| Spello | ||
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| State | Italy | |
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| Region | Umbria | |
| Territory | Folignate-Nocera Umbra | |
| Altitude | 280 m a.s.l. | |
| Inhabitants | 8.585 (2007) | |
| Name inhabitants | Spellani | |
| Prefix tel | 39 0742 | |
| POSTAL CODE | 06038 | |
| Patron | San Felice Recurrence: May 18th | |
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Spello is a center ofUmbria in the province of Perugia.
To know
It has been awarded the orange flag by the Italian Touring Club and is part of the most beautiful villages in Italy.
How to orient yourself
Spello: full screen map.Once you have crossed the Porta Consolare, go along Via Cavour, which is overlooked by the churches of Santa Maria Maggiore and Sant'Andrea, until you reach Piazza della Repubblica with the old town hall.
Continuing on via Garibaldi you will find the church of San Lorenzo and, on the other side, Palazzo Urbani, now the seat of the municipal council.
On the Via di San Severino are the church of the same name and the Porta dell'Arce, basement. The belvedere is on the highest area of the center. At the bottom is the church of Santa Maria di Vallegloria. Returning in the direction of Piazza della Repubblica you will walk along Via Giulia next to which are the ruins of the Arch of Augustus.
Before crossing the Consular Gate again, take care to walk along via Torri di Properzio which leads to the Porta di Venere and then via Roma which borders the stretch of walls where the Urbica or San Ventura gate opens.
How to get
By plane
- 1 Sant'Egidio Airport (Perugia airport), ☎ 39075592141.
By car
- From Florence
- Take the A1 Autostrada del Sole
- Take the Exit Valdichiana
- Take the S.S.75bis that runs alongside the Trasimeno lake
- Past the city of Perugia continue in the direction of Foligno
- Spello exit
- Approximately 107 km from the Valdichiana exit in Spello
- From Rome
- Take the A1 Autostrada del Sole
- Take Exit of Orte
- Follow directions for Terni - Spoleto
- Continue in the direction of Foligno
- Take the Spello exit
- Distance from the Orte exit in Spello about 89 km
- From Cesena
- Take the E45 freeway towards Perugia
- At the crossroads of Collestrada continue in the direction of Foligno
- Take the Spello exit
- Distance from Collestrada to Spello about 21 km
On the train
The Spello railway station is on the Rome-Perugia-Florence line and is served only by regional trains.
Not all regional trains that travel the line stop in Spello, however it is possible to reach the city without changes starting from stations such as Roma Termini, Roma Tiburtina and Firenze Santa Maria Novella.
For those coming from different Italian locations it is often possible to reach Spello by train with a single change, mostly in Florence Santa Maria Novella or Roma Termini, depending on whether you are coming from the North or the South respectively.
From the Spello station a short walk will take you to the Porta Consolare and the historic center.
How to get around
What see
Tourist information can be obtained at the office Pro Loco of Spello in Piazza Matteotti, 3 - 06038 Spello. Tel: 39 0742 301009.
- Consular door. The Consular Gate is the main entrance to the city. It is a three-arched door decorated with statues from the Roman era. It is flanked by the clock tower on top of which stands a centuries-old olive tree.
- Church of Santa Maria Maggiore. Raised in the 13th century but restored in the 17th century, the church of Santa Maria Maggiore is famous for the frescoes in the Baglioni chapel made by Pinturicchio.
- Sant'Andrea. Built in the thirteenth century, the church of Sant'Andrea was also rebuilt in the seventeenth century. It has preserved the Romanesque portal. Inside it preserves a table by Pinturicchio and a crucifix from Giotto's sole
- Ancient Town Hall, Republic square. Built in 1272 it was completely rebuilt in the second half of the 16th century, at the time of the Baglioni Lordship. It was the seat of the municipal council until 1972. Today it houses the library and the municipal archive. The Zuccari room is today
- Church of San Lorenzo. Dating back to the 12th century, the church was restored in the 16th century. Inside, the eighteenth-century baptismal font carved in marble stands out
- Urbani Palace.
- Church of San Severino.
- Gate of Venus.
Events and parties
- The Infiorata of Spello (Infiorata of Spello). The Infiorata of Spello takes place every year to coincide with the feast of Corpus Domini. It is a traditional event that consists in preparing carpets made with flowers or parts of them represented figurations and liturgical ornamental motifs, in a large city festival that usually takes place at the beginning of June.
- The tradition of the Infiorata was born in Rome in the first half of the seventeenth, an expression of a baroque festival to celebrate Catholic worship. Benedetto Drei, head of the Vatican Floreria, allowing himself to be helped by his son, designed and created floral carpets that recalled the mosaics on the occasion of the June 29 feast of Saints Peter and Paul. From there the festivals spread outside Rome and the first Infiorata celebrating Corpus Domini dates back to the end of the 1700s.
- It arrived in Spello around 1930 when a lady from the town drew a figure made of broom and fennel on the street, which immediately won the acclaim of the other villagers. Since then it was decided to create a positive challenge with families and expert florists to create more complex works in the total celebration of Christ, a baroque party, in fact, made of colors and emotions, to be carried around the splendid village medieval.
- Since then we have been working at the Infiorata for the whole year, choosing the subjects, the materials that must be only vegetable and floral with a preparation of weeks that is, however, completed with fresh flowers in the space of a single night. Each year there are about two kilometers of carpets that branch out through the streets and alleys of the city, in an evocative show of great devotion and great imagination.
What to do
Shopping
In its territory an excellent olive oil is produced; Spello is part of theNational Association City of oil.
How to have fun
Where to eat
Where stay
Moderate prices
- New Hotel Il Portonaccio, Via Centrale Umbra, 46, ☎ 39 0742 651313. Quiet and welcoming hotel, clean and quiet rooms. Breakfast is included in the room rate.
Average prices
- Torre Acquatino Residence, Via Torre Acquatino, 5, ☎ 39 0742 302193, @[email protected]. The ideal choice for a relaxing stay, the ideal setting for sleeping in Spello immersed in the quiet of Umbrian nature.
High prices
- La Bastiglia Hotel, Vallegloria square, ☎ 39 0742 651277, fax: 39 0742 301159, @[email protected]. Reported at the top of all the best food and wine and hotel guides, perched in the historic center in the upper and panoramic part of the ancient medieval village of Spello.
Safety
How to keep in touch
Around
- Collepino
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.
