#1 of 30 Things To Do in Scritto
Porta Romana
Gubbio
~7.72 miles from Scritto city center
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#2 of 30 Things To Do in Scritto
Sant'Agostino Church
Gubbio
~7.72 miles from Scritto city center
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The entire convent of St.Agostino was constructed in the second half of the XIII century on a land given by the commun.
The church, having one olny nave with cross-sectional arches supporting the roof, is in the style derived from the cistercense architecture. The facade was completely reconstructed in XVIII the century.
At the inside some noteworthy frescoes of the Nelli can be found: the "History of S.Agostino " and the " Universale Judgment" painted by the artist with simplicity and coherence.
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#3 of 30 Things To Do in Scritto
Church of San Francesco
Gubbio
~7.94 miles from Scritto city center
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San Francesco Description
The tour of Gubbio begins at the large mendicant church on the Piazza Quaranta Martiri (mainly 13th century). The campanile is 15th century; inside the church is a fresco cycle by O. Nelli (c.1410).
Hobbies & Activities category: Christian sites
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#4 of 30 Things To Do in Scritto
Gubbio
Gubbio
~7.94 miles from Scritto city center
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Gubbio is a town and comune in the far northeastern part of the Italian province of Perugia (Umbria) It is located on the lowest slope of Mt. Ingino, a small mountain of the Apennines. http://www.comune.gubbio.pg.it/
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#5 of 30 Things To Do in Scritto
Piazza Grande
Gubbio
~8.00 miles from Scritto city center
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Attraction type: Town center/square/plaza
Address: Gubbio
Italy
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#6 of 30 Things To Do in Scritto
Palazzo dei Consoli
Gubbio
~8.00 miles from Scritto city center
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The massive Palazzo dei Consoli (first half of the 14th century), housing the museum with the Eugubine Tables.
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#7 of 30 Things To Do in Scritto
Museo Civico e Pinacoteca Comunale
Gubbio
~8.00 miles from Scritto city center
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#8 of 30 Things To Do in Scritto
Gubbio Roman Theatre
Gubbio
~8.01 miles from Scritto city center
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The Gubbio Roman Theatre has been constructued during the first century aD. by using square blocks of limestone from the local area. The walls' covering is ashlar. The tiers, having a diameter of 70 meters, are divided by short stairs in four parts.
Externally to the tiers there is a colonnade of arches on pillars. The upper one, with another colonnade, today missing, would have formed a portich going all around the theatre.
In summertime (July/August) it becomes a suggestive scenario for playing masterpieces of classical authors.
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#9 of 30 Things To Do in Scritto
Cathedral of Gubbio
Gubbio
~8.08 miles from Scritto city center
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The existing Gubbio Cathedral has been built during the last twenty years of the XII century. Above the door at pointed arch there is a marvelous big circular window.
At the sides of the window the symbols of the evangelists: the eagle of St.Giovanni, the bull of St.Luca, the lion of St.Marco, the angel of St.Matteo. At the center of the tympanum there is the symbol of St.Giovanni Battista. The inside is a latin cross shape with a single nave. The ceiling is supported by ten pointed archs. Marvelous, the wood Cross above the altar is supposed to be of Umbrian school of the XIII century. In the cathedral there is also the seat of the Diocesano Museum.
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#10 of 30 Things To Do in Scritto
Palazzo del Capitano del Popolo
Gubbio
~8.19 miles from Scritto city center
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Traveler Description: This palazzo houses a highly unusual display of torture devices dating to the middle ages.
Attraction type: Specialty museum
Address: Via Capitano del Popolo Gubbio
Italy
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#11 of 30 Things To Do in Scritto
Museo Cante Gabrielli
Gubbio
~8.19 miles from Scritto city center
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The Museo Cante Gabrielli in the Palazzo del Capitano del Popolo (which once belonged to the Gabrielli).
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#12 of 30 Things To Do in Scritto
Basilica of Sant'Ubaldo
Gubbio
~8.29 miles from Scritto city center
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At the top of Monte Ingino is the Basilica di Sant'Ubaldo, repository of Gubbio's famous ceri—three 16-foot-tall pillars crowned with statues of Saints Ubaldo, George, and Anthony. The pillars are transported to the Palazzo dei Consoli on the first Sunday of May, in preparation for the Festa dei Ceri.
