Marsciano

Located in an area inhabited since antiquity, Marsciano is a town in the province of Perugia that has always been a crossroads between the cities of Todi, Orvieto and Perugia. Etruscan, Roman and Lombard artefacts tell the long history of the settlement.

In the 12th century, it became a fief of the Counts Bulgarelli, a family of Lombard origin, and then passed under the rule of Perugia and, in 1540, to the Papal State until the Unification of Italy.

Visiting the fully restored historic centre is a unique experience!

Among the characteristic alleys and small squares towers the parish church of St John the Baptist, the town\'s patron saint, which houses a painting by Perugino\'s school, among many works of art.

The 19th-century Palazzo Comunale and the Teatro della Concordia introduce the visitor to a rich and varied civil architecture: Art Nouveau buildings and the splendid Palazzo Battaglia, enriched by the decorations of the futurist painter Gerardo Dottori, provide a backdrop to the old walls and ancient towers of the primitive fortification of the village.

Marsciano is Umbria\'s largest centre of brick production. Along its streets, it is possible to visit the Dynamic Museum of Brick and Earthenware, a diffuse museum spread throughout the territory.

Just outside the village is the Abbey of San Sigismondo, founded around the year 1000 by the Camaldolese Saint Romuald, owned by the Sovereign Military Order of the Knights of Malta.

The numerous villages that encircle Marsciano testify to its importance. A few kilometres away, the small hamlet of Papiano is a small jewel of medieval architecture with ancient walls, towers, alleys, underground tunnels, arches and frescoes, all still well preserved.