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Loc. Passaggio di Bettona - Bettona
06084 PERUGIA (PG) - ITALY
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Thanks to its advantageous position, ‘Ville San Gregorio’ offers a spectacular panoramic view of cities home to the highest culture and art: Perugia, Assisi, Spello and Foligno. Its central position means the many picturesque villages across the Umbria valley can easily be reached on foot or by bike.

It's called "Valle Umbra" the huge basin that it was a lake in the past, as far as Spoleto and Assisi.

Excursions and walks

 
  
 
COLLE DI BETTONA
Etruscan hypogeum dating from the 2nd or 1st century B.C. , with sepulchral urns.
 
BETTONA
Etruscan and Medieval walls – the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore (13th and 17th centuries); works by artists including Niccolò Alunno , Perugino, artists of the Sienese school, and Gerardo Dottori (1942) – Palzzo del Podestà dating from the 14th century  with its Art Gallery : paintings by Perugino, Tiberio D’assisi , Fiorenzo di Lorenzo, Dono Doni and others; etruscan and roman archeological remains – the Church of San Crispolto (13th and 18th century) – the oratory of Sant’Andrea : frescoes dating from the 14th century, wooden caisson ceiling – the church of Sant’Onofrio with the remains of 14th century frescoes.
 
PASSAGGIO DI BETTONA
The formey Abber of San Crispolto : apse and crypt dating from the 11th century; remains of Etruscan and Roman settlements  - Villa del Boccaglione, attribuited to Piermarini, the architect who designed the Teatro alla Scala in Milan.
 
 
ASSISI
THE BASILICA OF SAN FRANCESCO AND THE SACRO CONVENTO
The Basilica complex is composed of two churces buit one above the other, the lower one dating from 1228 and 1230 and the upper one from 1230 – 1253 and a crypt dug in 1818 which houses the Saint’s tomb. The Lower basilica was decorated by the greatests painters of the 13th and 14th centuries : Cimabue, Giotto, the Lorenzetti bros. and Simone Martini. The stained glass windows are especially beautiful. The upper Basilica is adorned by Giotto’s frescos illustrating the life of San Francesco. There are also works by Cimabue, Cavallini and Torriti. The monastery houses a remarkable “Treasury” composed of rare illuminated manuscripts and the Perkins collection.
VIA SAN FRANCESCO
There are the 13th house of the Maestri Comacini, the Oratorio dei Pellegrini (with 15thcentury frescos) , Palazzo Giacobetti (vallemani) with the Municipal Art Gallery ( Pinacoteca Comunale)containing frescos from various schools, the Monte Frumentario (13th century)
“Fronte Oliviera” (16th century)
PIAZZA DEL COMUNE
The roman temple of Minerva (dating from the 1st century B.C.), the 13th century Palazzo del capitano del Popolo , the Torre del Popolo, completed in 1305, and the Palazzo dei Priori (14th century)
THE ROMAN FORUM
Is located below Piazza dle comune and encompasses the original Roman paving and the base of the temple of Minerva.
CHIESA NUOVA
It was built in 1615 on the remains of a building believed to be the house  of San Francesco’s family . San Francesco was supposedly born in the nearby Oratorio di San francesco Piccolino.
THE BASILICA OF SANTA CHIARA
Is an example of Italian Gothic architecture. It was constructed between 1257 – 1265 and contains precious paintings dating from the 12th and 14th centuries and the famous Crucifix venerated by san Francesco at San Damiano . The body of Santa Chiara is preserved in the crypt.
CATHEDRAL OF SAN RUFINO
The impressive Romanesque façade dating from 1140 is adorned with three rose-windows and symbolic sculptures. The interior was altered in the 16th century , but there is still the baptismal font where San Francesco and santa Chiara were baptised. The Cappella Del Sacramento, the wooden choir, the Roman cistern , the crypt and the musem are points of interest.
  
 
SANTA MARIA DEGLI ANGELI
This suburb  of Assisi is about 5 kms away and boasts an imposing Basilica constructed beetween 1569 and 1679 and crowned by the magnificient dome designed by alessi.It encloses the Porziuncola (the nucleus of the first franciscan monastery and the place where Santa Chiara receveid the Franciscan cowl from San Francesco in 1211)
And the Cappella del transito where San Francesco dieid on 3rd October 1226 . To the side of Basilica is the Chapel of Roses with frescos by Tiberio d’Assisi. The Museum annex cintains works by the Maestro di San francesco, Giunta Pisano and others.
 
 
BASTIA UMBRA
The 14th century Church of Santa Croce: frescoes from the umbrian school (Niccolò Alunno, Tiberio d’Assisi and others) dating from the 15th and 16th centuries. Ancient fortified village with Porta S.Angelo (town gates) – the Church of San Paolo at the cemetery with 11th century apse : Santa Chiara sought refuge here immediately after taking her vows-at the Porziuncola – the church of San Rocco , dating from the end of the 17th century, recently restored; the parish Church of San Michele Arcangelo built in the second hall of this century.
 
 
COSTANO
The church of S.s. Crocifisso : paintings by the umbrian school of the 15th century – not far from here is the little Church of San Francescuccio , mentioned in the “Little flowers of San Francesco”
 
 
TORDANDREA
Remains of the ancient castle – the church of San Bernardino : ainting attribuited to Pinturichio, frescoes dating from the 15th century – the little church of the Maestà with the remains of 15th and 16th century frescoes.
 
 
CASTELNUOVO
Ancient fortified village : the church of Santa Lucia with 15th and 16th century frescoes.

 
CANNARA
The church of San Francesco – the church of San Biagio: 13th century farcade, frescoes dating from the 14th century – the church of San Giovanni battista ( John the Baptist) ( 15th - 16th century) tryptic by Niccolò Alunno (1482) > the church of San Matteo: tryptic by Niccolò Alunno  and painting from various periods – the Oratory of san Sebastiano : collectiion of detached frescoes and paintings of various periods from various churches and buildings of the district.
 
 
COLLEMANCIO
Palazzo del Podestà , 13th century – Country church with paintings from various eras- The excavations of Urvinum Hortense with the remains of pre-Roman and roman settlements, in which the most identifiable include terracing with large sandstone blocks, the remains of a temple, of a paleo-christian church and a residence.