Monteleone di Spoleto
Member of I Borghi più belli d'Italia
Umbria's highest municipality stands at 978 metres above the upper Corno valley, on a remote mountain road between Cascia and Leonessa. Its fame abroad rests on a bronze-clad Etruscan chariot dug up nearby in 1901 and now in New York's Metropolitan Museum, which the town has long asked to have back. Inside three rings of walls, a mostly medieval centre keeps a cluster of churches.
Highlights
- The story of the Etruscan parade chariot found at Colle del Capitano in 1901
- San Francesco church, 14th century, built over a Benedictine oratory
- Three rings of medieval walls, much of them still standing
- Old iron mines whose metal went into papal works in Rome
Text adapted from Wikipedia (Monteleone di Spoleto (IT), Monteleone di Spoleto (EN)). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Population: 555
Events through the year
- Feast of Saint Nicholas
- Festa della VenutaHuge bonfire built by the villagers, burning up to two days
- Farro PDO Fair
Dates follow the traditional patterns in our sources: check locally before you travel.
Adapted from Wikipedia (Monteleone di Spoleto). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Translated and adapted from open data: Eventi e manifestazioni in Umbria, Regione Umbria (CC BY 4.0).
Specialities of Umbria
Typical of the region rather than of this village.
- Black truffle of NorciaLocal produce
- Prosciutto di Norcia (IT)Cured meat
- Castelluccio lentils (IT)Local produce
- PorchettaDish
- CiauscoloCured meat
Adapted from Wikipedia (Cucina umbra). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Where to sleep
3 places to stay within 3 km
- Hotels 2
- B&Bs and guest houses 1
Data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Thermal baths nearby
- Thermal spa: Terme di Cottorella · ~50 min by car
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Nearby member villages
- Scheggino · 12 km
- Vallo di Nera · 15 km
- Arrone · 17 km
- Norcia · 19 km
- Preci · 26 km