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Terni is a tourist region ofUmbria.
To know
Background
The area of the Terni basin was already affected by stable settlements in the protohistoric age, as evidenced by the necropolis of the Acciaierie, used from the last phase of the final Bronze Age (10th century BC) up to the entire initial phase of first Iron Age (9th century / early 8th century BC) from a conspicuous community, attributable to the protohistoric facies known as the Terni Culture.
The inhabited area pertaining to the necropolis was located in the hills and foothills north of the present city, probably in the Civitella area, while only in a later age (VII century BC) there will be the birth of a real proto-urban center in the area located at the confluence of the Nera river and the Serra torrent. Archaeological data therefore seem to confirm the traditional date of foundation of the city, located at 672 BC. based on an inscription from 32 A.D. (Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum XI, 4170). The pre-Roman peoples who inhabited these settlements in the Latin sources are called Nahartes (hence the name of the city, Interamna Nahartium, i.e. of the Naharti), an ethnonym that unites all the Umbrian populations who lived along the river Nahar (the Nera) at the bottom to the valley.
A city with a high rate of industrial development since the Middle Ages, when it was a rich and combative free municipality with dozens and dozens of water mills, in the nineteenth century its industrial potential grew in the second industrial revolution, so much so that it was nicknamed "The City of 'Steel' and the 'Italian Manchester'. It houses the famous steel mills founded in 1884 and 1875 with an important arms factory, still active, as well as hydroelectric plants and factories specialized in the textile and chemical sectors. First industrial city in Italy after those of the famous Triangle, it suffered heavy bombings during the Second World War by the Allies.
In the 21st century, Terni retains above all a modern structure, built above all with post-war reconstructions. Despite this, archaeological finds from the Iron Age, Roman, medieval and Baroque monuments are still traceable in the city. In fact, modern urban areas alternate with green landscapes (primarily the Marmore waterfall and the Terni countryside), and despite the Second World War, there are still numerous testimonies of Roman, medieval, Renaissance and Baroque remains.
Territories and tourist destinations
Ternano: full screen map.Urban centers
How to get
How to get around
What see
- 1 Waterfall marmore.
€ 10 full, € 7 reduced (May 2018). 
- 2 Piediluco lake (From Terni (~ Km 18): Statale 79 towards Rieti or Bus n.24), ☎ 39 0744 368225, @[email protected].
- Mummies of Ferentillo.
€ 10 full, € 7 reduced (May 2018).
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.
What to do
At the table
Drinks
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The most popular bitters are those based on herbs such as "Viparo". It was invented by a Terni pharmacist, Metello Morganti, in the early 1900s, who obtained this "elixir", the result of an alcoholic infusion of herbs, roots, flowers and aromatic woods in chestnut barrels, to which caramelized sugar was added. gave the characteristic color. After five years of aging, the Terni liqueur is ready to be sold. Viparo is a drink that should be enjoyed as a pure aperitif or with soda, or at the end of a meal for its excellent digestive qualities. The original name "Viparo" derives from the Latin "vis-paro", that is, "generates strength", and it is for this reason that numerous anecdotes are linked to it: in the 1930s, in fact, the workers of the Terni steelworks used to enter the pharmacy to corroborate with a glass before starting the heavy work shifts, thanks also to the low alcohol content (20.9 °), and during the Second World War there were numerous testimonies of soldiers who regenerated themselves with a sip of Viparo . Other typical Terni drinks are: "Amaro Vecchia Umbria" and "Thyrus", with remarkable digestive properties and an excellent sweet aftertaste.
