. It extends along Corso Vannucci up to Via Boncambi. It still houses part of the municipality, and, on the third floor, the Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria. [1] It takes its name from the Priori, the highest political authority governing the city in the medieval era.
Location Piazza IV Novembre , Perugia 43°06′44″N 12°23′20″E / 43.112192°N 12.38881°E / 43.112192; 12.38881 The Fontana Maggiore , a masterpiece of medieval sculpture, placed in the centre of Piazza IV Novembre (formerly Piazza Grande), is the monument symbol of the city of Perugia
The TV series Don Matteo, where the title character ministers to his parish while solving crimes, was shot on location in Gubbio between 2000 and 2011. The 2024 novel What We Buried by Robert Rotenberg takes place in Canada and Gubbio. In particular, the novel involves the 40 "Martyrs of Gubbio", civilians seized from their homes by German ...
A number of lead bullets used by slingers have been found in and around the city. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The city was burnt, we are told, with the exception of the temples of Vulcan and Juno — the massive Etruscan terrace-walls, naturally, can hardly have suffered at all — and the town, with the territory for a mile round, was allowed to be occupied ...
1264 - Papal election, 1264–65 held at Perugia. 1278 - Fontana Maggiore (fountain) erected in the Piazza Maggiore. [2] 1285 - Papal election, 1285 held at Perugia. [3] 1293 - Palazzo del Popolo construction begins. [2] 1294 - Papal election, 1292–94 held at Perugia. [3] 1304 Papal conclave, 1304–05 held at Perugia. [3] San Domenico church ...
This castle was erected in 1399 around a prior 12th century fortification, which belonged to Biagio di Buto, an exile from Perugia. A number of inhabitants gravitated to the site and the churches of San Lorenzo and of the Madonna del Sasso were erected. During the war between the Papacy and Florence in 1643, the castle was captured by the Tuscans.