Monteleone di Spoleto
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| official_name = Comune di Monteleone di Spoleto
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| image_caption = View of Monteleone di Spoleto
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| province = {{ProvinciaIT (short form)|sigla=PG}} (PG)
| frazioni = Butino, Rescia, Ruscio, Trivio
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| mayor = Marisa Angelini
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| area_total_km2 = 61.58
| population_footnotes = All demographics and other statistics from the Italian statistical institute (Istat)
| population_total = 648
| population_as_of = 28 February 2010
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| population_demonym = Monteleonesi
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| elevation_m = 978
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| saint = St. Nicholas
| day = 6 December
| postal_code = 06045
| area_code = 0743
| website = {{official website|http://www.comune.monteleone-di-spoleto.pg.it/}}
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Monteleone di Spoleto (in Antiquity, the Roman town of Brufa), is a town and comune of Italy, in the province of Perugia in southeast Umbria at 978 meters (3,209 ft) above sea-level overhanging the upper valley of the Corno River. It is one of the more remote towns in Umbria, on a mountain road from Norcia and Cascia (33 km and 12 km NNE respectively) to Leonessa and Rieti in the Lazio (10 km S and 51 km SSW). It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").{{cite web |url=https://borghipiubelliditalia.it/umbria/ |title=Umbria |date=9 January 2017 |access-date=1 August 2023 |language=it |archive-date=1 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230801150323/https://borghipiubelliditalia.it/umbria/ |url-status=live }}
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 Christ crucified in the full robes of a bishop, with a loaf of bread under one foot and a chalice of wine under the other. Under the cloister, a second church can be seen, complete with a 14th‑century fresco. Other monuments include several other medieval churches, the 15th‑century Palazzo Bernabò, and vestiges of the town's medieval walls, including a clock tower.
References
- [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Europe/Italy/Umbria/Perugia/Monteleone_di_Spoleto/Monteleone_di_Spoleto/home.html Bill Thayer's site]
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External links
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- [http://www.prolocomonteleonedispoleto.com/ Pro Loco] (The town's volunteer tourist bureau)
- [http://www.archeoambiente.net/ Archeoambiente]
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Category:Borghi più belli d'Italia
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