Monteleone di Spoleto
Monteleone di Spoleto | |
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Comune di Monteleone di Spoleto | |
UTC+2 (CEST) | |
Postal code | 06045 |
Dialing code | 0743 |
Patron saint | St. Nicholas |
Saint day | 6 December |
Website | Official website |
Monteleone di Spoleto (in Antiquity, the Roman town of Brufa), is a town and
The population of the comune was 648 in 2010, with the town proper accounting for about half of that; the frazioni of Monteleone are Butino, Rescia, Ruscio, and Trivio.
History
Monteleone is famous for one of the world's great archaeological finds: a 6th‑century BC Etruscan chariot that quickly followed the path of money and by the early 20th century had already wound up in the Metropolitan Museum in New York. A copy of the chariot is on display in Monteleone. There remain, however, few if any traces of the town's Roman days: destroyed and rebuilt by the Spoletans in the 12th century, it offers at present an essentially medieval appearance.
Main Sights
The main monument in Monteleone is the 14th-century church of San Francesco, with a cloister now serving as a lapidary museum, a Gothic door and a fresco of
References
- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
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- ^ "Umbria" (in Italian). Retrieved 1 August 2023.
External links
- Pro Loco (The town's volunteer tourist bureau)
- Archeoambiente