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#13 of 30 Things To Do in Scritto
Basilica di San Francesco
Perugia
~11.65 miles from Scritto city center
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The Basilica di San Francesco is the central structure and focus of those who come to the little Umbrian town on pilgrimages and to worship the gentle St Francis of Assisi and his life devoted to the poor and suffering. This church also contains some of the best and most flamboyant art, architecture, and decoration in central Italy. One might be justified in thinking that this is a rather ironic monument to the man known as the “Poor Little Man of Assisi” who had avowed to live such a simple life of poverty. Nonetheless, this Basilica in Assisi is the most popular and visited of all the attractions in the small town.
In 1228, two years after St Francis of Assisi died (the same year in which he was canonized as a saint), Pope Gregory IX, members of the Order of Friars Minor, and the peop...
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#14 of 30 Things To Do in Scritto
Oratorio dei Pellegrini
Assisi
~11.75 miles from Scritto city center
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L’Oratorio dei pellegrini è una piccola chiesa di Assisi a forma quadrangolare.
Esso è posto a metà circa della via San Francesco, il lungo rettilineo che collega la basilica superiore al centro di Assisi. La cappella si trova al di là di una porta a vetri ed è facile non notarla, tuttavia, nella sua quiete si ha modo di sostare ed ammirare i magnifici dipinti e affreschi che contiene.
L'oratorio era in origine la chiesa dell'ostello dei pellegrini che ospitava i pellegrini sulla via di Roma che volevano rendere omaggio alle spoglie di Francesco. Esso a forme quattrocentesche, ed attorno allo stesso periodo risalgono i magnifici dipinti e gli affreschi di Matteo da Gualdo, Pierantonio da Foligno e di Andrea d'Assisi, allievo del Perugino. La cappella è dedicata a Sant'Antonio abate ed a ...
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#15 of 30 Things To Do in Scritto
Parco di Porta Sant'Angelo
Perugia
~11.80 miles from Scritto city center
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Attraction type: Park
Address: Via del Canerino, junction Corso Garibaldi Perugia
Italy
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#16 of 30 Things To Do in Scritto
Rocca Maggiore
Assisi
~11.83 miles from Scritto city center
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The fortress dominates the city and it is the monument that visitors first see, after the Basilica of St. Francis, as they approach Assisi. From the square in front of it, you can get a glimpse of the city centre below, with one of the finest views of the entire Spoleto valley. A visit of the inside and exterior of this former military structure gives a better idea of the stateliness of this building. It has recently been restored and many elegant and impressive rooms can be visited. Until a definitive decision has been made on how to it use it, it often hosts exhibits and art shows. A fortress was probably first built on the site in ancient times, during the era of the Umbro tribes. Another fortress was subsequently built and the documentation on it dates back as far as 1174. Frederick II...
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#17 of 30 Things To Do in Scritto
Church of San Michele Arcangelo
Perugia
~11.90 miles from Scritto city center
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Continuing along the road, and turning to the left, one enters Piazza San Nicola where there is the entrance of the Church of San Michele, a baroque church dedicated to the Archangel Michael, and part of an ancient monastery. The church of San Michele Arcangelo is one of the most important examples of eighteenth century Neapolitan artwork. The majolica pavement depicting Adam and Eve in the Earthly Paradise, completed in 1761, is one of the finest of its kind.
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#18 of 30 Things To Do in Scritto
Santa Maria delle Rose
Assisi
~11.91 miles from Scritto city center
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#19 of 30 Things To Do in Scritto
Roman Temple of Minerva (Museo e Foro Romano)
Assisi
~11.91 miles from Scritto city center
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The piles of ancient Roman artifacts stacked against the walls here aren't quite worth the bother of matching them with the detailed list you're handed at the door. But keep on the lookout for the 1st-century-A.D. stele on the right wall, with symbols of the deceased's civic scribely duties (a scroll and codex), and the fresco remnants around to the left. A corridor leads under Piazza del Comune to Assisi's old Roman Forum -- or at least a central religious square -- now some 3.9m (13 ft.) below ground level. The plain stone rectangular slab in the middle was probably used as an altar for votive statues. To its left is the base of the stairs leading up to the Temple of Minerva, which is still in good shape on the piazza above. Farther along the corridor, ongoing excavations have revealed t...
