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 | Abruzzo Basilicata Calabria Campania Emilia Romagna Friuli Venezia Giulia Lazio Liguria Lombardia Le Marche Molise Piemonte Puglia Sardinia Sicily Tuscany Trentino Alto Adige Umbria Perugia Assisi Bastia Umbra Castiglione Del Lago Citta Di Castello Corciano Foligno Gubbio Spoleto Umbertide Valle D Aosta Veneto | | UmbertideItaly > Umbria > Perugia > UmbertideUmbertide is a town and comune (township) of Italy, in the province of Perugia in northwestern Umbria, at 43°18N 12°20E, 247 meters (810 ft) above sea-level, at the confluence of the Reggia river and the Tiber. It is 30 km (19 mi) N of Perugia and 20 km (12 mi) S of Cittą di Castello. With 15,300 inhabitants according to the 2003 census, Umbertide is one of the larger towns of Umbria; and basically flat, which is relatively unusual for the region. It is an important regional industrial center producing machine tools, farm machinery, textiles, packaging material, and ceramics. Although there are remains of the medieval walls, a few medieval houses, and part of the Rocca or citadel, many of Umbertide's best monuments are of later periods. The main church in town is the collegiate church of S. Maria della Reggia, often referred to simply as the Collegiata: it is an octagonal 16th century brick building topped by an elegant cupola, housing a few paintings by Pomarancio. S. Maria della Pietą, with the attractive funerary chapel of the counts of Sorbello, is late medieval and Renaissance. The 17th-century church of S. Croce houses a museum with a good collection of paintings, including a Deposition by Luca Signorelli. The largest church, S. Francesco, is Gothic: in the early 21st century it was undergoing a major restoration that promised to be protracted. The 20th-century church of Cristo Risorto is unusually handsome. Content Referred to by This ArticleFind out more about the information contained in this article by clicking one of the links listed below. Perugia, Umbria Snippets of Articles Relating to UmbertideItaly > Umbria > Perugia Perugia (population 150,000) is a city in the region of Umbria in central Italy, near the Tiber river, and the capital of the province of Perugia. Italy > Umbria > Perugia > Foligno Foligno, an ancient town of Italy, in the province of Perugia in east central Umbria, at 233 meters (764 ft) above sea-level, on the Topino river where it leaves the Apennines and enters the wide plain of the Clitunno river system. It is 40 km (25 mi) SE of Perugia, 10 km (6 mi) NNW of Trevi and 6 km (4 mi) S of Spello. The 2003 census puts its population at 52,300. Italy > Umbria > Perugia > Assisi Assisi is a town and episcopal see on the western flank of Mt. Subasio in Perugia province in the Italian region of Umbria. It was the birthplace of St. Francis (Francesco Bernadone), who founded the Franciscan religious order here in 1208, and St. Clare (Chiara d'Offreducci), the founder of the Poor Clares. In the 19th century another saint was born in Assisi, Saint Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows was baptised in the same font in which St. Francis himself had been baptised. | |
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