The origins of Trevi are lost in time. It was classified as an Umbrian town by Latin authors, but paleolithic ruins in the area testify an earlier prehistoric civilisation. Its importance grew in particular under Roman rule when the old Flaminia Way was restored; it developed in the valley where, in the locality of Pietrarossa, [...]
The Baglioni Chapel is a chapel in the Collegiate church of Santa Maria Maggiore, Spello, central Italy. It is known for its Renaissance frescoes executed by Pinturicchio from c. 1500 to 1501. The decoration was commissioned by the prior (later bishop) Troilo Baglioni, and the end of the work is assigned to 1501. The work was the last important one [...]
“Lizori” is the imaginary name that the hamlet of San Benedetto, a.k.a. Castello di Pissignano Alto, has been known with since the 1970s. Located in the area of Campello sul Clitunno, this castle and the underlying Spoletan Valley have been privileged strongholds of Imperial and Republican Rome. Commanders and senators, foreign conquerors by the epic [...]
Just 6 kilometers from Foligno, set in the idyllic natural landscape, is the Sassovivo Abbey, founded in the second half of the eleventh century by Benedictine monks. The abbey was founded by the Benedictines around 1070, probably by one Mainhard coming from Santa Maria di Sitria. The abbey was based on an existing castle of the [...]
La storia della bicicletta è stata falsata per diversi anni dalla fantasiosa invenzione del celerifero nel 1790 ma, in realtà, il primo prototipo di bici è stata la draisina, inventata dal tedesco Karl Drais, che la inaugurò nel 1817. Andiamo dunque alla scoperta di questo incredibile mezzo, nato dal genio di un indomito avventuriero in un periodo pieno di novità per la storia [...]
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