Spello

Informations on Spello

Spello is located half way between Assisi and Foligno, lying on the foothills of Mount Subasio, dominating the fertile plain below. It has many Roman ruins, and today it is famous for the festival of Infiorate, which involves all citizens and attracts many tourists, who admire the wonderful colors of flowers in the area, perched on the ancient city streets to represent the sacred grounds and beyond.

History of Spello

The first settlement in the area was probably Umbrian, but there are evidences of the Roman city with the name of Hispellum. After the war of Perugia, in 41 BC, Octavian occupied and destroyed the city because it was loyal to Antony. In the following years it was revived under the name of Colonia Julia Hispellum and became one of the most important towns of Umbria. This is witnessed by the Roman walls, of Augustan age, one of the few remaining of such ancient fortifications in Italy, which has five ports: the console port, with three tubes, Porto Venere, flanked by towers of Propertius, Port of San Sisto, closed door, which was buffered in the Middle Ages. With Christianity, the city became one of main places of worship in the region, and Constantine built a temple dedicated to the gens Flavia. The city became very important due to its proximity to the road Flaminia, an important road between Rome and northern Italy. With the fall of the Roman Empire, the town suffered looting and devastation: perhaps it was invaded by Attila, by the Goths of Totila and by the Lombards. In the Middle Ages the city was reduced compared to the Roman wall, focusing on the top of the hill, and only in the years it returned to occupy the entire old city walls. The walls were still those of the Roman era. In the twelfth century it became a common, but that was plagued by infighting, probably fomented by the nearby city of Perugia or Foligno. Spello was faithful to the emperor, but then it pulled away, so that Frederick II devastated and destroyed it. In the following centuries was part of the lordship of Baglioni of Perugia, then the Visconti and Montefeltro, and later to the Papal States from 1583.

Monuments in Spello

You go to Spello by Port Console, three tubes, although two have disappeared, accompanied by a medieval tower and topped by statues of the Republican period, found near the town. Within the walled city there are numerous churches, like the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore, anterior to the eleventh century but renovated and expanded over the centuries. It contains within it the Baglioni Chapel, with frescoes by Pinturicchio in 1500: the walls are pictures with scenes of the Annunciation, the Nativity, the Disputation in the Temple, while in the sails of the Cruise there are the figures of four Sibille, on the right, in painted architectural frame, is the portrait of the painter. Then there are the Romanesque church of Sant'Andrea and in the main square, the Church of St. Philip, which is superimposed on the oldest church of San Rufino. Worth a visit is Gate Venus, with three arches and is flanked by two dodecagonal towers, such Towers of Propertius. Leaving the door leads to the Anfiteatro Romano, from the first century AD and the Romanesque church of S. Claudio.

Accomodations in Spello:

Bed and breakfast Villamena in Spello

Holiday houses La Quiete in Spello

Rooms Residence San Sisto in Spello

Bed and breakfast Residenza Dei Cappuccini in Spello

Hotel Time's Hotel in Spello

Farmhouse Cuore Verde in Spello

Farmhouse Agriturismo Benedetti in Spello

Rooms Tini Brunozzi Lina in Spello

Religious hospitality Santa Maria Maddalena in Spello

Country house Terre Del Cantico in Spello

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