Cetona
Member of I Borghi più belli d'Italia
The broad Piazza Garibaldi was laid out by Chiappino Vitelli, the general who received Cetona from Cosimo I de' Medici in the 16th century and turned its fortress into a private home. The town climbs the lower slopes of Monte Cetona, where southern Tuscany meets Umbria and Lazio, and the mountain's caves hold some of the oldest traces of human settlement in central Italy.
Highlights
- The Civic Museum of the Prehistory of Monte Cetona
- Belverde park, with prehistoric and Bronze Age caves
- Santa Maria in Belverde, frescoed by Cola Petruccioli of Orvieto
- The Collegiata della Santissima Trinità
- Olive oil from the town's own groves
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Population: 2,488
Things to see
- San Michele Arcangelo (IT)
- Villa La Vagnola (IT)
Events through the year
- Feast of Saint Stephen
Dates follow the traditional patterns in our sources: check locally before you travel.
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Local food & wine
- Olive oilOlive oil
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Where to sleep
1 place to stay within 3 km
- B&Bs and guest houses 1
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Thermal baths nearby
- Thermal spa: Bagno Bossolo · ~19 min by car
- Thermal spa: Parco Acquasanta · ~20 min by car
- Thermal spa: Piscine Termali Theia · ~23 min by car
- Thermal spa: Terme di Chianciano · ~24 min by car
- Thermal spa: Terme Sorgente Sant'Elena · ~26 min by car
- Thermal spa: Terme di Montepulciano · ~32 min by car
- Thermal spa: Terme San Filippo · ~50 min by car
- Hot spring: La Balena Bianca · ~50 min by car
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Nearby member villages
- San Casciano dei Bagni · 11 km
- Monteleone d'Orvieto · 14 km
- Paciano · 15 km
- Panicale · 18 km
- Allerona · 18 km