Rivotorto#Monuments and places of interest
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Rivotorto
| settlement_type = Frazione
| image_skyline = Rivotorto View NE Above Perugia Italy Sep23 A7C 07703.jpg
| image_caption = Rivotorto from the NE
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|Italy}}
| subdivision_type1 = Region
| subdivision_name1 = Umbria
| subdivision_type2 = Province
| subdivision_name2 = Perugia
| subdivision_type3 = {{lang|it|Comune}}
| subdivision_name3 = Assisi
| elevation_m = 211
| population_total = 1284
| population_as_of = 2001
| timezone1 = CET
| utc_offset1 = +1
| timezone1_DST = CEST
| utc_offset1_DST = +2
| postal_code_type = Postcode
| postal_code = 06081
| area_code = 075
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Rivotorto is a frazione of the comune of Assisi in the Province of Perugia, Umbria, central Italy. It stands at an elevation of {{cvt|211|m|ft|abbr=on}} above sea level. At the time of the Istat census of 2001 it had 1284 inhabitants. The name comes from a small river that flows through the frazione. In the Umbrian dialect, rivo means 'stream'.
Economy and events
File:Santuaro Rivotorto front Perugia Italy Sep19 D72 11985.jpg
File:Rivotorto SW Assisi Perugia Italy Sep19 D72 12006.jpg
Agriculture is the main commercial activity, in particular vegetable gardening. On an industrial level, there are a number of companies operating in the wood, cement and knitwear sectors.{{Cite web|title=Rivotorto: Economia e manifestazioni|url=https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivotorto#Economia_e_manifestazioni|access-date=28 June 2021|website=Italian Wikipedia}}{{Circular reference|date=July 2021}}
In the month of August the annual Rassegna degli antichi sapori ('Feast of the Ancient Flavours') is held. This is dedicated to traditional foods that are handmade and prepared on the spot.{{Cite web|title=Feast of the Ancient Flavors, Rivotorto of Assisi|url=http://www.bellaumbria.net/en/events/feasts-in-umbria-at-august/|access-date=28 June 2021|website=Bella Umbria}}
Monuments and places of interest
File:Rivotorto, santuario di Santa Maria in Rivotorto - Interno.jpg
Franciscan Sanctuary of Rivotorto
Also known as the Church of Santa Maria, this is a major monument in Rivotorto. St. Francis of Assisi started his life of austerity in a stone hovel in Rivotorto where he lived from 1209 to 1211. In 1455, a chapel, the sanctuary, was built around the hovel. After a severe earthquake in 1853, the Franciscan Sanctuary of Rivotorto was rebuilt in neo-Gothic style between 1860–1880.{{Cite web|title=Franciscan Sanctuary of Rivotorto|url=http://www.visit-assisi.it/en/territory/churches-and-sanctuaries/franciscan-sanctuary-of-rivotorto/|access-date=24 June 2021|website=Visit Assisi}}{{Cite web|title=The Sanctuary of Rivotorto and the historical landscape|url=https://www.umbriatourism.it/-/the-sanctuary-of-rivotorto-and-the-historical-landscape|access-date=24 June 2021|website=Umbria Tourism}}
File:St Francis Leper Statue Santuario Rivotorto Assisi Sep19 D72 11982.jpg
The {{Lang|it|sacro tugurio}} (sacred hut) inside the sanctuary is probably not the original hut. However, it is the site from which St. Francis set off to walk to Rome with ten companions to meet the Pope. On the northwest side of the church is a bronze statue of St. Francis washing a leper by Fiorenze Bacci (2001).{{Cite web|last=Goddard|first=Richard|date=May 2018|title=Discovering Assisi|url=https://discoveringassisi.wordpress.com/13-the-sanctuary-of-rivotorto/|access-date=27 June 2021|at=13: Sanctuary of Rivotorto}} Inside there are also paintings by the 17th-century Orvieto painter Cesare Sermei. Next to the church stands a convent with a large cloister.
Other places of interest{{Cite web|title=Rivotorto: Monumenti e luoghi d'interesse|url=https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivotorto#Monumenti_e_luoghi_d'interesse|access-date=28 June 2021|website=Italian Wikipedia}}{{Circular reference|date=July 2021}}
- United Kingdom and Commonwealth Military Cemetery (Assisi War Cemetery), the largest British cemetery in Umbria, built at the end of World War II.
- Church of the Holy Trinity (11th century) on a Roman-era building with a frescoed apse.
- Oratory of San Giovanni Battista with three frescoes by an unknown artist.
- Former church of San Pietro della Spina (11th century) later incorporated into a farmhouse and used until the early 1900s. Used today as a warehouse for agricultural equipment.
- Church of Santa Maria Maddalena, Romanesque from the 12th century, on the border of Rivotorto, on the road that leads to Santa Maria degli Angeli, former leper colony of San Lazzaro dell'Arce, also frequented by St. Francis. Today only the chapel with the stone facade and bell tower still stand. Apse with 17th century fresco.
- Church of San Rufino in Arce not far from Maddalena towards Castelnuovo incorporated in a farmhouse, with frescoes from the 15th and 16th centuries. Discovered in the restorations of the 1990s.
Sports
Sports associations{{Cite web|title=Rivotorto: Associazioni sportive|url=https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivotorto#Associazioni_sportive|access-date=28 June 2021|website=Italian Wikipedia}}{{Circular reference|date=July 2021}}
- Rivoc5 (5-a-side football) plays in the Series C2 regional championship group A
- A.S.D.Rivo (football) plays in the regional championship of Second category group B 2019/2020 (currently in second position)
- S.S.D.Assisi Subasio (football), plays in the championship of excellence for the 2019/2020 season; the highest point in its history was the Umbrian championship of excellence, in the mid-1990s.
- Rivotorto women's volleyball
- u.c. Rivotortese
Gallery
File:Altar Left Santuario Rivotorto Assisi Sep19 R16 01922.jpg|Altar on the left in the Sanctuary
File:Altar Right Santuario Rivotorto Assisi Sep19 D72 11981.jpg|Altar on the right in the Sanctuary
File:Stained Glass Santuario Rivotorto Assisi Sep19 R16 01921g.jpg|Stained-glass window in the Sanctuary
File:Santuario Rivotorto 04.JPG|Left room in the Sacro Tugurio
File:Santuario Rivotorto 07.JPG|Right room in the Sacro Tugurio
File:Santuario Rivotorto 09.JPG|Chapel in the Sacro Tugurio
File:Santuario Rivotorto 11.JPG|Roof of the Sacro Tugurio
File:Assisi war cemetery.JPG|Assisi War Cemetery
File:Plains SW Assisi Perugia Italy Sep19 D72 12006.jpg|Rivotorto (left of centre), view from Assisi