Perugia | Terni | Assisi | Gubbio | Foligno | Spoleto | Orvieto | Amelia | Todi | Trasimeno | Norcia-Cascia | C. Castello
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Historical outline of Foligno Originally an Umbrian settlement, Foligno later became a Roman colony, doubling in importance with the martyrdom of its first bishop, S. Felicianus, in 251, when it became a place of Christian pilgrimage. It was repeatedly destroyed by earthquakes - and by Saracens (in 881) and Hungarians (in 915 and 924). In the twelfth century it fell under the dominion of Barbarossa, but as a Ghibelline city it inevitably found an implacable enemy in Perugia, which supported the Guelphs and sacked it repeatedly. In the early thirteenth century, under Frederick II, Foligno became one of the most important Ghibelline centres, but, weakened by fighting and oppression, it eventually fell to the bloodthirsty papal legate Rinaldo Trinci in 1310. The city expanded and flourished under the ruthless Trinci family, whose power and influence were felt throughout Italy, but when the Trinci dynasty was finally ousted by the Church in 1439 Foligno's splendour began to fade. However, the city continued to prosper and became a centre of printmaking and typography; in 1472 the first copies of Dante's Divine Comedy were printed here, in the Palazzo Orfini. Foligno is famous for the 'Quintana', a latter-day medieval tournament in which the city's ten districts compete, each one represented by riders on horseback who must run their spears through a ring held in the hand of a puppet. Each district produces traditional local dishes and wine for the occasion.
What to see at Foligno - Porta Romana - Il Palazzo Cantagalli - Facade of Teatro Piermarini - Cathedral of San Feliciano - San Francesco - San Domenico - San Nicolò - Sant'Anna - Salvatore Cancelli - Palazzo Trinci - Palazzo Alleori Ubaldi - San Domenico - Santa Maria lnfraportis - Palazzo Deli - Colle dei Cappuccini Feasts and festivals in Foligno - 24 January: Feast of the Madonna del Pianto, patron saint - February: Carnival of Sant'Eraclio - August: Baiocco d'oro and Feast of the Mountain - Annifo - September: Segni Barocchi and Quintana - September/October: Festa della Patata Rossa at Colfiorito - December: Nativity tableaux vivants at Scanzano How to Get There By car - Autostrada A1 Florence-Rome: from north, Valdichiana exit; from south Orte exit - Autostrada A14, Civitanova Marche exit By train - Ancona/Foligno line Rome/Florence line to Terontola By air - International flights to Rome or Florence - Internal flights to Perugia. |
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Perugia | Terni | Assisi | Gubbio | Foligno | Spoleto | Orvieto | Amelia | Todi | Trasimeno | Norcia-Cascia | C. Castello
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