Musei

MUST-SEE PACIANO   1. Trasimemo – Banca della Memoria Trasimeno Inside Palazzo Baldeschi, the museum TrasiMemo collects memories and artisanal knowledge of the local communities throughout an immersive reality, in which past and present interact with each other through the voices of the prominent figures of that period. Not only a mere display of tools […]

MUST-SEE MAGIONE   1. Lake Trasimeno Fishing Museum in San Feliciano The collection offers a meditated reading of an extremely rich heritage in which the knowledge of the lake, with its particular geo-physical and environmental characteristics, updated with the latest purchases, is linked to the knowledge acquired over time by the communities of fishermen and

HISTORY MAGIONE Magione, located next to a hill 292 meters above sea level, dominates the plains below. As testified by the many etruscan findings, the place was inhabited since ancient times, and the first settlement, Carpina, later Pian di Carpine, was built after the rise of Christianity. Pian di Carpine was in fact the official

MUST-SEE CITTÀ DELLA PIEVE   1. The fresco “Adorazione dei Magi” (1504) by the Perugino in the Oratorio of Santa Maria dei Bianchi Made in 1504 at the behest of the Compagnia dei Bianchi, the “Adorazione dei Magi” is one of Perugino’s masterpieces, and also of the Renaissance in general. The clever usage of colors,

HISTORY CITTÀ DELLA PIEVE Città della Pieve stands on a hill 1500 high (s.l.) on the border between Umbria and Tuscany, overlooking Valdichiana and Lake Trasimeno. Many and diverse sceneries can be seen from the town’s different viewpoints: Monte Cimino to the south, Monte Peglia and the Sybilline Mountains to the south-east, Monte Arale, the

NOT TO BE MISSED CORCIANO   1. Antiquarium Museum and Etruscan Necropolis of Strozzacapponi and Fosso Rigo The Antiquarium, which is also where the info point is located, is divided into thematic sections that show the main historical periods as well as the social and cultural evolution of the territory, from the Paleonthological to the

HISTORY CORCIANO The typical Umbrian castle stands on a hill close to the SS75 Bis road to Siena, 13 kms away from Perugia. The picturesque village, enclosed by the town walls (which are almost 1 km long) still keeps many historical and artistic testimonies, clear sign of a once very active community. Walking along the

“LUIGI BOLDRINI” PALAEONTOLOGICAL MUSEUM CON LA SUA COLLEZIONE, TRA LE PIÙ IMPORTANTI D’EUROPA, IL MUSEO PALEONTOLOGICO DI PIETRAFITTA È COME UNA FINESTRA APERTA SULLA VALLE DEL NESTORE DI 1.5 MILIONI DI ANNI FA DOVE AVREMMO VISTO MAMMUT, RINOCERONTI, CERVI, ORSI ECC… Il Museo Paleontologico “Luigi Boldrini” di Pietrafitta ospita la collezione di resti fossili rinvenuti

PERMANENT EXHIBITION CENTER ON MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE CULTURE – THE MEDIEVAL TOWER OF PORTA SANTA MARIA THE TOWER WAS BUILT IN 1482 IN CORCIANO AS A DEFENSIVE STRUCTURE, SINCE 2015 IT HOUSES THE PERMANENT EXHIBITION CENTER ON MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE CULTURE, A JOURNEY AT THE DISCOVERY OF LOCAL HISTORY, HISTORICAL WEAPONS AND WOOD ART. The

THE PIEVANIA MUSEUM INSIDE THE SMALL CHURCH OF SAN CRISTOFORO, IN THE HISTORICAL CENTER OF CORCIANO, THE PIEVANIA MUSEUM SHOWS THE MOST REPRESENTATIVE DEVOTING TESTIMONIES OF RELIGIOUS LIFE WITHIN THE SMALL CORCIANO COMMUNITY. Established inside the small Church of San Cristoforo, in the historical center of Corciano, the Pievania Museum shows the most representative devoting