The Ferentillo Mummies: Umbria's Spoon River
FERENTILLO – There's the lawyer, slain in a nighttime ambush by a traitor he took with him into death; there's Severino the hunchback, who one day encountered the devil himself...
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Featured Stories from Umbria
Explore the hidden gems, fascinating histories, and unique attractions that make Umbria a captivating destination. From ancient mysteries to natural wonders, these features showcase the region's most intriguing aspects.
Carsulae: Ancient Rome's Ghost City
SAN GEMINI – A devastating earthquake caused its downfall. Or perhaps, less dramatically, being left off the main trade routes. The end of Carsulae remains shrouded in two-thousand-year-old mystery...
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Walking to the Temple of the Angel
PERUGIA – The journey through Perugia's Porta Sant'Angelo neighborhood begins at Piazza Grimana, the square opening between Palazzo Gallenga Stuart, now home to the University for Foreigners, and the imposing Etruscan Arch...
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Natura Naturans
"There are paths without travelers. But there are even more travelers who don't have their paths," wrote Gustav Flaubert among those pages yellowed by post-revolutionary France's powder mills...
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The Flying Perugian and His Brilliant Family
PERUGIA – Giovan Battista Danti was a child prodigy. Born in Perugia in 1478, a mathematician and physicist, he was already a university celebrity before turning 20...
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Memory of Deep Time
FOLIGNO – The Menotre flows through the heart of Umbria's forests. It's a small watercourse, nearly forgotten, but it guards a great testimony: the memory of deep time...
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Europe's Largest Shell Collection in Città di Castello
CITTÀ DI CASTELLO – A landlocked region, yet home to Europe's largest private shell collection. It's one of Umbria's extraordinary paradoxes...
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The "Lyncean Code"
ACQUASPARTA – A genuine "Lyncean Code" is carved into the travertine stones of Piazza Cesi in Acquasparta. Certainly more authentic than its (almost) namesake from Dan Brown's bestseller, it consists of twelve symbols...
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