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Stone lion in museum.

Entrance, museum, cafe.

Ancient Roman town on the Via Flaminia.

If you really want to see how the Italians in rural Italy live, your best bet is to head to the nearest sagra. A sagra is a festival organized by a community, either an entire town or a smaller subdivision within a larger municipality, which almost always centers around a specific food or dish...

Umbria hosts over 20 music festivals each year, an astonishing number given this region's tiny size and population. Even more surprising, however, is the world-class quality of the music festival scene - belying the otherwise sleepy, provincial character of these bucolic rolling hills and...

It pains me to admit it, but the times, they are a-changin’, even here in Umbria. When I arrived here in 1993, this is how you did your grocery shopping: You left your house early in the morning with a net bag, and first you headed to the outdoor market in the piazza where you picked up your...

Assisi is a small town in central Umbria about 20 minutes east of Perugia. In this article, Letizia, who lives in the countryside near Assisi, tells you how best to see Assisi in one day. The first sight of Assisi, perched halfway up the slopes of Mount Subasio is extraordinary. Virtually...

The National Gallery of Umbria in Perugia is so tightly packed with artistic treasures that, it has been said, if the gallery were located in so popular a city as Rome or Florence, it would be on every tour guide's Top 10 list. That said, it has one, huge gap. Strangely, the National Gallery...

In one of Frances Mayes' books, she suggests that we make art trails, like the Piero della Francesca Trail, for other artists. I made this Perugino Trail for Umbria. There are four frescoes in Umbria that can be visited by car in one day. Visit the fifth in Rome when arriving or leaving. The...

Following Ancient Roman Roads - The Via Flaminia ran from Rome north to the Adriatic coast. Several parts remain visible. "All roads lead to Rome" was true 2,000 years ago because Rome was the center of the western world and the Romans were road builders. It is true today, at least in Italy...

Remains of two ancient tombs along Via Flaminia.

Remains of two ancient tombs along Via Flaminia.

A Roman arch in Spoleto.

Remains of Via Flaminia in Spoleto.

Two arches of the bridge remain. The arches are not the same size, so it is thought that it was a three arch bridge, with the center arch being bigger.

Two arches of the bridge remain. The arches are not the same size, so it is thought that it was a three arch bridge, with the center arch being bigger.

The Sanguinario Bridge (Ponte Sanguinario) was on Via Flaminia where it crossed the Tessino stream on leaving Spoleto.

Ruts from ancient Roman carts on Via Flaminia.

Part of Via Flaminia in Carsulae.

Gate on Via Flaminia.