Bettona
Member of I Borghi più belli d'Italia
Known as the balcony of Umbria, Bettona looks out from its walls towards Perugia, Assisi and Spello, and stretches of Etruscan masonry survive in the medieval circuit. Perugia burned the town in 1352, and it was rebuilt smaller but stronger. Its museum in the Palazzetto del Podestà shows paintings by Perugino and a self-portrait bust by Canova, found by chance in a council storeroom in 2016.
Highlights
- The town museum, with three works by Perugino and Canova's 1812 self-portrait bust
- The walls, part Etruscan, with views over Perugia, Assisi and Spello
- Frescoes of the Passion from Giotto's school, dated 1394, in the Oratorio di Sant'Andrea
- Santa Maria Maggiore, its apse painted in 1939 by the Futurist Gerardo Dottori
- The Sagra dell'Oca in summer, and the local olive oil
Text adapted from Wikipedia (Bettona (IT), Bettona (EN)), Wikivoyage (Bettona). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Population: 4,224
Events through the year
- Feast of Saint Crispoldus
- Goose sagra
- Bettona Crossing
- Living Nativity Scene of Bettona
Dates follow the traditional patterns in our sources: check locally before you travel.
Adapted from Wikipedia (Bettona), Wikivoyage (Bettona). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Translated and adapted from open data: Eventi e manifestazioni in Umbria, Regione Umbria (CC BY 4.0).
Local food & wine
- Olive oilOlive oilGood olive oil is produced in the municipality
Adapted from Wikivoyage (Bettona). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Where to sleep
3 places to stay within 3 km
- Hostels 2
- Hotels 1
Data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Nearby member villages
- Torgiano · 4.3 km
- Deruta · 6.3 km
- Bevagna · 13 km
- Spello · 15 km
- Montefalco · 19 km