Citta della Pieve, jewel of medieval and Renaissance, dominated by a hill of 508 meters across the Val di Chiana and Lake Trasimeno.
Città della Pieve A history has left its mark with continuity, with artistic and historic buildings that can be admired simply walking through the streets of Old Town II but also by visiting museums and numerous churches.
Alongside this a free landscape, dotted with vineyards, olive groves, villages and castles, a quality of life on a human scale and local crafts.
A small town to live intensely, to be discovered little by little, with its atmosphere, its contrasts, the pulse of a civilization and culture that make it "unique and unrepeatable. Finally, especially in summer, important events set in the most charming places of the country, the rock Perugina Square with the Cathedral and the Torre Civica, the Palazzo della Corgna the charming streets and lanes.
The ideal destination for a holiday in Umbria, between the peace and quiet of the countryside but also in contact with an inexhaustible cultural heritage, just steps from the most important art cities of central Italy.

 

  

 

   
SAN Casciano picturesque medieval center, located on the border with Umbria and Lazio, is located on the slopes of Cetona overlooking the Val di Paglia.
Its territory includes the so-called "badlands", large erosions in clay and sand, making the almost lunar landscape. Since the Etruscan-Roman San Casciano is famous for its thermal waters. In 1607 the Grand Duke of Tuscany Ferdinando I did realize the elegant portico still ennobles the spa, which has 43 hot springs at 42 ° C. In the territory of San Casciano is the Castle of Fighine, in a splendid view over the Chiana Valley.

 

SARTEANO is located m. 573 s.l.m. on a spur of Mount Cetona. Remarkable Etruscan presence, witness the numerous cemeteries, among the most important ancient territory manhole.
The sources said the Bath Santo, which feed three pools with water at 24 ° C., are known since ancient times. Of particular interest is the medieval village of Castiglioncello del Trinoro, a splendid viewpoint on the 'Amiata and the Val d'Orcia

 

 

PACIANO is located 329 meters s.l.m. on the slopes of Mount Petrarvella. Surrounded by olive groves and a fine rich forest vegetation, has preserved its medieval village. Urban structure, planting thirteenth century, is organized around three parallel streets connected by alleys perpendicular to trend broken. The wall has six towers and three gates: Fiorentina, Perugia and Rakes.
The territory of Paciano is, more than six hundred meters of altitude, the park flora and fauna of Pausillo, characterized by a rich woody vegetation.

 

Chianciano in Etruscan times, already in the fifth century BC, today's Chianciano was the site of a temple located near the spring to greet Sillene, where bronze statues were kept larger than life. The sources were beneficial to making this resort already in Roman times. In Roman times were built luxurious villas with spa facilities. The modern development of Chianciano Terme is due to the exploitation of the many sources with their therapeutic qualities invite to relaxing stay in the big Acquasanta. The Archaeological Museum contains many of the Etruscan and Roman material discovered in the territory

 

CASTIGLIONE DEL LAGO In 1247 Frederick II of Swabia took it and destroyed it. Then rebuilt it in that form which has remained virtually intact until the present day.
Rocca del Leone. It was built in 1247, shaped like a pentagon with four corner towers and walls are triangular section. The building is located on a limestone outcrop and complete domination over the Trasimeno.
Palazzo della Corgna. The building is part of the ancient houses on the existing walls. Of great importance is the extensive interior decorative painting, starting with the intervention of Nicholas Circignani "The Pomarancio.
The territory of Castiglione del Lago belongs Polvese Island, the largest of the Trasimeno, half covered by a thick forest of oaks, half by extensive olive groves.

 

 

CETONA presents the typical medieval layout with a concentric pattern around the top of a hill situated on the slopes of its namesake mountain.
Museum of Prehistory of Monte Cetona.
The museum documents the stages of human populations from the Middle Paleolithic to the end of the Bronze Age.
Most comes from the findings of Belvedere.
Archeological Park-Nature of Mount Cetona.
In the resort are located Belverde major prehistoric settlements. They visited some of the caves that open in the travertine

 

Chiusi: The territory of Chiusi, inhabited since the eleventh century BC, is a hill overlooking the fertile Chiana Valley, and was one of the most powerful city of the Etruscan Dodecapoli, so that his moves Lucumone Porsenna occupation of Rome in 520 BC.
National Archaeological Museum. It contains important finds of the Etruscan civilization. The many tombs scattered in the territory since ancient times have unfortunately suffered destruction, looting and systematic plundering.
Cathedral Museum. Already in the II century AD, Christianity spread in Chiusi, as evidenced by the Catacombs of Saint Mustiola and Santa Caterina. From "Labyrinth of Porsenna" at the Tower of San Secondo. The underground route, which winds from the gardens of the Bishop through tunnels dug, reaches to the side of the Cathedral of St. According to a monumental Roman cistern and the adjacent bell tower. Lake Chiusi. The lake, a remnant of the swamp of the Chiana Valley, is a site of considerable interest flora and fauna

 

 

PANICALE The hill of Panicale, belonged to Chiusi Etruscan, Roman and Lombard, formed between the buckets. XIII-XVI a strategic point of particular importance to Perugia. The city center, as a natural terrace overlooking the lake, spread to the circular pattern around three squares. Below you meet the old Piazza del Comune, where stands the fourteenth century Palazzo Pretoria. We then reach the square of the Collegiate Church of St. Michael Archangel Church of Lombard origin. The path ends up with the square where stands the Gothic Palazzo del Podesta.
"The Martyrdom of St. Sebastian" (1505) - Pietro Perugino, Church of San Sebastian. Theater Cesare Caporali. The interior is all wood, is entirely decorated with stucco work and painted medallions.