{"id":19567,"date":"2019-05-21T14:22:11","date_gmt":"2019-05-21T12:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/borghi-of-umbria\/cosa-vedere-a-spello\/"},"modified":"2020-07-13T11:42:15","modified_gmt":"2020-07-13T09:42:15","slug":"what-to-see-in-spello","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/fortified-villages-in-umbria-rare-hidden-gems\/what-to-see-in-spello\/","title":{"rendered":"What to see in Spello"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Discover what to see in Spello\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Spello has kept its identity and that of the whole of Umbria intact for centuries; citing the words of the art historian <em>Cesare Brandi<\/em>, \u201cstopping in Spello is like having an aperitif in Umbria.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Exploring Umbria offers you<a href=\"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/activities\/guided-tour-of-spello\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> a tour of the city<\/a> that starts from Porta Consolare and goes up to the Belvedere. Passing through the aforementioned gateway, you\u2019ll find yourself in the Terziere Porta Chiusa district, with its characteristic flowering alleys and tower-houses. Walking along the Via Consolare, you will be able to admire the <strong>Oratorio di San Bernardino<\/strong>, home of the oldest hospital in Spello, founded in 1374. Going up further, you will see the <em>Cappella Tega<\/em>, frescoed by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Niccol%C3%B2_Alunno\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Niccol\u00f2 di Liberatore<\/em><\/a> and by the Foligno workshop that belonged to <em>Mazzaforte<\/em> in 1461, and then finally arriving in the churchyard of <strong>Santa Maria Maggiore<\/strong>, the main one in the city. Inside is the Cappella Baglioni, along with other frescoes by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pinturicchio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Pinturicchio<\/em> <\/a>and precious artistic artefacts. Right next to the church is the Pinacoteca Civica, which has works dating from the 12<sup>th <\/sup>to the 20<sup>th<\/sup> century.<\/p>\n<p>Going up further still, you\u2019ll reach the Romanesque church of <strong>Sant\u2019Andrea<\/strong>, with frescoes dating to the 14<sup>th<\/sup>and 15<sup>th<\/sup> century created by the Umbrian school. After Via Cavour, you\u2019ll arrive at the centre of the town, Piazza della Repubblica, overlooked by the 13<sup>th<\/sup>-century <strong>Palazzo Comunale<\/strong>, the <strong>Rocca Baglioni<\/strong> and the church of <strong>San Filippo<\/strong>. Walking along Via Garibaldi, you will arrive in Largo Mazzini, where the church of <strong>San Lorenzo Vescovo e Martire<\/strong>, the second collegiate church in the town.<\/p>\n<p>We advise you to take Via Giulia and continue to head upwards; at the end you will find the church of <strong>Santa Maria di Vallegloria<\/strong>. Then, going through Porta dell\u2019Arce, you will arrive in the highest part of Spello: the Belvedere.<\/p>\n<p>Go to Porta Venere with its majestic Torri di Properzio and reach the remains of the Amphitheatre and the church of San Claudio. We advise you to take Via Centrale Umbra to visit the church of <strong>San Ventura<\/strong>, near the public gardens and end your walk in Piazza Kennedy (or Piazza del Mercato). We now suggest you move on from the town to visit other important nearby sites, such as the hamlet of Sant\u2019Anna, where an imposing Roman villa has been found with over 400 square metres of mosaic floors, or <strong>Villa Fidelia<\/strong>, on Via Centrale Umbra, the church of Sant\u2019Anna and other suburban churches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discover what to see in Spello\u00a0 Spello has kept its identity and that of the whole of Umbria intact for centuries; citing the words of the art historian Cesare Brandi, \u201cstopping in Spello is like having an aperitif in Umbria.\u201d Exploring Umbria offers you a tour of the city that starts from Porta Consolare and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":34858,"parent":3682,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.4.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What to see in Spello - Exploring Umbria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Discover what to see in Spello\u00a0 Spello has kept its identity and that of the whole of Umbria intact for centuries; 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