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#20 of 30 Things To Do in Scritto
Piazza del Comune
Assisi
~11.94 miles from Scritto city center
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This is the center of the city and is thus the heart of Assisi's social, cultural and political life. Like the rest of the historic town center, the square is very well-preserved and its buildings have witnessed all the city's vicissitudes over the centuries.
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#21 of 30 Things To Do in Scritto
Cathedral of San Rufino (Duomo di San Rufino)
Assisi
~11.98 miles from Scritto city center
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(Local Name: Duomo San Rufino) From the Piazza del Comune in Assisi the Via di San Rufino leads east to the cathedral of San Rufino (12th-13th century), with a beautiful facade.
Hobbies & Activities category: Christian sites
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#22 of 30 Things To Do in Scritto
Unviersity of Perugia (Università degli Studi di Perugia)
Perugia
~11.98 miles from Scritto city center
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University of Perugia (Italian Università degli Studi di Perugia) is a public-owned university based in Perugia, Italy. It was founded in 1308, as attested by the Bull issued by Pope Clement V certifying the birth of the Studium Generale.
The official seal of the university portraits Saint Herculan, one of the saint patrons, and the rampant crowned griffin, which is the city symbol: they represent the ecclesiastical and civil powers, respectively, which gave rise to the university in the Middle Ages.
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#23 of 30 Things To Do in Scritto
Arco Etrusco
Perugia
~11.99 miles from Scritto city center
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#24 of 30 Things To Do in Scritto
Chiesa di San Severo
Perugia
~11.99 miles from Scritto city center
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#25 of 30 Things To Do in Scritto
Basilica of Santa Chiara
Assisi
~12.07 miles from Scritto city center
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The Basilica of Saint Clare (Basilica di Santa Chiara in Italian) is a church in Assisi, central Italy; it is dedicated to and contains the remains of Saint Clare of Assisi, a follower of Saint Francis of Assisi and founder of the Order of Poor Ladies, known today as the Order of Saint Clare.
Construction of the church began under the direction of Filippo Campello, one of the foremost architects of the time. On 3 October 1260, Clare's remains were transferred from the chapel of San Giorgio to the Basilica of Saint Clare where they were buried in the earth under the high altar of the new church.
After having remained hidden for six centuries - like the remains of St. Francis - and after much search had been made, Clare's tomb was found in 1850. On 23 September in that year the coffin ...
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#26 of 30 Things To Do in Scritto
Etruscan Well (Pozzo Etrusco)
Perugia
~12.11 miles from Scritto city center
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Pozzo Etrusco (The Etruscan Well) is a 3rd century BC Etruscan well that was the main water source in Perugia for the Etruscans. It was also used as a water source during WWII bombing raids. The Etruscans sank a 36m deep 5.4m diameter shaft into the soil and covered the well to make it a storage tank.
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#27 of 30 Things To Do in Scritto
Cathedral of S. Lorenzo
Perugia
~12.13 miles from Scritto city center
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The Cathedral of San Lorenzo is the main religious edifice of Perugia, Umbria, central Italy.
From the establishment of the bishopric, a cathedral existed in Perugia in different locations, until, in 936-1060, a new edifice, corresponding to the transept of the present cathedral, was built here. The current cathedral, dedicated from the beginning as the Cathedral of San Lorenzo and Sant'Ercolano dates from a project of 1300 by Fra Bevignate that was initiated in 1345 and completed in 1490. The external decoration in white and pink marble lozenges (adapted from the Cathedral of Arezzo) was never completed; a trial section can still be seen on the main façade.
Unlike most cathedrals, the cathedral of Perugia has its flank on the city's main square, facing the Fontana Maggiore and the P...
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#28 of 30 Things To Do in Scritto
City Centre Perugia
Vincenze
~12.14 miles from Scritto city center
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#29 of 30 Things To Do in Scritto
Piazza IV Novembre
Perugia
~12.15 miles from Scritto city center
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#30 of 30 Things To Do in Scritto
Fontana Maggiore
Perugia
~12.15 miles from Scritto city center
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In the center of Piazza Monteoliveto stands a fountain built in 1668 by Antonio Cafaro. The fountain outpours water through lions' mouths, and the last Hapsburg king of Spain, Charles II, is upheld by eagles.
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