| Bettona | ||
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| State | Italy | |
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| Region | Umbria | |
| Territory | Assisano | |
| Altitude | 353 m a.s.l. | |
| Inhabitants | 4.117 | |
| Prefix tel | 39 075 | |
| POSTAL CODE | 06084 | |
| Patron | San Crispolto (May 12) | |
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Bettona is a center in the province of Perugia.
To know
Defined the balcony ofUmbria, Bettona lies on the foothills of the Martani Mountains. It is counted among the most beautiful villages in Italy.
Bettona was an Etruscan center and therefore a Roman municipality with the name of Vettona. It is enclosed by medieval walls built in the 14th century on a pre-existing wall of the Etruscan era, of which some sections remain at the Porta Vittorio Emanuele through which you enter the historic center.
Perfect tourist destination for both summer and winter. It is also excellent for the summer for the mild climate. The Goose Festival is held between the end of July and the beginning of August. On 12 May the patron saint of the city San Crispolto is celebrated.
Background
The city has Etruscan origins, the only one on the eastern bank of the Tiber. In the period when Umbria fell under Roman control, it became part of the Clusturmina and Lemonia colonies. In the war between Augustus and Marcantonio, the city sided with the latter, reporting a serious defeat. With the advent of Christianity, Bettona, located along the Via Amerina, one of the most important communication routes to the North, was soon evangelized by the pastor S. Crispolto.
During the barbarian invasions, Bettona also began a rapid decline. It passed under the Byzantine dominion and later to the Duchy of Spoleto. Free commune since the XII century, it first submitted to Assisi. In 1352 following the conquest by Perugia, the city (except for the churches) was burned and demolished. In 1367, Cardinal Egidio Albornoz ordered that the city be rebuilt in a smaller circle of walls than the previous one, but much more fortified.
How to orient yourself
Bettona: full screen map.Full of lanes and streets it is very easy to find your way around as each street leads to the square after a very short turn.
How to get
How to get around
What see
- Municipal Art Gallery of Bettona, Corso Guglielmo Marconi, 23. - 06084 Bettona (PG). Housed in the 14th century Palazzo del Podestà, the picture gallery exhibits works by Perugino and Dono Doni.
- Church of San Crispolto. Built in the 13th century, the church was completely rebuilt at the end of the 18th century in a neoclassical style. The bell tower is the original one. It guards the body of the patron saint
- Church of Santa Maria Maggiore. From the 13th century, the church has a single nave. The apse bears a fresco depicting the Madonna between two Angels, the work of the futurist painter Gerardo Dottori who painted it in 1939.
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Shopping
In its territory an excellent olive oil is produced; Bettona is part of theNational Association City of oil.
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Itineraries
- Via Carolingia - European itinerary that crosses the places traveled by the court of Charlemagne between the 8th and 9th centuries to travel from Aachen to Rome, where Pope Leo III crowned the Carolingian sovereign emperor of the Holy Roman Empire on Christmas night in the 19th century.
