{"id":4181,"date":"2019-03-26T16:45:12","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T15:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/?page_id=4181"},"modified":"2020-07-13T18:22:34","modified_gmt":"2020-07-13T16:22:34","slug":"what-to-see-in-sellano","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/fortified-villages-in-umbria-rare-hidden-gems\/what-to-see-in-sellano\/","title":{"rendered":"What to see in Sellano"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Discover what to see in Sellano<\/p>\n<p>The territory of Sellano covers an area of 85 square kilometers along the Vigi mountain stream. It is surrounded by lush vegetation including woods with beech trees and oaks that alternate with beautiful forests, valleys and plateaus inhabited by wildlife and dissected by limpid brooks. Although numerous earthquakes over the years damaged many buildings, the form of the medieval castle foundation of the hamlet has resisted rather well; a main road runs along the crest of the mountain from which lateral roads branch off. At one time the town center seems to have been protected by two rows of defense walls, many of which are still standing; entrance to the town was through five gates, only two of which are visible today among the more modern buildings \u2013 the <strong>Porta dell\u2019Annunziata<\/strong> and the <strong>Porta Spoletina<\/strong> or the <strong>Santa Maria<\/strong> gate. While strolling through the narrow streets in the center, \u00a0you will have to stop off and visit some religious and civic buildings \u2013 the <strong>Palazzo Comunale<\/strong> (town hall) from the 15<sup>th<\/sup> century and the church of <strong>S. Francesco<\/strong> (St Frances) also known as <strong>S. Maria<\/strong> <strong>della Croc<\/strong>e (St Mary of the Cross), in the characteristic octagonal layout, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/subcategories\/sellano\/#heading4189\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>chiesa parrocchiale di S. Maria<\/strong><\/a> (the little parish church of St. Mary), where the remains of Sellano\u2019s patron saint the Blessed <em>Giolo<\/em> are preserved. A visit to the town center will be brief, leaving you more time to explore its surroundings. Don\u2019t miss the chance to visit <strong>Castello di Postignano, <\/strong>one of the most charming locations in all of Umbria. Totally abandoned already in the 1960s, this hamlet from the 1200s has been the object of important renovation projects since 2007and came to life again as a tourist attraction in 2011. In <strong>Montesanto<\/strong> \u00a0you have the opportunity to admire another ancient castle completely walled in; for those more interested in cult sites, there is quite a choice: the <strong>Chiesa di S. Maria Novella<\/strong> church in <strong>Cammoro<\/strong>, a rare example of an elevated church built on the side of a cliff; the <strong>Chiesa di S. Sebastiano<\/strong> in <strong>Pupaggi<\/strong> has frescoes from the 14<sup>th<\/sup>-16<sup>th<\/sup> centuries; the <strong>Chiesa della Madonna delle Grazie<\/strong> (church of the Madonna of Clemency) has a beautiful wooden sculpture of the Madonna and Child from the 13<sup>th<\/sup> century. You can also visit Villamagina closely associated with the <em>handmade files and rasps<\/em> by master artisans. A whole section of the <strong>Ecomuseo della Dorsale Appenninica Umbra<\/strong> (the Ecomuseum of the Backbone of the Umbrian Apenines) is dedicated to this well-known tradition; and since 1945 the town of Sellano has hosted the <strong>Societ\u00e0 Cooperativa Artigiana di Villamagina <\/strong>(the Villamagina Artisans Co-op). Both of these initiatives were formed to protect a tradition and to safeguard the production and marketing of these prestigious tools. The handmade rasps have irregular tips on the surface, which make the artisanal tools much more valuable than those factory-made. The Villamagina Co-op is still the only one in Italy able to produce round rasps, roasting cages for chestnuts (<em>birolere<\/em>), and other tools for goldsmiths, farmers, glass workers and cobblers, which they use to make a variety of high-market objects. According to tradition, in the 1600s every home in the area had the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/deschetto\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">particular wooden work table<\/a> used to make files and rasps and every member of the family knew how to use it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discover what to see in Sellano The territory of Sellano covers an area of 85 square kilometers along the Vigi mountain stream. It is surrounded by lush vegetation including woods with beech trees and oaks that alternate with beautiful forests, valleys and plateaus inhabited by wildlife and dissected by limpid brooks. 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