Hilltowns of Umbria Hilltowns of Umbria Amelia is a city of 10,813 people (2001 census)in the southest part of the region of Umbria in central Italy, near the Tiber river, and the capital of the province of Terni. It is approximately 93 km from Perugia and ...more on Wikipedia about "Amelia (Italy)"
Assisi ( Latin: Asisium), «uh SEE zee», «uh SIH see» is a town and episcopal see in Italy in Perugia province, Italy, in the Umbria region, on the western flank of Mt. Subasio. It was the birthplace of St. Francis, who founded the Franciscan religious order here in 1208, and St. Clare (Chiara d'Offreducci), the founder of the Poor Clares. Saint Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows of the 19th century was also born here. ...more on Wikipedia about "Assisi"
Bettona (Latin: Vettona) is an ancient town and comune of Italy, in the province of Perugia in central Umbria, , at 353 meters (1158 ft) above sea-level at the northern edge of the Colli Martani range. It is 5 km (3 mi) E of Torgiano and 12 km (7 mi) SW of Assisi, and the 2003 census figures give it 3855 inhabitants. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bettona"
Gualdo Tadino, (Latin: Tadinum, later Taginae) an ancient town of Italy, in the province of Perugia in northeastern Umbria, at 43°14N 12°47E, at 536 meters (1759 ft) above sea-level on the lower flanks of Mt. Penna, a mountain of the Apennines. It is 47 km (29 mi) NE of Perugia and 30 km (19 mi) SE of Gubbio. Its population in 2003 stood at 15,200. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gualdo Tadino"
Gubbio is a town and comune in the far northeastern part of the Italian province of Perugia, ( Umbria), . At 522 m (1713 ft) above sea-level, it clings to the first slope of Mt. Ingino, a small mountain of the Apennines. Its population according to the 2003 census was 16,800. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gubbio"
Montefalco is a town and comune in the central part of the Italian province of Perugia, ( Umbria), 42°54N 12°39E; at 473 m (1552 ft) above sea-level on an outcrop of the Colli Martani above the flood plain of the Clitunno river, 7 km (4 mi) SE of Bevagna, 11 km (7 mi) SW of Foligno, and 9 km (5.5 mi) NW of Trevi. Its population was 5600 as of the 2003 census. ...more on Wikipedia about "Montefalco"
Monteleone di Spoleto (in Antiquity, the Roman town of Brufa), is a town and comune of Italy, in the province of Perugia in southeast Umbria, ( ), at 978 meters (3209 ft) above sea-level overhanging the upper valley of the Corno River. It is one of the remoter towns in Umbria, on a mountain road from Norcia and Cascia (33 km and 12 km NNE respectively) to Leonessa and Rieti in the Lazio (10 km S and 51 km SSW). ...more on Wikipedia about "Monteleone di Spoleto" It's time to think about http://www.shortopedia.com.
Narni, , is an ancient hilltown and comune of Umbria in central Italy, with 20,100 inhabitants according to the 2003 census; at altitude 240 m (787 ft) it overhangs a narrow gorge of the Nera River in Terni province. ...more on Wikipedia about "Narni"
Orvieto is a city in southwestern Umbria, situated on the flat summit of a large butte of volcanic tufa. The site of the city is among the most dramatic in Europe, rising above the almost-vertical faces of tufa cliffs that are completed by defensive walls built of the same stone. The ancient city (urbs vetus in Latin, whence "Orvieto") populated in Etruscan times, has usually been associated with Etruscan Velzna, but some modern scholars differ. Orvieto was certainly a major center of Etruscan civilization; the Archaeological Museum (Museo Claudio Faina e Museo Civico) houses some of the Etruscan artifacts that have been recovered there. An interesting remain that might show the complexity of ethnic relations in ancient Italy and how such relations could be peaceful, is the inscription on a tomb in the Orvieto Cannicella necropolis: mi aviles katacinas, "I am Aviles Katacinas", with an Etruscan-Latin first name (Aulus) and a family name that is believed to be of Celtic ("Catacos") origin. ...more on Wikipedia about "Orvieto"
Otricoli (pop. 1,811) is a town and comune in the province of Terni, Umbria, Italy. It is located on the Via Flaminia, near the east bank of the Tiber, 44 miles north of Rome and 12 miles south of Narni. ...more on Wikipedia about "Otricoli"
Perugia is the capital city in the region of Umbria in central Italy, near the Tiber river, and the capital of the province of Perugia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Perugia"
Spello (Latin: Hispellum), an ancient town and comune (township) of Italy, in the province of Perugia in east central Umbria, 42°59N 12°42E, at 313 meters (1027 ft) above sea-level on the lower southern flank of Mt. Subasio. It is 6 km (4 mi) NNW of Foligno and 10 km (6 mi) SSE of Assisi. The population of the comune was 8400 according to the 2003 census, with the town proper accounting for about half of that; the frazioni of Spello are Collepino and S. Giovanni. ...more on Wikipedia about "Spello"
Spoleto ( Latin Spoletium) is an ancient town in the Italian province of Perugia in east central Umbria on a foothill of the Apennines. It is 20 km (12 mi) S. of Trevi, 29 km (18 mi) N. of Terni, 63km (39 miles) SE of Perugia; 212km (131 miles) SE of Florence; and 126km (78 miles) N of Rome. Its population according to the 2003 census was 38,000. ...more on Wikipedia about "Spoleto"
Todi, town and comune (township) of the Province of Perugia ( Umbria) in Italy. Its population in 2003 was 16,800; it is perched on a tall two-breasted hill overlooking the east bank of the Tiber, commanding distant views in every direction. ...more on Wikipedia about "Todi"
Trevi (Latin: Trebiae), an ancient town and comune of Italy, in the province of Perugia in east central Umbria, , at 424 meters (1391 ft) above sea-level on the lower flank of Mt. Serano overlooking the wide plain of the Clitunno river system. It is 10 km (6 mi) S.S.E. of Foligno and 20 km (12 mi) N. of Spoleto. ...more on Wikipedia about "Trevi"
Usigni, 42°42N 12°56E, 1001 m (3284 ft) above sea‑level, is a village in Umbria, a frazione of the comune of Poggiodomo in the Province of Perugia a few hundred meters downstream from the source of the Tissino River. ...more on Wikipedia about "Usigni"
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